U.S. Voters Reject the Iran War and U.S. Backing For Israel, But Democratic Leaders Won’t Break With Trump
Joshua Scheer Trump’s war on Iran came home to American voters in the price of gasoline, groceries and other essentials. In this Geopolitical Economy Report analysis, Ben Norton argues that…
Texas’ School Voucher Program Could Be “Unrecognizable, If Not Extinct,” Says Democratic Lawmaker
Lexi Churchill and Jeremy Schwartz, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Co-published with The Texas Tribune Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s vision for education was finally coming together. This year, the state…
A Blue Wave Rejected Trump. Will Democrats Confront His Racism?
Erin Aubry Kaplan Capital and Main Democrats won big in the midterms. Whether they’ll now push back on the president’s racism and reembrace diversity is the question that remains. The…
NYU Students, Faculty Testify About Crackdown On Pro-Palestine Speech
Yezen Saadah Prism Dozens of New York University (NYU) students and professors gathered Monday for the first public hearing of a yearlong investigation into the university’s disciplinary actions against pro-Palestine…
Reflections on Being Kidnapped by Border Patrol
Laura Rethmann CounterPunch Last Wednesday, Border Patrol detained me for nearly twenty hours. I have never felt my citizenship more acutely than I did in detention. Not when I first…
Defeating Zionism to Free Palestine
Noura Erakat, John Reynolds TomDispatch Palestinian liberation is the key to fighting racism, imperialism, and genocide around the globe. Earlier this week, Abdul El-Sayed defeated Mike Rogers in the U.S.…
More Pressure Needed To Stop The Trump Ego Arch
U.S. Army Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance Despite 9.5 hours of citizen testimony from 131 persons about construction of President Trump’s massive 250-foot EGO arch with 99.9% of the…
What If We Got Muhammad Wrong? – Derek Lambert Interviews Juan Cole At Mythvision
Editor’s note. Derek Lambert’s MythVision interview with Juan Cole runs nearly two and a half hours. Below the share button, you’ll find two transcript sections from the same conversation. The…
Eisenkot Officially Tapped To Form Next Israeli Government
News Desk, The Cradle. The leader of the so-called Zionist opposition won enough support to form a new government. Following recommendations from Palestinian-Israeli factions. Israeli President Isaac Herzog tasked Zionist…
Missouri LGBTQIA+ Group Used ‘Deep Canvassing’ To Build A Pro-Trans Majority
Hope Davis Prism Missouri lawmakers tried—and failed—to enshrine constitutional bans on abortion and gender-affirming care for minors in the form of Amendment 3 in Tuesday’s midterm elections. The day after…
AI Companies Are Preying on Under-Resourced Schools, Students Say
By Finley Williams This article was originally published by Truthout Poorer schools are being lured into spending their limited funds on AI tech in the face of chronic understaffing. When…
The Democrats Have A Mandate For Peace — Here Are 4 Urgent Priorities
William D. Hartung and David Cortright Waging Nonviolence Americans voted against militarism in the midterms. Now, the new Congress must prioritize ending wars abroad and repression at home. Voters in…
China’s Communist Party Turns The Blade On Itself
Gary Wilson, Struggle – La Lucha. The Communist Party of China has just adopted a sweeping program of self-discipline, and the document itself points to the reason. The party is…
Voters Repudiated Trump. Grassroots Momentum Will Shape What Comes Next.
Daniel Hunter / Waging Nonviolence This story was co-published with Truthout. The broad strokes of the midterms are clear: a massive repudiation of MAGA’s fascist wave has ended the Trump…
We Investigated How Trump Is Imprisoning Left-Wing Protesters For Life
Ryan Johnson TRNN In September 2025, President Donald Trump signed the National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, a classified document that directs powerful federal agencies to counter “Domestic Terrorism,”, a loosely…