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The experts respond to Trump’s proposal to “start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis”
President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, his social media site, that he had instructed the Department of War (formerly the Defense Department) to return to “nuclear testing” — although it’s unclear whether he was referring to testing a nuclear…
The Happiness Trap: Cultivating Contentment and Wonder as a Radical Path Forward
Happiness can isolate; contentment connects. Martina Moneke explores why steadiness and wonder, not peaks of joy, are the truest path to fulfillment. Much has been written about happiness. Encyclopedias of advice, viral think pieces, TED Talks, Instagram affirmations—all converge on…
Zohran the tiger
What’s a “watch party“? That’s what my friends from Italy ask me on WhatsApp. What do I tell them? That I’m in a mega-club in Brooklyn, and that while I dance, pretending to be twenty-five myself, on a giant screen…
Earth’s Greatest Enemy Shows Us We Have No Choice
In the opening scene of Abby Martin and Mike Prysner’s new documentary, Earth’s Greatest Enemy, an unhoused veteran sits and plays piano in an encampment in Brentwood, California. He lives in an encampment popularly known as “Veterans Row,” where tents…
How Was This Possible? – A short note by Partha Banerjee, Brooklyn, New York.
Zohran Mamdani’s victory is not just a historic victory for a new-generation immigrant youth. Not just a stunning victory for the son of a Muslim father and a Hindu mother who rose from nothing. Behind this victory is the huge…
Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Marks a New Political Generation in New York City
Zohran Mamdani’s recent win represents an important milestone in New York City’s political life — but this time, the significance goes well beyond a single campaign. What emerged in this election is the visible force of a new generation of…
From FDR to Zohran Mamdani NYC: For the interests of the poor Why New Yorkers support Zohran Mamdani… ‘It feels like Revolution’!
A society cannot continue when the majority is left with mere crumbs. The outrageous accumulation of wealth in a few hands –a hallmark of capitalism– must somehow be curbed. Taxation is one way to achieve that. Mamdani’s rise is a…
Rome’s Fall Is America’s Warning: Civic Neglect Can Topple Even the Mightiest Republics
History shows that even the strongest republics crumble when leaders and citizens neglect their duties. Invading armies can topple a state, but republics are often undone from within—by the neglect of those sworn to their care. Rome, with its Senate,…
Mexico, the Country That Digs Over Its Dead: Necropolitics, Silence, and Resistance in the Mass Graves of Jalisco
The earth groans when the shovels of the Madres Buscadoras —the Searching Mothers— strike what the State ignored: black plastic bags and bones amid the disturbed soil of Zapopan, Jalisco. Less than twenty kilometers from the green grass of the…
The Arms Control Association Responds to Trump’s Reckless Nuclear Testing Remarks
U.S. President Donald Trump said he had “instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.” In response, ACA Executive Director Daryl G. Kimball stated, “Trump appears to be misinformed and…
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