Germany De-Industrialised Itself For Ukraine, And Trump’s Oil Donors Profited
Nate Bear Do Not Panic I heard a statistic the other day that the output of Germany’s energy-intensive industries – things like cement, glass, steel – have collapsed 20% in…
Climate Breakdown Imperiling Coral Reefs: “Rainforests of the Sea”
H. Patricia Hynes Informed Comment No longer can we conceive of the climate crisis as an issue solely of higher temperatures and extreme storms, without also centering on the cascade…
Gas Costs 4 Freakin’ Cents In Iran — Literally
Lee Camp Substack We live closer in time to the T. Rex than the T. Rex lived to the Stegosaurus. Certain facts you see online make you immediately think, “Eh,…
El Sayed: “Coward, Fraud” Mike Rogers & GOP were Jonesing for War with Iran . . . Until Diesel Prices Soared
Jessica Corbett Common Dreams With US President Donald Trump’s approval rating tanking—largely due to his illegal war on Iran and the resulting economic fallout—Michigan’s Republican US Senate candidate, Mike Rogers,…
The National Security Exception Was Never Going to Stop at Prosecuting Muslims
For 25 years, the US ran a parallel legal system targeting Muslims. It now reaches activists, immigrants, and the left. By Sufia Khalid This article was originally published by Truthout…
There Are No Data Centers On Public Lands; That Might Change
Sharon Zhang, Truthout. Trump Is Considering Building 12. The Trump administration quietly fast-tracked a data center project in Nevada earlier this year. The Trump administration is reportedly considering a dozen…
Banning CNN, MS Now, And Politico From The White House Is Trump’s Most Brazen Attack On the First Amendment
Austin Sarat The principle is simple. Just like politicians are not supposed to pick their voters, government officials don’t get to pick the reporters who cover them. If they did,…
Health Workers Demand Action Against Genocide And Militarization
People’s Health Dispatch, BreakThrough News. ManiFiesta 2026. At ManiFiesta 2026, health workers called for action against genocide and militarization, citing a professional duty to uphold the right to health. Health…
The Media Can Make Us Believe Anything They Want – Even That Charles Loved Diana
Jonathan Cook Substack The current narrative of “beloved king shocked by claim he said something nasty 30 years ago” is a perfect example of how, given a bit of time,…
Erasing the Record: The Trump Administration’s Drive To Control US History
Steve Macek Project Censored On September 8, historian Lonnie G. Bunch III announced that he was resigning as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a federal government-created educational nonprofit and trust,…
Want to Regulate AI? Jail the Real Hackers
Les Leopold Substack rohibiting intentionally or knowingly accessing a protected computer without authorization. The penalties can be severe, ranging from one year to twenty years in prison. But there’s a…
Troops For Gaza, Bases Near The Red Sea: Somaliland’s Bid For Recognition
Pavan Kulkarni Breakthrough News After losing over half of its claimed territory in the east, and at risk of losing more in the west, Somaliland offers troops for Gaza and…
Against Geopolitical Despair
Danny Haiphong, Substack. The current world order is full of pain and horror. But it’s how we approach it that determines humanity’s fate in the end. It makes sense why…
A ‘Diaspora Within Diaspora’: Jewish Anti-Zionism In The American Bible Belt
G. Samantha Rosenthal Prism Tonight is the second night of Shavuot, the rabbi says. It is customary for Jews to eat dairy on Shavuot, a holiday commemorating the receipt of…
Walking September 11’s Other Crime Scenes
By Nabil Salih This article was originally published by Truthout Millions had fled along the highway I had taken. Behind them Iraq was riven, its wounds pried open and left…