ICAN Shines Light During Nuclear Showdown
After being shown an image charting the steadily falling size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal since the height of the Cold War during a meeting with top national security officials […]
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Climate Justice Requires a Lot More Than Another Plan
Your City Supports Climate Action? Define Action. Greg Harman and Marisol Cortez If there was any question as to what “America First” meant when it came to the subject of […]
Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall to ‘devastate’ wildlife
At the U.S.-Mexico border, the migration of pumas and coati are cut off by physical barriers. Humans? Not so much. By Kiah Collier and Neena Satija Texas Tribune HIDALGO, Texas […]
Border Wall RFP Released: Impenetrable … Beautiful?
Solicitation Number: 2017-JC-RT-0001 issued by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, February 24, 2017. See additional details, such as above possible schematic, at Virtual Builder’s Alliance. From CNN Wire: U.S. […]
Victoria Texas Mosque Fire Ruled Arson
Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune Investigators said Wednesday that someone intentionally set the fire that destroyed a mosque two weeks ago in Victoria, the South Texas town that has since rallied […]
‘Fierce Resistance’ Promised after Dakota Access Approved
Without court injunction, construction that would tunnel beneath Standing Rock Sioux’s primary source of drinking water could begin within 24 hours The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday said […]
Resisting Trump Order at SA International
Part of a gathering movement in San Antonio, Texas, and reflective of actions taking place across the country and around the world, a group of roughly 40 area residents occupied […]
Leaking to the Media is Patriotic. Here’s How to Do It
George W. Bush ushered in an era covert mass surveillance, extraordinary renditions, and a highly secret drone-powered assassination program. Though pledging to break with the policies of his shadow-hugging predecessor, […]
Women’s March: Tens of Thousands ‘Waltz Across Texas’
The day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, tens of thousands of Texans took part in marches across the state Saturday during Texas’ multiple iterations of the Women’s March […]
Art of the Deal: How to Protest Trump
Start preparing ground for a big-tent collaborative. Jeremy David Bendik-Keymer, Case Western Reserve University With the new administration beginning, many people might want to know how to resist it. The […]
Trump ‘Catastrophe’ Could Spark Climate-Justice Surprise
Progress under Obama had been marginal, but the shock of this moment offers us a possible ‘slingshot.’ Tom Athanasiou/EcoEquity Trump’s election was a catastrophe. Coming on top of everything else, […]
‘Society Must Be Defended’: An Inauguration Day Read-In
Here’s a unique way of organizing in resistance to the incoming administration. Via Paige West and JC Salyer In the wake of the 2016 US presidential election scholars across the […]
Can Facebook Create an Algorithm to Defuse Voter Anger?
Zuckerberg’s problem is more complicated than fake news R. Kelly Garrett In the wake of Donald Trump’s unexpected victory, many questions have been raised about Facebook’s role in the promotion […]
Climate Deniers are Not Little Galileos. Here’s Why.
The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: How is it measured and what it means. Ray Weymann/Central Coast Climate Science It is frequently said that “97 percent of climate scientists agree […]
Game Over? Nobel Laureates Decry Climate Denial Agenda
Tabulating the amount of carbon stored in the Canadian tar sands, retired NASA climate scientist James Hansen said the burning of that tarry storehouse while continuing a business-as-usual petroleum-powered agenda […]
Bamboozled: A cure for Trump’s snake oil
Smooth-talking con artists are familiar figures in American folklore. The well-dressed hustler arrives in an unsuspecting town. He pitches some miracle cure or get-rich-quick scheme, door-to-door or from atop a […]
{FAKE NEWS} Doctor Breaks Silence on Trump’s Brain Infection {FAKE NEWS}
Link to rumored venereal disease could make condition untreatable! Donald Trump’s contentious ride to the White House is all but over, but the debate over his medical fitness for office […]
Where Will the (New) Border Walls Go?
The last round of border wall construction passed through Texas nearly a decade ago following the 2006 Secure Fence Act, with steel barriers being cut through nature preserves and private […]
Election 2016: Dying Gasps of the Last Global State?
By Richard Falk A cascade of developments should make us afraid of what seems to be emerging politically in the United States at this time. Although politicians keep telling us […]
Trump Attack Shames the Mentally Ill
This is not about Donald Trump. It’s about the language we use talking about mental illness. It’s been a long, ugly march out of the “madhouses” of American history. But […]
Kansas Bombs: When ‘Civil War’ is not a Metaphor
The headline warns of “civil war.” But although the Guardian uses militaristic euphemisms for campaign contestations across the length of its recent political analysis, the emphasis is decidedly on the […]
