Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair It makes for stark and dark reading. The report for the UN Human Rights Council titled From economy of occupation to economy of genocide makes mention of “corporate entities” who have been enriched by “the Israeli economy of illegal...
Photo by Nik Nikolla Young people like watching pornography. In 2023, an estimated 68 percent of U.S. adolescents viewed online pornography. A 2022 survey of more than 1,300 teens (age 13 to 17) found that about 3 out of 4 teens reported that they had viewed online...
Image by Ahmed Abu Hameeda. Since winning the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, Zohran Kwame Mamdani has spent more time addressing outrage over two words he never actually said than outlining his vision for the city. Ironically, his rivals’ overreach—each...
The upside down flag is a signal of distress. This one flew at the Hands Off rally in Olympia, Washington April 5. Credit: Wikipedia Commons The Constitutional Republic in Danger Another July 4. It is 249 years after independence was declared in Philadelphia, one year...
It’s all about personal responsibility. You’re responsible for your own life, your family’s life… Whether you are at a home you have lived in your entire life, or at a vacation cottage, understanding your flood risk and being connected to emergency warnings is...
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Palestinians at a GHF aid distribution site in Gaza being fired on by American “security” contractors. Still from a video shot by a contractor and given to the Associated Press. There’s no precise number for how many Palestinians have been starved to death by Israel’s...
In the summer of 1967, millions across the Arab world tuned into the radio and heard what sounded like victory. Egypt’s Voice of the Arabs announced sweeping military successes over Israel, claimed the liberation of Palestine was underway, and reported that American...
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Everywhere we look, AI is treated like an inevitability. AI companies like ChatGPT and Open AI are expanding rapidly, and many Americans rely on AI assistants such as Alexa and Siri in their day-to-day lives. For some college...
Rose Garden at Sissinghurst, Kent, June 2025. Photo: The author. A disturbance of memory at Sissinghurst It was 10:45 on a Saturday morning in June, sunny and 80 degrees. Harriet and I were standing near the front of the queue for admission to the gardens at...
The U.S. scientists who tested the first atomic bomb, July 16, 1945, took the ultimate gamble of setting the atmosphere on fire and destroying all life on Earth. When Robert Oppenheimer, the civilian head of the program, informed his boss, the Nobel Prize winning...