Image by Thanti Riess. Murdered doctors, paramedics, nurses, teachers, artists, actors, poets, journalists. The killing hand blessed and enabled by the “civilized” West, soulless reincarnation of Kurtz who intone the right of killers to defend themselves, uncaring of...
Emperor Penguins. NOAA Corps Collection Photographer: Giuseppe Zibordi Credit: Michael Van Woert, NOAA NESDIS. Way back on his April 2 “Liberation Day,” (it feels like a long time ago), Donald Trump released a set of “reciprocal” tariffs. These tariffs bore no obvious...
Photograph Source: Dctrzl – CC BY-SA 4.0 Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the United States’ top public health official, recently claimed some religious groups avoid the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine because it contains “aborted fetus debris” and “DNA particles”. The...
Image by Planet Volumes. As they often did, the headlines in the New York Times brought more bad news the morning of September 12, 1973: “Allende Out, Reported Suicide. Marxist Regime in Chile Falls in Armed Forces Violent Coup.” I read the article while waiting for...
Image by Ahmet Kurt. If the overwhelming deluge from the Trumpian firehose of lies, threats, incompetency, illegal actions, and surreality is sweeping you off your feet, driving you to bedridden depression, leaving you passive and breathlessly unable to mount a...
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair A few days ago, Turkish student Rümeysa Öztürk was walking down the street in Somerville, Massachusetts, looking for the restaurant where she had arranged to have dinner with some friends. A man blocked her path; she tried to continue...
To arms, everyone!, a Partisan propaganda poster – Public Domain “Small nations and states will seek their place under the sun, while the great powers will demand that they renounce their moral wealth—above all, their struggle for justice and truth. All of this will...
Map template for the Australian House of Representatives divisions used in the 2025 federal election. Image Source: Erinthecute – CC BY-SA 4.0 The dust had barely settled on the Australian federal election on May 3 before the hagiographers, mythmakers and revisionists...
Photograph Source: Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street – OGL In England last week, in addition to a byelection for a parliamentary seat in Runcorn, Cheshire, there were 6 mayoral elections, elections for 24 local councils. and 1,641 seats in these 24 councils. All...
Image by Nathaniel St. Clair It’s been over 100 days since Donald Trump’s return to the presidency. Most NGOs to the right of the Heritage Foundation are alarmed about his confrontational international posture and related erosion of the rule of law. Human Rights Watch...
The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival is likely America’s main entry point for Pacific Islander, Asian and Asian American productions. The 41st annual LAAPFF is taking place May 1-7 in various L.A. venues and presented by Visual Communications, an L.A.-based...
A Marine from 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, moves a Vietnamese peasant during a search and clear operation 15 miles west of Da Nang Air Base, 1965. Photo: PFC G. Durbin, US Marine Corps. “The Vietnamese national character is rapidly changing. Our value system is...