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[ad_1] Joshua Scheer More than fifty-five years after they first met during an anti-Vietnam War march in Los Angeles, Robert Scheer and Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic reunite for a deeply personal conversation about friendship, war, trauma, and hope. Kovic reflects on the wounds he has carried since being paralyzed in Vietnam, the lifelong cost of war borne by veterans and civilians alike, and why he believes ordinary people—not politicians—remain the greatest force for democratic change. At a time of renewed global conflict and growing political division, Kovic offers a powerful reminder that the struggle for peace is never over…

[ad_1] Providence, Rhode Island, Police Chief Oscar Perez defended officers who arrested four people while responding to a noise complaint at a July 4 house party in 2025, calling their actions “justified” after party-goers refused to comply with orders. He later backtracked after body camera video showed officers punching people and throwing them to the ground. Prosecutors dropped the charges, and the officers were disciplined. Illustration: Peter Bagge On July 4, 2020, amid protests against police brutality, a Portland, Oregon, police officer shot Dexter Pearce in the back of the leg with an impact munition as he walked away. According…

[ad_1] Photo by Philippe Bout Dedicated to the memory of Meagan Lobnitz. Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.Sometimes a thousand twangling instrumentsWill hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,That, if I then had waked after long sleep,Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming,The clouds methought would open, and show richesReady to drop upon me; that, when I waked,I cried to dream again. –William Shakespeare, The Tempest I don’t know about you, but these days I bring the same eagerness to reading the morning news that I…

[ad_1] Beneath the period costumes, powdered wigs, and tricorn hats, 1776 is a magnificent depiction of open debate. Set during the Second Continental Congress, the musical revolves around Founding Father John Adams and his pursuit of independence. The state delegates argue, compromise, and persuade, reminding us that the birth of America depended on John Stuart Mill’s marketplace of ideas. The play begins with a theatrical “portal,” inviting viewers into an interactive museum, a reimagined Constitution Hall, before transporting them to Philadelphia in that sweltering summer of 1776. The dramatized debate is animated through vivid characters: Adams is loud, relentless, and impatient, while…

[ad_1] Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The US experiment has failed. It’s failed from sea to shining sea. Democracy, liberty, and equality for all are just dreams some of us have. The ones who could care less about that dream were and are mostly among the wealthiest in the population. Amber waves of grain are nothing but numbers on the commodities exchange. They have their followers among the rest, but it is their money that gives them their power, not their supporters. The fact that most of its founding fathers never intended for that experiment to extend beyond white men…

[ad_1]  Jill Clark-Gollub, Popular Resistance. In the wake of devastating earthquakes, and for a full recovery, “It is time to return to Venezuela what rightfully belongs to Venezuela.”  SanctionsKill/Americas Without Sanctions invites international solidarity activists and organizations to sign and share the following statement here. We extend our full solidarity and condolences to the Venezuelan people as they grapple with the human tragedy caused by the twin earthquakes of June 24, 2026. We applaud emergency aid to rescue those under the rubble and meet the needs of the living victims. This natural disaster comes on top of the U.S. invasion and kidnapping…

[ad_1] American house, 29 Palms, California. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Something unusual happened last week in Washington, DC. In a rare showing of bipartisan support during the Trump era, both chambers of Congress passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a package incorporating provisions from more than 60 pieces of legislation to help address housing affordability in the US. But then, in a moment that better reflects what Americans expect from the federal government, Trump canceled the bill signing, saying he would hold up the bill until Congress passed his controversial voter ID bill, the SAVE America Act. On…

[ad_1] 1 Mbit high-speed CMOS pseudostatic RAM, made by Toshiba. Photo: © Raimond Spekking, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 Three years ago, Washington bet that restricting China’s access to advanced semiconductors would preserve American technological dominance. That bet is not paying off the way its architects imagined. A February 2026 analysis in American Affairs Journal found that China’s semiconductor manufacturing equipment sector has reached a level of maturity that would have seemed implausible just a few years ago. Huawei is building advanced fabrication facilities in Shenzhen targeting 7-nanometer commercial-scale production as early as this year. SMIC, the state-backed foundry, has…

[ad_1] Joshua Scheer President Donald Trump kicked off America’s 250th Independence Day celebrations with a speech at Mount Rushmore that centered on patriotism, anti-communism, and the upcoming midterm elections. Speaking beneath the monument to four U.S. presidents, Trump urged Americans to defend the nation’s founding ideals against what he described as a growing “communist menace.” Trump argued that progressive Democrats—particularly the recent wave of democratic socialist primary winners in New York, Colorado, and other states—represent the greatest ideological threat to the country. He also linked his anti-communist message to immigration, claiming that some newcomers embrace values incompatible with the…

[ad_1] Trump speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition. Screengrab from video posted to X. Watching Trump behave like a maniacal wrecking ball every day, one can be forgiven for wondering why Democratic presidents always appear so comparatively docile. Obama uses the utmost finesse to barely pass the (wretched and corporate-subsidizing) Affordable Care Act? Trump backdoor defunds it with some executive orders. Biden spends much of his term unsuccessfully attempting to implement a small bit of student debt relief? Trump wipes out the entire Department of Education with a wave of his hand. Why, then, are Republican presidents seemingly so…