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Sat, July 2, 2022 | 21:07

A peacetime war to save democracy

For just a couple of hours Dec. 16 afternoon, at least some of your elected and appointed officials in nation's capital were distracted from their daily descent into the mire of today's politics of hate. In the White House's stately East Room, three Army families sat with dozens of dignitaries as President Joe Biden awarded our nation's Medal of Honor to three courageous sold...

2021-12-22 16:39

It's time to take UFOs seriously

Of all the year's political drama, the most surprising may be the U.S. government's actions on unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs - better known as UFOs.

2021-12-22 16:38

Organizing Amazon affects us all

Christmas trees, Hanukkah candles, New Year's countdown clocks - these are some of the ways we mark the holiday season. But Amazon workers have other, more brutal metrics this time of year. The company demands that they pick, stow, pack, ship and deliver at a faster rate and for longer hours.

2021-12-21 16:23

US diplomatic boycott of Olympics pushes back at Beijing's efforts to control sports stars

In 1936, human rights advocates pushed for a boycott of the “Nazi Olympics,” two years after Adolf Hitler seized power and began persecuting Jews.

2021-12-20 16:11

Holdouts ensure virus will stick around

As of last week, more than 200 million Americans had been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, constituting around 60 percent of the population. It's an important milestone, but so is the milestone of the nation's 800,000th coronavirus death this week. With a new variant on the rise and a sizable minority of the country still holding out against the vaccines, infection r...

2021-12-20 16:10

Human rights are key to democracy

Democracies are fragile, and human rights aren't a given. That was the message human rights advocates delivered at the early December Summit for Democracy hosted by the United States and attended virtually by 110 countries.

2021-12-19 16:40

American democracy needs grassroots coalition at home

Last week, the Biden administration hosted the Democracy Summit - a convening of leaders and organizations representing democracies around the world. The political context for these meetings is at once urgent and dire, including, and perhaps especially, here in the United States.

2021-12-16 15:54

Stop letting hate groups control immigration debate

President Joe Biden is making the same mistake President Barack Obama made in his first term: catering to xenophobes while performing compassion toward immigrants.

2021-12-15 17:00

Here's what Xi can learn from Putin

In his quest to make his country the undisputed leader of the global economy, China's President Xi Jinping can learn a lot from his next-door neighbor, Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

2021-12-14 16:32

In case of human rights emergency, break glass and give these athletes money

In some professional sports circles, apparently all it takes to make athletes forget their high-minded principles is the waving of a wad of dollars under their noses. Sure, they're quick to take a symbolic knee or wear an armband to raise awareness for a good cause, but lonely are those brave athletes who dare to sacrifice participation in high-dollar tournaments to warn oppr...

2021-12-14 16:30

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