ROB OKUN – Pardoning violent criminals is Mr. Trump’s most egregious action since returning to the White House; we know it won’t be his last. Like LA fire department sirens blaring as their city burns, there is an urgent need—right now—for a citizen’s fire brigade to protect democracy from burning to the ground. Silence and turning a blind eye are not an option.
“Choose Democracy” offers needed perspective on Trump
GEORGE LAKEY – Trump can lose when we fight. He is not invincible and he is not all powerful.
Genocide lawsuits against Democrats foreshadow 2026 primary challenges
NORMAN SOLOMON – More than 800 Americans in Northern California have now joined in a class-action lawsuit against their Democratic congressional representatives, charging them with illegally helping to provide weapons to Israel for use in committing genocide in Gaza. News of the suit has caused a stir in the Bay Area, with media coverage putting the pair, Rep. Jared Huffman and Rep. Mike Thompson, on the defensive.
Big data centers, big problems
R.J. CROSS, QUENTIN GOOD, JOHANNA NEUMANN, and ABE SCARR – The rapid growth of data centers can deepen America’s reliance on fossil fuels and is putting consumers and communities at risk.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Provides a Way to Avert Nuclear Catastrophe
LAWRENCE WITTNER – Given the weapons-obsession of a small group of nations, the current prospect for an effective ban on nuclear weapons is bleak. But, longer-term, the revival of a massive antinuclear movement, combined with pressure from an empowered United Nations, could bring the holdouts into the treaty and, thereby, avert nuclear catastrophe.
Is Iran’s Weakness America’s Opportunity?
MEL GURTOV – Reflecting on long-term consequences should lead to a US policy based on win-win diplomacy rather than one based on zero-sum confrontation.