I don't know why anyone is surprised by this any more. Public health experts involved in the response to the Ebola crisis have condemn...

Yesterday was World Water Day.  Today, Juan Cole has a report posted, Israeli control of their water a continuing threat to Palestinian Sur...

Wendell Berry: As agribusiness replaces men with machines, the American landscape loses its stewards, and the culture they built. Related:...

"My personal ideal of feminism is not one in which women of the ruling class have equal power with men of the ruling class, while poor...

Richard Seymour has recorded segments for Tariq Ali's series on Telesur.  The latest is a review of the media's performance on Ferg...

Poetry on Gratitude Denise Levertov: That Passeth All Understanding - Oblique Prayers New Directions, New York, 1984, p. 85   An awe ...

Tomas Young, one of the first Iraq veterans to publicly oppose the war, passed away on Monday, November 10, 2014. He was 34 years old. He wa...

GLOSSWATCH , always good: Anyhow, today I am angry. I am angry because a violent male has been sentenced to four days – just four days –...

Surely not; 310,000 marched in NYC. Matt Sutkowski ,  writing about yesterday's global climate march, praises the intent if the marche...