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Where on earth is Europe heading?
2+ hour ago (402+ words) Europe is being pulled in several different directions, but generally not to the left. To figure out the future trajectory of Europe, Bulgaria is as good a place as any to start. When I was there a decade ago, people…...
Give me your tired, your poor
9+ hour, 6+ min ago (380+ words) The case for asylum in these less than United States. Unfortunately, having heard the statements and reactions of some of the judges, I fear that the majority of the Supreme Court may no longer agree with that foundational vision for…...
EWG sues EPA for inaction on glyphosate petition; violates federal law, puts children at risk
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (215+ words) In the suit, EWG requests a reduction in the glyphosate tolerance level for oats from 30 ppm to 0. 1 ppm and a ban on its use as a pre-harvest desiccant. On April 21, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) sued the EPA, alleging a…...
Just desserts: MAGA suicide pact climaxes its cult of destruction
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (170+ words) The more bizarre the MAGA fable, / The more desperate to finagle. Can hypocrites throttling the Bible/ Not make its movement suicidal? Absorbing nada from dire defeats Suits feckless, arrogant deadbeats; The more bizarre the MAGA fable, "The more desperate to…...
Trump threatens destruction of Iran as ceasefire unravels and civilian casualties mount
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (1248+ words) Renewed US threats to destroy Iranian infrastructure and Tehran's refusal to negotiate expose deepening diplomatic breakdown, legal concerns, and the human cost of escalation President Donald Trump renewed sweeping threats against Iran on Sunday, warning that "the whole country is…...
Iran's 10-point plan is still a workable basis for negotiations
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (607+ words) There is a simple way to avoid one of the most destructive elements in recent failed negotiations with Iran. The US government under Donald Trump has twice used disingenuous negotiations with Iran to provide cover for attacking it, in'June 2025'and…...
The Iran war as a threshold
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (261+ words) As media coverage focuses on bombs, destruction, and escalating violence, it reinforces an immediate and narrow reading of the conflict. Yet beneath this surface lies another dimension: the Iran war is not only an event, but a manifestation'and an accelerator'of…...
Millions lose food aid as Trump's budget law reshapes SNAP
1+ week, 6+ day ago (798+ words) A new analysis finds 2. 5 million fewer people received food assistance within months of enactment, with millions more expected to lose benefits as states adjust to new funding requirements. Millions of low-income Americans have already lost access to federal food assistance…...
The axis of evil suffers a big loss
5+ day, 58+ min ago (842+ words) After Viktor Orban's landslide loss in Hungary, will Trump and even Putin be next in line for their political comeuppance? In the universe of far-right politics, the three members of the Axis of Evil are Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and…...
War, forever and a day
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (484+ words) Who gains and who loses in Trump's America? The United States was always conceived as an imperial project, its DNA infected from the outset. Imagine the United States minus that historic erasure. Less tangibly, but perhaps more essentially, without that…...