Continuing claims have been on a modest upward path since last summer, but we just saw a big jump in last week’s data. The levels are still not scary high, but they definitely are consistent with a weakening labor market. To be clear on what we are looking at, the...
Israel recently launched a brutal new offensive in Gaza, followed by an expanded ground offensive, killing and injuring thousands of beleaguered Palestinians. The campaign is intended to take control of all of Gaza and forcibly displace hundreds of thousands of...
Image by Edoardo Busti. Fans worldwide are unequivocally challenging FIFA’s continued support for Israel, organizing with unprecedented unity for Palestine. Unlike previous actions, this mobilization is now notably well-coordinated, widespread, and consistent. Long...
Photograph Source: Library of Congress – Public Domain As of June 2025, ICE agents are storming California farms, mom-and-pop restaurants, and Home Depot parking lots — chasing undocumented workers through blueberry fields in chaotic mass sweeps to meet federal arrest...
Small dairy, near Hope, Indiana. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Uncertainty is nothing new for farmers. Freak weather changes and fluctuations in the market make planning for the future a gamble, never a sure thing. Dairy farmers have to deal with the additional issues of...
Netanyahu started this war with a surprise unilateral attack against Iran, which has already killed hundreds of people and wounded many more. This attack was specifically designed to sabotage American diplomatic efforts: Israel assassinated the man overseeing Iran’s...
Sly Stone, Keystone Berkeley, CA, April 16, 1982. Photograph Source: Sarfatims – CC BY 4.0 In the fall of 1971, Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” landed like a quiet revolution. After two years of silence following the band’s mainstream success,...
Richard Reichart. It is Father’s Day as I write these words. And it’s one day after No Kings Day. My father, Dr. Richard Reichard, would have approved – he was a lifelong anti-fascist. In the Air Force in World War II, he was shot down behind fascist lines in...
Image Source: Missile Defense Project, “Missiles of Iran,” Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, June 14, 2018, last modified August 10, 2021 (Source) First off, where are they going to invade from? Iraq has US troops stationed in the...
Grizzly bear north of Obsidian Cliff; Jim Peaco; May 2014. Park Service. The August 2023 issue of Global Change Biology published a study on the state of the GYE grizzly population from 2000 to 2020. Among other things, the authors found that, at least until 2020, the...
Image by Javad Esmaeili. The attack that most of the world had been anticipating finally took place. Israel’s expanding role as the world’s leading aggressor nation added another brutal chapter to its growing legacy of destruction, death and disruption on June 13,...
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The huge decentralized turnout for No Kings Day has shown that grassroots power can be a major force against the momentum of the Trump regime. The protests were auspicious, with 5 million people participating in 2,100...