David Rosen

  • Capitalist plunder

    The COP26 inside conference drew some 25,000 delegates representing 197 nations. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US Pres Joe Biden gave...

  • Digital divide

    On November 19, Mayor Bill de Blasio closed New York’s public schools. He has been joined by other mayors and education officials throughout the...

  • Violence in a pandemic

    Americans are paying dearly as they suffer through the coronavirus epidemic. The costs of inadequate testing, poor medical care and even death in...

  • McGovern all over again?

    It’s a perfect time to recall a famous quote from one of the nation’s foremost philosophers, Yogi Berra: Its “déjà vu all over again.”Is...

  • Despair in America

    Ever wake up one morning and ask yourself if anything really matters? Why do I stay alive? These are but two of the existential questions that an...

  • Sanctions: failure of foreign policy

    President Donald Trump’s meeting with North Korea’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un, on June 30 may turn out to be more than just another publicity...

  • Fake boom

    It’s now almost a decade since the last fiscal crisis, launching what was dubbed the ‘Great Recession’. It wreaked havoc on the US banking...

  • The face of crisis

    Donald Trump’s victory – and Hillary Clinton’s defeat – has a bright side. The neoliberal policies and practices of the...

  • Donald Trump and the crisis of masculinity

    Donald Trump presents himself as a ‘man’s man’, a symbol of the sexual prowess that only wealth and influence grants; he’s...