NORMAN SOLOMON – Time is running out for Kamala Harris to distance herself from U.S. policies that enable Israel to continue with mass murder and genocide in Gaza. Polling shows that a pivot toward moral decency would improve her chances of defeating Donald Trump. But during her CNN interview Thursday night, Harris remained in lockstep with President Biden’s unconditional arming of Israel.
New metric in OR will make social-emotional health care more accessible
ERIC TEGETHOFF – Oregon aims to make social and emotional health care for young children more available with a new metric.
The US Operates the Largest Military Base Empire on Earth
GRETA ZARRO – U.S. foreign military bases provoke war, pollute communities, and steal land from Indigenous peoples. If the peace movement is serious about ending the United States’ and its allies’ warmaking, then this global constellation of bases must be curtailed.
How to Decolonize Our Battle Against Climate Change
LAURIE PARSONS – Rich countries have exported climate breakdown through extractive industries, creating a “carbon colonialism.”
The Curious Endurance of Atoms for Peace
HENRY SOKOLSKI – Peaceful nuclear power was a political gambit from the start. Why does it still continue?
How A Tie-Breaking Vote Fueled America’s Economy
DAVID MCCALL – IRA-funded projects are increasing efficiency, reducing costs, and shoring up supply chains, better positioning the nation to manufacture the goods needed both for domestic consumption and to trade with the world. Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate in 2022 to pass the IRA and unlock billions for an advanced manufacturing economy. Not a single Republican in either chamber of Congress voted for this historic legislation, which is revolutionizing the cement, chemical, glass, and steel sectors along with other traditional core industries.