WIM LAVEN – There are many profiteers enjoying business deals at the expense of human lives, but there are still lives to be saved if we can force an end to the campaign of genocide now. We have a moral obligation to save those we can, like Anne Frank (a teenager killed in genocide) reminds us: “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
Category: July 2025
What the West Got Wrong: Muslim Women Don’t Need Saving—And When They Do, Where Are You?
JARED BELL – When Muslim women suffer under so-called “backward” patriarchal societies, outrage often triggers swift policy responses and widespread condemnation. But when the violence is inflicted by allies, liberal democracies, or nations we trade with, the response becomes muted, qualified, and politically convenient.
Renewables Provided 30% of Total U.S. Generation in May
KEN BOSSONG – A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reveals that solar provided over 11% of total U.S. electrical generation in May while wind + solar produced over one-fifth and the mix of all renewable energy sources generated nearly 30%.
The nuclear mirage: why small modular reactors won’t save nuclear power
ARNIE GUNDERSON – Don’t believe the hype, says a 50-year industry veteran. Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are the nuclear industry’s latest shiny dream. It is more hope than strategy. SMRs only exist in the imagination of the nuclear industry and its supporters. SMRs can only be found on glossy PowerPoint slides. That is why Mycle Schneider dubbed SMRs “power point reactors.” There are no engineering plans, no blueprints, no working prototypes.
Surge in U.S. Concern About Immigration Has Abated
LYDIA SAAD – Americans’ attitudes on immigration have largely returned to where they stood before the recent border surge, marked by broader appreciation for immigration, less desire to reduce it, and more support for pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. At the same time, support for tougher border control and aggressive deportation policies has eased since last year, with these measures mostly losing their appeal among Democrats and independents.
How to create a justice system rooted in care
GEORGE PAYNE – Care is not indulgent. It is radical. It is not weakness. It is protection. It is not optional. It is the ground of any future worth building. Healing is resistance. Healing is justice. Healing is how we survive.
US/Israeli Policy in Gaza: Genocide Made Invisible
NORMAN SOLOMON – With rare exceptions, U.S. news media and members of Congress dodge the reality of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Meanwhile, the events in Gaza and the evasions in the United States have been enormously instructive, shattering illusions along the way. Many Americans, especially young people, know much more about their country and its government than they did just two years ago. What has come to light includes mass murder of certain other human beings as de facto policy and functional ideology.
Why we need a solidarity economy now
RICK WILSON – As the US faces historic cuts to the social safety net, local economic alternatives can meet basic needs and provide opportunities to organize for a better future.
Why faith leaders are standing up to the largest pro-Israel Christian lobby
JAISAL NOOR – An interfaith campaign is confronting one of the most powerful groups driving unconditional support for Israel and the genocide in Gaza with spiritual resistance.
This new tool can help movements chart a path to victory
JOE WORTHY – Strategic blunders and tactical approaches that fail to chart a path to victory can lead to public disillusionment and disengagement. This may prompt people to seek less effective means of resistance. As those who understand that strategic nonviolence is, both statistically and morally, the most effective means of resistance, we must take responsibility and exercise great care in its implementation. Perhaps this tool can help us achieve that.
VA Nurses on the Front Lines
ANDREW MOSS – VA nurses are fighting on two fronts for their patients’ safety and well-being: for a restoration of collective bargaining rights and for the needed funding that will keep the VA intact as a health provider. They’re carrying the fight into the courts, into Congress (on behalf of labor-friendly legislation), and onto the National Mall and media recognition.
Is Trump co-governing with the billionaire class?
MARK ENGLER and PAUL ENGLER – Politicians regularly partner with business, when they should collaborate with grassroots movements.
The Rage of Billionaires and the Frenzy to Stop Zohran Mamdani From Becoming New York’s Mayor
NORMAN SOLOMON – The Supreme Court’s first chief justice, John Jay, would have empathized with the billionaires who’ve been freaking out ever since Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York last Tuesday. “Those who own the country ought to govern it,” Jay insisted. But now, oligarchs accustomed to such governance are furious that the nation’s capital of capitalism is in danger of serving people instead of megaprofits.
Great Tactic: The Highway Overpass Is Our Public Square
TAMAR WYSCHOGROD – I’m part of a Visibility Brigade, the rush-hour resistance groups that take to highway overpasses to display protest messages for all to see.
For the Next Steps with Iran, Let’s Work on an International Diplomatic Solution
DR. ALLEN PIETROBON – History has shown us that, in a moment defined by the overwhelming tensions that nuclear weapons create, sometimes the most powerful weapon of all is the strength of international dialogue and agreement.