Tag: Barack Obama
At Davos & UN, Xi Firms China’s Global-Leader Status
China's president uses global forums to push cooperation, oppose U.S. hegemony.
In 2017, Water Had Better Become Your Top Concern
Gloomy water projections, both globally and in U.S., show need for citizen action.
Obama’s Overtime Rules, My Theater, and Me
The arts administrator in me suddenly broke into a sweat.
Prepare to Fight Fascism: 2017 and Beyond
Fascism defines Donald Trump, his philosophy, actions and where he plans to take us.
To My Friends After Election Night, You Are Loved
A letter to my friends from the groups Trump rejected -- you are wonderful.
Ban Nuclear Weapons, Despite Washington
A nuclear-weapons-ban treaty? Bad for the nuclear-weapons industry. Good for us.
Maybe War Is Not the Answer?
Had American leaders responded to 9/11 rationally, the world would be different.
US, Russia Move Closer to War
The belligerent measures are part of the escalating New Cold War.
Against Odds, Obama Ups Ante for TPP
The president's seeing opposition ranging from economists and activists to Congress.
Hillary Clinton: Leader of Progressive Change?
Leadership takes a lot of forms, not all of them charismatic or even visible.
After Chilcot Report: Will ICC Try Blair, Bush?
The British diatribe is just one of a forceful continuum of condemnations of Blair, Bush.
A War Criminal Slow Jams the “News”
Have you noticed how corporate media works to entertain and indoctrinate you with the government’s rendition of news rather than the real news? And...
Obama’s Syria Policy Surrounded, Under Fire
What do you think would work better than Obama's policy? Really: what?
Your Freedoms and the TPP, TTIP, and RCEP
Hundreds of thousands of activists, including a Nobel Prize-winning economist, oppose the secretive "free-trade" deals.
Justice Department Targets Wall Street…the Wrong Way
Justice is seldom done when we target people rather than wrongdoing.
BRICS Invades U.S., UN with Bucks, Clout
Does US hegemony undermine the global economy and peace?
Global Hot Spots: Both Climate and Military Conflict
What'll you have? Climate change? Endless war? World debt? Or all of it?