IMPORTANT READS

BY THE PEOPLE - Perhaps the best possible thing we could acknowledge being is a “divided nation.” Failing to do so justifies — or at least avoids noticing — all manner of violent cruelty and repression in the name of so-called democracy, from the jailing of whistleblowers who reveal U.S. war crimes and global criminality, to the lynching of men and women of color . . .  to the waging of endless war.

CUBA LIBRE - In the weeks following the protests in Cuba on July 11 questions about how US President Joe Biden would react have dominated headlines.

Without racism running deep in their DNA, Trump's supporters would not have listened to a raving maniac president encouraging violence in order to remain in power. 

HEALTH CARE - Activists in more than 50 cities across the United States marched and rallied on July 24 to demand a Medicare for All or single-payer health care system.

COMMENTARY - Remember when the right-wing was all about supporting cops and maybe even a little police brutality?

COMMENTARY - As a ROTC cadet and an Air Force officer, I was a tiny part of America’s vast Department of Defense (DoD) for 24 years until I retired and returned to civilian life as a history professor.