Debunking the Thucydides’s Trap  https://f.mtr.cool/xhkozbmviu David Wong: Ancient history does not compel Washington to escalate. War would result from contemporary decisions, imperial ambitions, and the refusal to accept peaceful coexistence.

Is It (Still) Un-American to Care?  https://f.mtr.cool/mltmuqyrub Danaka Kantovic: The government’s escalating attack on peace activists shows how dissent, compassion, and independent political thought are being recast as national-security threats.

What Does It Mean to Be Working Class? https://f.mtr.cool/rrzndkltkm Robert Jensen: And who is authentically working class? From blue-collar roots to a university professorship, one writer explores the blurred boundaries of class identity.

America at 250: Can We Still Keep the Republic? https://f.mtr.cool/hjibkyypdd Chuck Yates: As fireworks mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, political tribalism, inequality and the lure of autocracy raise a harder question: Can American democracy survive?

How White Supremacy Keeps the Working Class Divided https://f.mtr.cool/hnfqbmvjih Dick & Sharon: America’s economic elites have repeatedly used racial hierarchy to prevent Black and white workers from building power together.

The Collapse of Nuclear Arms Control Puts the World in Peril https://f.mtr.cool/bfmoohsvrq Lawrence Wittner: Arms-control treaties are collapsing and national leaders are once again threatening mass destruction.

ICE Killing in Maine Shows Why Vets Need Vetting—And Not Just in Politics  https://f.mtr.cool/wccmpdifzh Steve Early and Rebecca Gordon: The killing of Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero exposes the dangers of unchecked federal force.

Revolutionary Prophetic Pedagogy https://f.mtr.cool/usjaejjoxt Peter McLaren: As authoritarianism, AI, ecological collapse and oligarchic power threaten democracy, revolutionary prophetic pedagogy offers a new vision as a practice of freedom.

Iran’s Employment Crisis Is Driving Women Out of the Workforce https://f.mtr.cool/adysmzwfhz Elahe Amani: War, sanctions, inflation, job losses, and institutionalized discrimination push millions of Iranian women further into economic insecurity.

The Erasure of Palestine https://f.mtr.cool/phkfztzpbd Rick Chertoff: International courts, human rights organizations, Israeli officials, and the devastation on the ground have supplied overwhelming evidence.

When Faith Defies ICE https://f.mtr.cool/rnsftpdbqd Jeremy Lindenfeld: Across Los Angeles, churches are sheltering Iranian refugees, paying immigration bonds, and turning Christian compassion into organized resistance.

She Entered Rehab With Her Child—and Found a Reason to Stay https://f.mtr.cool/bzxljaifuo Elizabeth Aguilera: At Via Avanta, women recover from substance use while parenting their children—a family-centered model that helps mothers remain in treatment.

Time for a Do-Over of the Entire U.S. Project https://www.laprogressive.com/hypocrisy-or-hope/time-for-reparations Mark Fancher: The seeds of resistance that were planted in southern soil were saturated with the blood, sweat and tears of Mary Reynolds and all others who were enslaved.

When Is a War Not a War? https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/not-a-war Chuck Yates: Confucius had already warned that if we don’t call things by their right names, we throw society into chaos and place the the state in peril. @profpain #war

The Robey Theatre Company https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/the-robey-theatre-company Ben Guillory and Danny Glover Carry Forward the Legacy of Paul Robeson @SharonKyle00 #robeytheatre

A Theater of Absolute Power https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/a-theater-of-absolute-power Peter McLaren: The imagination—trained for coherence, for narrative proportion—lags behind reality, struggling to keep pace with what has already taken place. #trump

Why We Endorsed Becerra Over Steyer https://www.laprogressive.com/election-and-campaigns/xavier-becerra-over-tom-steyer-california-governor A personal reflection on concentrated wealth, democratic erosion, and why even “good billionaires” can normalize a dangerous trajectory. @SharonKyle00

Feds Fail Deaf Ukrainian Asylum Seeker https://www.laprogressive.com/immigration-reform/deaf-ukrainian-asylum-seeker Stuck in immigration limbo, the woman needs a Russian Sign Language translator for her pending asylum case.

Why Does California Need an Insurance Commissioner? https://www.laprogressive.com/california-political-issues/jane-kim-on-californias-insurance-system Jane Kim argues that the state must treat insurance not merely as a private industry Wade Kyle #janekim

California's Latino Snapback Is Real https://www.laprogressive.com/california-political-issues/californias-latino-becerra The GOP Slippage Is Real, but Democratic Consolidation Is Not

Military Families Short-Changed as Pentagon Splurges on War https://www.laprogressive.com/defense/military-families-short-changed Marcus Baram: Spouses of deployed military say they’re struggling with the costs of child care, groceries, housing.

Build a New Ballroom When There’s a Big Beautiful One Nearby?   https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/build-a-new-ballroom Elliott Negin: Located less than a mile from the White House, the Mellon Auditorium fits the bill.

The Man Who Would Rule the World https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/rule-the-world The remarkable degree to which Trump regards himself as the savior of the world suggests a more personal lust for supreme power. @LawrenceWittner #trump

How Billionaires Captured American Politics https://www.laprogressive.com/election-and-campaigns/billionaires-captured-american-politics  Sharon Kyle: America’s political system has steadily normalized concentrated wealth and conditioned citizens to view oligarchs as saviors.

The Long Shadow of the Confederacy: Voting Rights and America’s Unfinished Civil War https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/long-shadow-of-the-confederacy Cynthia McDermott: The old Confederacy survives less as a government than as an enduring political and cultural force. #voterrights

Canada Quietly Puts War Into Your Portfolio  https://www.laprogressive.com/defense/canada-quietly-puts-war In a world where defense financing is deeply embedded in financial markets, peace does not simply reduce risk; it disrupts revenue. Umer Azad: I

Resisting the Collapse of Conscience in the Age of Trump  https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/collapse-of-conscience Trumpism can only thrive in a culture stripped of its conscience. To combat this, conscience must become contagious. @HenryGiroux

Trumpland Is a Man's World https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/trumpland Karen Greenberg: The attack on diversity in government has become pervasive and is undeterred, targeting with abandon females, as well as people of color, immigrants, and critics of the president.

Boorish Kentucky Republicans Take Their Cue for Trump https://www.laprogressive.com/election-and-campaigns/kentucky-republican-boorishness Berry Craig: These days, boorishness and bullying are the rule, not the exception, in Republican ranks, and not just in Kentucky. #gop

Reclaiming Motherhood as a Call for Peace https://www.laprogressive.com/gender-discrimination/reclaiming-motherhood Motherhood in the United States is celebrated symbolically, yet far too many mothers remain neglected politically, economically, and socially. @Tech4Educating #mothersday