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07 June 2013
The Lever of Social Action
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Robert Koehler
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."

I think Archimedes was serious. I know _we_ need to be. Now is the time to choose our future, as the Earth Charter declares. This...
07 June 2013
Syria: An awakening for the political Left
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Nicholas Hills
As the brutality in Syria begins to spread throughout the region, the United States can no longer afford to choose the time at which it confronts this crisis. The time is now. Bashar-al-Assad’s regime is committing intolerable war crimes...
06 June 2013
Obama must see Africa in new light
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Jesse Jackson
When President Obama and the first lady travel to Africa at the end of this month, they will receive a rapturous greeting. The president’s deep roots in Kenya, the land of his father, resonate throughout the continent. His success in the...
30 May 2013
State Crimes against Democracy? Or a "Conspiracy Theory"?
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Pete Johnson
Recent events at Sandy Hook, the Boston Marathon bombing, and the Oklahoma tornado have brought forth some outlandish conspiracy theories. Alex Jones called the Boston bombings a "...
29 May 2013
Recovery? Not for the common people
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Jesse Jackson
Without vision, the Bible teaches, the people perish. And in Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Newark and cities across the country, the people are perishing.

Each week in Chicago, we witness more pain. Teachers are laid off and...
28 May 2013
Our Twisted Politics of Grief
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Norman Solomon
Darwin observed that conscience is what most distinguishes humans from other animals. If so, grief isn’t far behind. Realms of anguish are deeply personal -- yet prone to expropriation for public use, especially in this era of media hyper-...

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