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“Highway Zero” Interview with Billy Lawrence

“Highway Zero” is the first novel I read while walking. My doctors, my niece, and my legs have been urging me to move more due to excessive sedentism, which worsened after the pandemic. So, when I got Billy’s book on…

AIPAC Hijacks Rep. Cori Bush’s Race–and Our Elections

Representative Cori Bush, a progressive black woman from St. Louis, MO who is a member of the “Squad” and has been a powerful voice in Congress for poor people, women’s rights, healthcare, housing–and Palestine, just lost her primary because pro-Israel…

Matsiko World Orphan Choir Performs in Kingston, NY

On August 7, 2024, the Matsiko World Orphan Choir, a group of young children from Liberia, West Africa, performed live at Kingston Point Beach. The performance, an uplifting and inspirational array of songs and dances native to their cultures, was…

The US is Preparing for an Unwinnable War Against China

In war, there are no winners– and in a war between the US and China, the entire world would lose. By Megan Russell That’s not just considering the mass loss of life that would occur, but also the reverberating effects…

Veterans to Vice President Harris: Push Now to End the Siege of Gaza

    Call for a Permanent Ceasefire and Emergency Food and Medical Aid By Gerry Condon The national organization Veterans For Peace has written an Open Letter to Vice President Kamala Harris, asking her to push for an immediate end to…

Blood on the Leaves, Blood at the Root: Einstein’s NIghtmare

Amok Time 66% of Israel’s population wants Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu out of office.(1) Meanwhile, close to 90% of the same population is in agreement with the amount of force Netanyahu and the IDF are using in Gaza against its’…

The shadow of Black Thursday hovers over Wall Street?

The real possibility of a new stock market crash would have gone unnoticed for most rating agencies due to the disconnection with reality that would lead them to justify the irrational exuberance of markets, thus fulfilling the famous phrase of…

What Does Arming Israel Cost Us?

To end U.S. support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, cold, hard calculations about war spending versus domestic programs could have greater resonance in an election year. By Sonali Kolhatkar What will it take to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza? That’s…

The US’ Calculated Sacrifice of the Ukrainian Population

A Tipping Point Has Been Reached In Ukraine Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its “Special Military Operation”, has reached a tipping point. It is now being acknowledged, even by many Western mainstream news outlets, that Ukraine is in a dire and…

21 states and DC have stepped up to the plate to organize 63 local or virtual Hiroshima – Nagasaki events

In 2024, disarmament-minded people like you in 21 states and DC  have stepped up to the plate to organize 63 local or virtual Hiroshima – Nagasaki events that are still ahead of us at this point.  You may want to…

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