KARY LOVE – America must be vigilant against encroaching erosions of its great principles. Every generation must renew their commitment to defending and expanding those human rights, not only in rhetoric, but in the halls of Congress, the White House, and the courts, and the streets, until “liberty and justice for all” is the lived reality of “we the people.” Only then will the right to celebration of the Declaration be earned. And every generation must earn that right by carrying forward the struggle for the “inalienable” rights of all.
Category: June 2026
Data Centers Threaten the Health of the Columbia River
KRISTEEN BARCLAY – The Columbia River is being re-engineered into a cooling system. Cooling system for industrial-scale computers. This shift is fundamentally changing the capacity of our river to function. The Snake and Yakima Rivers are at risk as well.
The U.S. Labor Movement as a force for peace and international cooperation
LAWRENCE WITTNER – This June’s AFL-CIO call for a just and peaceful world is in line with much of labor’s past. And the labor movement shouldn’t be written off as a force for peace and international cooperation in the future.
10 reasons to resist AI
JOSEPH MOGUL – To counter Big Tech’s narrative of AI inevitability, movements are beginning to resist on many fronts where this dangerous tech is being deployed.
The New Documentary “An Ordinary Insanity”
ROBERT ELLSBERG – “An Ordinary Insanity” may alert the public to the dangers we are facing from “The Doomsday Machine.” But it will also require widespread conscientious action, a kind of pandemic of courage, wisdom, enlightenment, and dedication to the survival of our planet.
Why Trump blinked on Iran
SOPHIA GONZALEZ – Trump stepped back because the next step looked less like victory than attrition. He should keep stepping back. The United States does not need another demonstration of airpower. It needs an exit from the logic that made airpower seem like a substitute for policy. Diplomacy is not a gift to Tehran. It is a rescue operation for Washington’s own overstretched strategy.
Investing in Care: A Public-Private Model for Youth Opportunity
COLIN GREER and REYNARD LOKI – A scalable model that combines education, paid work, mentorship, and healthcare to support vulnerable youth.
Around the world, global solidarity and cooperation are remarkably popular
LAWRENCE WITTNER – In most countries, including the United States, support for international solidarity and cooperation is very substantial, and growing. Consequently, political activists and politicians shouldn’t be reluctant to speak out for them. Indeed, given the popularity of this internationalist approach to global affairs, it might even prove a winning political issue.
Two visions of the US will compete at the World Cup
MARIA J. STEPHAN – A big tent coalition is harnessing the energy surrounding the World Cup to imagine a more free and democratic United States.
Best possible Iran agreement will leave everyone worse off than they started
MEL GURTOV – We’ve seen this movie several times already: Trump issues threats, Iran refuses to kneel, negotiators rush to Qatar, Trump or Rubio announces an imminent deal, and then optimism evaporates as it becomes clear that the two sides are miles apart.
The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly
JONATHON WATTS – China is dominating the energy transition with astonishing results, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock.