Source: Antiwar.com
by Dennis Kucinich

“If you want to see this war brought to an end, remember this: An appropriations vote is a vote for war. If your congressional representative votes for the ‘National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA),’ they vote for war. This is not about disarming. It is about Congress deciding, on our behalf, limitations on aggression. If Congress votes for a supplemental appropriation to replenish missile stocks, and other armaments, they vote for war.” (04/07/26)

https://isonomiamag.substack.com/p/bringing-harvard-to-heel-the-trump

Source: New York Post
by Drew Pinsky & Mary LG Theroux

“San Francisco is making real progress in the fight against homelessness; Los Angeles is not. And the difference is how each city treats addiction among the homeless population. Addicts are a crucial subset of that population. It is a brain disease, and brain diseases, as they progress, result in the loss of the ability to manage the necessities of daily life. We are not referring to those who may experience transient homelessness, who can make use of various resources that are available for housing. We are concerned with those for whom their brain conditions have progressed to the point that they lie down on the sidewalk, and stay there.” (04/06/26)

https://nypost.com/2026/04/06/opinion/how-la-is-failing-the-homeless/

Source: The Daily Economy
by Matthew Blakey

“By redefining inflation as consumer prices, we distort how we interpret policy, inequality, and markets.” (04/07/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/redefining-inflation-to-obscure-its-origins/

Source: Gideon’s Substack
by Noah Millman

“Betting markets now suggest the Democrats are strongly favored to take the House, and it’s a coin flip whether they’ll take the Senate. In consequence of these developments, debates between moderates and left-wingers about how the party needs to run have been largely shelved in favor of a comforting consensus that ‘we’re not Trump’ will be enough in 2026, and possibly in 2028 as well. … Democrats might well win in 2026 and even in 2028 without having had any serious discussion about what they want to do, or having determined whether what they want to do has anything to do with what the electorate wants or the country needs. And if that is how they win, then what happens after they do?” (04/07/26)

https://gideons.substack.com/p/do-the-democrats-know-what-time-it

Source: Los Angeles Times
by Jon Duffy

“The problem in Iran is not that the military has failed to destroy things. It is that destruction is not the same as control. Wars must be judged by the political conditions they produce, not simply by the targets they hit. The Iranian regime still holds its core position. It is still imposing costs and shaping the terms under which other nations, including the U.S., must operate. Tactical violence has not produced durable strategic effect. The administration’s justifications have shifted repeatedly, and its claims of victory have grown more theatrical as the war’s practical results have grown less convincing. … The president launched this war in the name of defending America from imminent threats. He is now applauding limited relief from a coercive order the war itself helped create. What began as a show of force is now a search for smaller and smaller signs of progress.” (04/07/26)

https://archive.is/p8ZDN