Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Israeli strike demolishes high-rise in Gaza City as Israel tells Palestinians to evacuate; Aid ship headed for Gaza hit by drone causing fire, was part of largest aid flotilla to date; Labor, immigrant advocates speak out on … Continued


Background Briefing

A Major TV Network Caves Again, Censoring Trump Protests at the US Open–The Growing Rift Between the Supreme Court and the Lower Courts–A Chicagoan Manning the Barricades Ahead of Trump’s “Invasion” in His War on Chicago

A Major TV Network Caves Again, Censoring Trump Protests at the US Open Men’s Tennis Final We begin looking into how the mainstream press and the TV networks are caving in to Trump following ABC’s censorship of protests at Sunday’s US Open Men’s Tennis final at which Trump was repeatedly booed by the crowd. Joining … Continued


Today’s corporate, capitalist economy is radically unequal, ecologically unsustainable, and embedded in recurring boom-and-bust cycles of crisis. Not surprisingly, people are looking for alternatives. What if, instead of tweaking the system to reduce the damage, we reorganized entirely so that both local and national economies produced better outcomes for people, communities and the planet in … Continued


Womens Magazine

Trans, Non Binary and gender Queer celebration with Caro De Robertis and Crystal Mason

As Donald Trump’s authoritarian push takes aim at trans and genderqueer people, mainstream media represents gender diversity as a newfangled, dangerous invention of the young. But trans, nonbinary, genderqueer and Two Spirit people have always been present, in many cultures and communities. Author Caro de Robertis‘s new collection of oral histories with trans, nonbinary, genderqueer and Two Spirit … Continued