China Surpasses US in Research Spending – The Consequences Extend Far Beyond Scientific Ranking and Clout
In a span of a few years, China has outstripped the U.S. in scientific publications, spending and patents. AP Photo/Andy Wong Caroline Wagner, The Ohio State University China’s rapid rise…
New Mexico Becomes the Latest State to End Cooperation With ICE Under New Law
By Marianne Dhenin This article was originally published by Truthout Activists say ending local and state cooperation with ICE is a key way to obstruct Trump’s mass deportation machine. Grassroots…
Iranian Group Submits Evidence of US-Israeli War Crimes to International Criminal Court
Jake Johnson for Common Dreams The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society said Saturday that his organization has submitted evidence of US-Israeli war crimes to the International Criminal Court…
How Two Phone Booths Connected Strangers Across Party Lines
In our hyper-polarized world, a social experiment showed that we can bridge deep divides by tapping into people’s creativity, curiosity and desire for connection. Hilary Hodge for Waging Nonviolence One…
Unfounded Health Concerns Are Powering a Solar Backlash
Kevin Heath had hoped there would be solar panels by now on his family farm in southeastern Michigan, roughly 50 miles outside Detroit. About six years ago, he agreed to…
Israel Kills Journalist in Lebanon After “Hunting” Down Her and a Colleague
By Sharon Zhang This article was originally published by Truthout Israel targeted the slain journalist’s colleague with three strikes, including one on an ambulance she was in. Israeli forces killed…
Press Freedom Groups Demand International Probe Into Israel’s Killing of Journalist Amal Khalil
Jake Johnson for Common Dreams Global press freedom organizations are demanding an immediate international probe into the Israeli military’s apparently targeted killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who died trapped…
From the 1953 Coup to Today: Jeffrey Sachs Explains America’s Endless War on Iran
Joshua Scheer Jeffrey Sachs doesn’t raise his voice — he doesn’t have to. In this wide‑ranging conversation with Tucker Carlson, Sachs lays out a devastating, historically grounded indictment of U.S.…
Jeffrey Sachs: Trump’s Failure in Iran Exposes the Crumbling Myth of U.S. Hegemony
ScheerPost Staff Jeffrey Sachs has been warning for years that the “unipolar moment” was never real — and in this conversation with Glenn Diesen, he lays out the clearest case…
White Power, White Decadence, White Denial
Margaret Kimberley for Black Agenda Report Ajamu Baraka and Margaret Kimberley discuss how the assault on Iran exposed the pathological nature of white power, the cynical games of the duopoly,…
Poll Finds Just 4 Percent of Democrats Support Increasing Military Aid to Israel
By Sharon Zhang This article was originally published by Truthout Separate polling found this week that Congress’s disapproval ratings have tied their all-time high of 86 percent. New polling has…
Lacking Proper Sanitation, Gaza’s Tent Camps Are Being Overrun by Rodents
By Nour Abo Aisha This article was originally published by Truthout As conditions in Gaza’s tent camps worsen, rodents bring disease and destruction. In Gaza, displaced families are locked in…
As More Universities Agree To Immigration Enforcement On Campus, Students Are Fighting Back
Julia Luz Betancourt for Prism She was beginning her spring semester as a second-year law student and paralegal when she received the news: The immigration clinic where she volunteered would…
Exposing the University of Michigan’s Violence Against Chinese Scholars
Megan Russell for Codepink On Friday night, CODEPINK and the local University of Michigan community gathered to hold a vigil in honor of UM researcher Dr. Danhao Wan on the…
American “Micro-Militarism: Or How Defeat in the Iran War Will Accelerate American Global Decline
Alfred McCoy Writing more than 2,000 years ago, the Greek historian Plutarch gave us an eloquent description of what modern historians now call “micro-militarism.” When an imperial power like Athens…