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On May 2, 11,500 film and TV writers belonging to the Writers Guild of America went on strike. The Guild, founded in 1933, is the labor union representing thousands of writers who create TV series, film scripts, news programs, and…

First Nation, Village, Town and County Officials, Fire Department, Faith Based & Local Peace Groups to Welcome Iconic Cold War Era Sailing Vessel the Golden Rule! The Veterans For Peace Golden Rule will be sailing into Port Jefferson Harbor! Local…

It’s official, according to a speech by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the United States is jumping off the neoliberal globalization bandwagon (a root cause of domestic extremism) and it couldn’t come soon enough as institutions of government are sucking…

As the planet’s biggest investor, with $9 trillion in assets under management and an army of tech-savvy analysts trained on the scent of easy money, numbers are BlackRock’s bread and butter. A giant with such an enormous appetite should find…

On Saturday evening, May 13, an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad took effect. Almost at the same time in New York, Hasidic Jews walked in Times Square with a flag of Palestine showing their support…

This explosive new film thrills and inspires, but it doesn’t explain how activists like my parents coped with the uncertainty and isolation that follow acts of sabotage. By Frida Berrigan I’m going to be honest — I was prepared to…

-For the first time that scientists can recall, sea surface temperatures that always recede from annual peaks are failing to do so, staying high-  Global warming and extensive overfishing have damaged ocean ecosystems well beyond recognition from only a few…

It’s been two years since I wrote on this topic. At that time, at least 36% of U.S. mass shooters had been trained by the U.S. military. Since then, a grand total of nobody at all has written on the topic. I’m…

During the last few days, Pressenza presented its new book on Nonviolent Journalism in the United States. This book aims to reflect the first twelve years of collective effort run by volunteers from the fields of journalism and communication. Talk…

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has told CBS News that the conflict in Ukraine may be approaching a turning point, and that Chinese-brokered peace talks could begin by the end of 2023. “Now that China has entered the…