The Trauma of ICE Raids Is Rippling Through Public Schools Across the US
By Eleanor J. Bader for Truthout In several Minnesota communities, public school teachers and community volunteers are now riding school buses with their students to ensure that at each afternoon…
When Palestinian Peasants Brought an Empire to its Knees
By Qassam Muaddi for Mondoweiss There was a time in Palestine when the greatest empire in the world lost control of entire areas, when highly educated lawyers followed the orders…
The World This Week — Ray McGovern on War, Resistance & Ruling‑Class Panic
Posted by Joshua Scheer In case you missed it, our friends at Consortium News brought together three wise men for a wide‑ranging livestream on the state of world affairs—from the…
Apple Just Bought A Sinister ‘Pre-Speech’ Tech Company Implicated In Genocide
Nate Bear for Do Not Panic Substack Apple has paid nearly $2 billion for a ‘pre-speech’ tech company whose employees helped Israel commit genocide in Gaza. And Apple has paid…
As Dem Voters Seek a ‘Fight’ With the Superrich, AOC is Now Their Favorite Candidate: Poll
By Stephen Prager for Common Dreams. Democratic voters overwhelmingly want a leader who will fight the superrich and corporate America, and they believe Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the person to…
Israel Still Throttling Medical Supplies to Gaza: “The Fungus is Eating Her Face”
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment The Israeli authorities are still not permitting journalists into Gaza, even months after a supposed ceasefire. The big Western news corporations are taking this…
Trump Tries to Seize a Bridge — Canada Calls His Bluff
Posted by Joshua Scheer For more reporting on this ProPublica’s new investigation exposes a story that was never really about a bridge — it was about power, pressure, and a…
The Love We See in Minneapolis Isn’t Exceptional — It’s How We Survive Together
By Susan Raffo for Truthout My partner, an immigrant from Brazil, shows love through acts of service. At first, I was confused. I had been raised to see romantic love,…
US officials boast their illegal sanctions ‘collapsed’ Iran’s economy, causing high inflation and protests
By Ben Norton for Geopolitical Economy Report Donald Trump has openly called for “regime change” in Iran. He has surrounded the country with what he calls a “massive armada”, and…
“Tyrants Hate Truth”: Austin Sarat on the New War Against Academic Freedom
Welcome to Academic Freedom on Life Support, hosted by Joshua Scheer. In this episode, we speak with Austin Sarat, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at…
When a Deportation Case Falls Apart, Free Speech Is on Trial
Posted by Joshua Scheer In an era of hypercharged politics and hardened rhetoric around immigration, it is easy for individual cases to blur into abstraction. But every so often, one…
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
This week, ProPublica published a story I wrote based in part on interviews with parents and children being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in…
A Medic, Surrounded by Agents: What the Alex Pretti Case Reveals About Political Policing
What happened to Alex Pretti should stop anyone who still believes the line between “public safety” and political policing is bright and uncrossable. As The Intercept reports, a volunteer EMT…
Iran war described as ‘biggest opportunity’ at US oil lobby’s DC summit
By Max Blumenthal for the Grazyzone An attendee told The Grayzone that oil industry heavyweights were less excited about Trump’s Venezuela policy, privately complaining about the President’s aggressive push to…
Too Late, Mr. Trump. You Cannot Undo the Multi-Racial, Multi-National Real America
By Mitchell Zimmerman for Informed Comment Notice to Donald Trump and his MAGA myrmidons: It’s too late by centuries to turn the United States of American “back” into the ethnically…