Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Russia and Ukraine enter peace negotiations 12 dead from Russia bombardment of government building in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. Russia announces troop draw down from Kyiev, Biden administration critical-calls it repositioning towards Donbass takeover. United Nations warns Russia’s war … Continued


“It’s the same thing that I have to see again”: Watching the Russian bombardment of Kharkiv

Photo: Kharkiv downtown street destroyed by Russian bombardment (March 1, 2022). Credit: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (mvs.gov.ua) via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC 4.0 Attribution   Your browser does not support the audio tag.   Continuing with our coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we turn now to Kharkiv, the country’s second … Continued


The United States is a strikingly unequal country. The Republican Party is rightly credited with aiding the wealthy, but historian Lily Geismer argues that’s just half of the story. She examines the key role played by the Clinton-era Democratic Party in widening inequality through microenterprise schemes and development zones, free trade policies, and charter schools, … Continued