Address to the Trondheim World Festival in Norway By John Pilger In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler’s leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be staying at…
The media aren’t telling the whole story By Jonathan Cook The reality of the West’s trademark current foreign policy – marketed for the past two decades under the principle of a “Responsibility to Protect” –…
By Branko Marcetic The events in Niger over the past few months have been alarming to watch. What began as a military coup now risks spiraling into a wider war in West Africa, with a…
We kept millions of kids fed during the pandemic. Why stop now? By Peggy Chen From her small apartment in Durham, N.C., Marcella Thompson prepares healthy meals and groceries for the dozens of families that…
By Luis Feliz Leon Some 340,000 UPS Teamsters will see significant gains to pay and working conditions if they ratify a five-year tentative agreement announced by the negotiating committee on Tuesday. Rank-and-file workers were poised…
Commentary by Gene Nichol This past July will be the last in the deanship of Dr. Van Dempsey of the University of North Carolina-Wilmington’s School of Education. That’s tough news for UNC-W and the UNC…
Commentary by Rev. J Mark Davidson This has been the worst summer in decades for the Palestinian refugees barely surviving in the Jenin refugee camp. In June and July, Israel unleashed devastating military strikes, terrorizing…
By Michael D. Yates For most of our existence, we shared the Earth in common. That is, there was no private property, nor, in fact, much consciousness of ourselves as individual beings, separate from one…
A teacher’s point of view By Carl Hintz I started teaching in Wake County in December of 2021. I currently teach physical science and chemistry. As a new teacher, I can speak to some of…
By Courtney E. Martin Teachers went on strike on May 4, 2023, just three weeks before the last day of the academic calendar. The strike lasted seven school days. In negotiations, teachers not only fought…