Analysis

  • Human Rights • Resistance

    Buddhist monks and their ‘peace dog’ are walking across the US and captivating the nation along the way

    Via AP

    Independent

    While Buddhism has branched into a number of sects over the centuries, its rich tradition of peace activism continues

    Published On: 12/30/2025

  • Resistance • Safety • Violence

    Anti-ICE Resistance Sprang Up Across Red States in 2025

    Sonali Kolhatkar

    Truthout

    Given the increasing number of U.S. citizens caught in ICE’s dragnet, organizers are warning that attacks on immigrants are just the beginning.

    Published On: 12/29/2025

  • Corruption • Democracy • Disinformation • Resistance

    The Disappearing Thin Red Line

    George A. Polisner

    Leadership Matters

    For decades, Republicans have relied on a rebranded cycle of political marketing—Silent Majority, Reagan Revolution, Moral Majority, Tea Party, MAGA—all designed to divide voters along emotional fault lines while stealthily consolidating wealth and power at the top.

    Published On: 12/29/2025

  • Culture • Health • Resistance

    Trump’s Christmas message: “Scum” wasn’t just offensive. It was a warning.

    Thom Hartmann

    The Hartmann Report

    The future lays before us now, and if we care about the country our children will inherit, we can’t let this moral vandalism to go unanswered.

    Published On: 12/26/2025

  • Europe • Exile • Global • Human Rights

    How to Leave the U.S.A.

    Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

    The New Yorker (December 8, 2025)

    The number of aggrieved Americans seeking a new life abroad appears to be rising. The Netherlands offers one way out.

    Published On: 12/22/2025

  • Artificial Intelligence • Disinformation • Recommended • Technology • White Supremacy

    Extremists are using AI voice cloning to supercharge propaganda

    Ben Makuch

    The Guardian

    Researchers warn generative tools are helping militant groups from neo-Nazis to the Islamic State spread ideology.

    Published On: 12/21/2025

  • Corruption • Disinformation • Recommended • Violence

    Feminism Versus Trump and Epstein

    Rebecca Solnit

    Meditations in an Emergency

    The files seem to have been his breaking point. Breaking point in the loyalty of so many right-wingers, and maybe a mental breaking point for him. I welcome what belated, flawed, imperfect version of justice may yet come.

    Published On: 12/20/2025

  • Corruption • Disinformation • Threat Management

    The Slow Release of the Epstein Files Is Psychological Conditioning

    Dr. Stacey Patton

    Dr. Stacey Patton

    The public is being shown just enough to know the truth, and to understand that nothing is going to happen.

    Published On: 12/20/2025

  • Corruption • Legal • Russia

    Russian Oil Profits Fund Heritage 2.0’s Mass Deportation Machine.

    W. A. Lawrence

    Glass Empires By W. A. Lawrence (12/11/25)

    Tom Homan bragged he was "enjoying" deportations that separated 5,500 children from parents. Now he implements Heritage policies funded by €50 million from Russian crude oil sales.

    Published On: 12/20/2025

  • Recommended

    Pinochet Is Smiling in His Grave

    Ariel Dorfman

    The New York Times (Gift)

    Any resistance that Chileans bring to the streets must be accompanied by an equally valiant attempt to imagine our way out of this crisis.

    Published On: 12/17/2025

  • Corruption • Democracy • Legal • Resistance

    The 2026 Election Has Already Been Rigged and I Can Prove It

    Christopher Armitage

    The Existentialist Republic

    What would you do if watching an election be cancelled or stolen in real time?

    Published On: 12/17/2025

  • Legal • Threat Management

    U..S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says

    Nick Turse

    The Intercept

    “If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”

    Published On: 12/16/2025

  • Global • Health • Human Rights • Violence

    Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.

    Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Brett Murphy, photography by Peter DiCampo

    ProPublica

    Rubio issued sweeping stop-work orders to aid programs worldwide. Musk declared that his DOGE team had fed USAID “into the woodchipper.”

    Published On: 12/15/2025

  • Democracy • Legal

    The Government Can Empty Your Bank Account Tomorrow. No Judge Required

    W. A. Lawrence

    Glass Empires By W. Lawrence

    How Miller's Legal Architecture Ensures Constitutional Protections Arrive After They Matter.

    Published On: 12/15/2025

  • Human Rights • Personal Resilience • Resistance

    The Long Work of Courage

    Rev. Cameron Trimble

    Piloting Faith: An (Almost) Daily Meditation

    A Meditation by Rev. Cameron Trimble

    Published On: 12/12/2025

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