Democracy, Inequality And Social Security
Steven Hill, Democracy SOS. \America’s greatest anti-poverty program has long been the great income leveller in an unequal economy and democracy. And now it faces an existential threat. A financial…
SCOTUS Ruling Could Be Bad News for Flock — But Won’t Stop Mass Surveillance
By Mike Ludwig This article was originally published by Truthout Organizers across the country are using every tool in their arsenal against Flock surveillance cameras. Civil rights attorneys say a…
The Investigation Into the Minab Elementary School Bombing Is Done. Where Is It?
The Trump administration is stonewalling the public about the US’s deadliest strike on civilians in decades. By Etan Mabourakh This article was originally published by Truthout The Trump administration is…
Protesting UC Irvine’s Threatened Palestine Sanctions Against Professor Tiffany Willoughby-Herard
Committee on Academic Freedom Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | – Letter to the Chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, concerning threatened…
ONE CHECKBOOK. ONE CALL.
Jeffrey Wernick Buried in the Senate’s version of the defense authorization bill is a provision that changes the relationship between the American state and private industry. Section 1051 would give…
Federal Judge Schools MAGA-Friendly Supreme Court Justices on the Importance of Taking Trump’s Words Seriously
Austin Sarat Writing in the wake of the 2016 presidential election and anticipating what American life would be like under Donald Trump, M. Gessen offered some rules for surviving autocracy.…
Whitmer’s Data Center Push Isn’t Just Bad for Michigan – It’s Bad for the World
Jackie Barlow and Stewart Mitchell “We’re used to people saying ‘fuck no’ and doing it anyway.” These words were seemingly spoken by our very own Governor Gretchen Whitmer earlier this…
The US And The CPC: A Tale Of Two Anniversaries
Carlos Martinez, Orinoco Tribune. Marking milestones in the histories of China and the United States. This week offers a chance to examine two very different visions of the international order.…
America’s AI War Has No Civilian Stop Rule
Brian Hudson Foreign Policy in Focus When the Pentagon made Palantir’s Maven Smart System a formal “program of record” in March, it did more than approve software. It gave long-term…
Tech Oligarchs Are Helping DHS Set Up Authoritarian Surveillance State, Report Says
Maurizio Guerrero Prism Abetted by surveillance tools created by a power-hungry tech oligarchy, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is laying the groundwork for an authoritarian state that is dismantling…
Can DSA Really Win Red America?
Les Leopold “I think a democratic socialist can get elected anywhere across the country for any position.” — Zohran Mamdani, June 28, 2026 These are heady days for the Democratic…
What I Saw When I Stopped Pretending
Mercedez Some of the most peaceful moments of my life were spent standing on the deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier just before dawn. It feels like looking over…
Jeffrey Sachs: We’re Led by the Most Incompetent Leaders Imaginable
ScheerPost Staff The latest NATO summit was presented as a demonstration of Western unity. Instead, according to economist Jeffrey Sachs, it revealed something far more dangerous: an alliance increasingly consumed…
Cut the Pentagon, Save the Planet: The $1.5 Trillion Climate Solution We Can’t Ignore
Aaron Kirshenbaum Last week, millions of people around the world were subjected to record-breaking heatwaves. At least 25 deaths in the U.S. from this heat dome were reported. The French…
US at 250: A Time To Return To The Founders’ Wisdom
Jeffrey D. Sachs China Daily On Saturday, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence. The occasion deserves reflection — not only on what the…