I’m Fine With Sending Jeff Bezos Into Space, As Long as He Pays His Taxes Here on Earth I’m Fine With Sending Jeff Bezos Into Space, As Long as He Pays His Taxes Here on Earth
Taxing the rich might curtail Bezos’s extraterrestrial activities. But it would make this corner of Planet Earth more habitable.
Jul 19, 2021 / John Nichols
The USA’s Gun-Buying Spree The USA’s Gun-Buying Spree
2021 is on pace to be Americ’s deadliest year of gun violence in the past two decades.
Jul 19, 2021 / OppArt / Margaret Roleke
Oregon Will Protect Reproductive Health Care When Hospitals Merge Oregon Will Protect Reproductive Health Care When Hospitals Merge
A landmark bill will ensure that health care services don’t disappear when Catholic hospitals take over other providers.
Jul 19, 2021 / Amy Littlefield
Where Do Wars Come From? Where Do Wars Come From?
Two new books, Margaret MacMillan’s War and Martin Sherwin’s Gambling with Armageddon, offer close studies of how we end up, or almost end up, marching into war.
Jul 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Michael T. Klare
The US Must Prioritize Children’s Safe and Legal Resettlement The US Must Prioritize Children’s Safe and Legal Resettlement
This country has made immigration a “security” issue rather than a “humanitarian” issue, painting child migrants as violent threats rather than vulnerable youth.
Jul 19, 2021 / Sarah Valdes
Who Authorized America’s Endless Wars? Who Authorized America’s Endless Wars?
The string of wars in the Middle East have cost thousands of lives and countless resources. When will they end?
Jul 19, 2021 / Andrea Mazzarino
Our ‘Racial Reckoning’ Is Turning Out to Be a White Lie Our ‘Racial Reckoning’ Is Turning Out to Be a White Lie
Black demands for full citizenship are being treated as entitlement and calls for racial accountability redefined as white persecution.
Jul 19, 2021 / Column / Kali Holloway
DIRECT ACTION DIRECT ACTION
CAPITOL PUNISHMENT. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of July 12.
Jul 16, 2021 / Steve Brodner
Climate Change Nature Guide Climate Change Nature Guide
Home cooking.
Jul 16, 2021 / OppArt / Jack Ohman
Colombia’s Strategy to Quell Protesters? Shoot at Their Eyes. Colombia’s Strategy to Quell Protesters? Shoot at Their Eyes.
Human rights groups estimate as many as 200 protesters have suffered eye injuries after being targeted by Colombia’s notorious anti-riot police.
Jul 16, 2021 / Peter Schurmann and Manuel Ortiz