By Neil Cosgrove Americans often express concern that their government has become too much in the thrall of ideologies, of ways of interpreting the world so extreme that the ideologues in question […]
A Budget from Hell
June 15, 2017 – By Michael Drohan On May 22, Donald Trump produced his Budget Proposal for 2018. If ever there was a statement that government is at the service of the […]
Single Payer Documentaries Available
May 19, 2017 – By Wien Norman Health Care is back in the headlines again. With the Republicans attempting to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the news will be dominated […]
Another Defense of Planned Parenthood
June 30, 2017 – By Jacqueline Souza The constant legislative attack on women in the U.S. is not and never was about protecting family values, nor an attempt to shrink our national deficit […]
Maps Matter! Let’s End Gerrymandering
June 29, 2017 – By Suzanne M. Broughton Gerrymandering is not new. It started in 1812 when Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry approved a bill that drew districts favoring his party. A political […]
The Common Sense of War and Militarism
June 30, 2017 – Calvin Pollak One of the keys to maintaining a militarized society is managing the people’s political common sense, or ideology: the stories, values, and concepts we take for […]
Bahrain: Dissecting the Tiniest Country of the Anti-Qatar Group
July 1, 2017 – By Fatema Juma As a former resident of Bahrain, allow me to begin my observations by reflecting on 2011, the year, in the media’s eyes, when the Arabs […]
Past in Present: Historical Implications of Science and Society
July 1, 2017 – By Nijah Glenn Dr. Jotham Parsons is an historian and a faculty member in the Duquesne University History Department. He is also my former professor for History of […]
Palestinian, Israeli, and Jewish Diaspora Partners Defy Occupation
June 13, 2017 – By Bob Mason Saturday night, May 22nd, canopied by a star-encrusted sky, I joined 90 activists (approximately 60 American, Australian, British, Canadian, and European Jews, 20 Palestinians, and […]
Trump and Russia: A Bright Spot in an Incoherent Foreign Policy?
June 15, 2017 – By Michael Drohan One of the most baffling aspects of the present political moment in the US is that President Trump is being grilled and baked over the […]
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