Portside

It’s up to us to stand up to the fossil fuel industry, to political leaders who are obstructing progress, and understand what’s at stake now for people around the world, and for all of these precious ecosystems that are threatened by climate change.

From terrifying the children of immigrants to pepper-spraying frogs, the US under Trump is rapidly descending into mayhem.

The future of international trade will be shaped not by the resurrection of liberal multilateralism but by struggles over what forms of economic cooperation can emerge from its ruins.

The city that raised me—this dazzling, sprawling place of freedom and invention—is under siege

Readers Comments: Dept of War, Trump War on All People of Our Country; In Memory of Melissa Hortman; More Martin Niemöller; Mainstream Democrats; Epstein Files and Domestic Violence; MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler; Block the Bombs Act-Sept 15

“Deploying the National Guard to engage in law enforcement is not only unnecessary and unwanted, but it is also dangerous and harmful to the District and its residents. It’s D.C. today but could be any other city tomorrow."

Readers Comments: Death of Voting Rights Act, Gerrymandering, Confederacy Worship, Gestapo Seizures and Camps; RFK Insanity; Zohran Mamdani; Martin Niemöller's real quote; Italian Dockworkers Threaten to Shut Down All of Europe; No Kings 2 - Oct 18;

"I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health."