Ali Winston

A profoundly sad week that began with echoes of the Vietnam War era: Aaron Bushnell, an American Airman, immolated himself while screaming "Free Palestine" in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. last Sunday. Bushnell livestreamed the whole episode. Bushnell, an intelligence analyst who claimed to

You know the 'holiday lull' that sets in around mid-December: or now apparently from Thanksgiving through the New Year since folks somehow decided that working is passe? I always think of February as the precise opposite. News comes in bunches, and the past seven days were no exception.

For those who know me, political reporting is something that is typically far from my realm of interest. It's tremendously important for any democratic society, but so much oxygen gets wasted on the contemporary American blend of horse race coverage (Who's leading? Who's behind?

Enjoying the hottest winter on record? If you're in California (particularly Southern), that record rainfall, flooding and mudslides might be your preoccupation of the moment - more on all that with the book of the week. If you're back East, it's most likely gray,

Another rough week out there for anyone with a conscience, as the war in Ukraine and the Israeli genocide-in-process roll on, with the Ukrainian top general facing the axe from President Volodymyr Zelensky hard on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion, more than 27,000 Palestinians dead in Gaza