Diesel: The Netanyahu-Trump War on Iran Threatens Shortages, Price Spike
Juan Cole Informed Comment Diesel prices are high in many markets around the world, but we ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Energy analyst Ron Bousso at Reuters warns that the Hormuz…
What Deflock? A Week Of Action Confronts The AI Surveillance State
Mike Ludwig, Truthout. A Kansas activist discovered that police tracked him with Flock-style cameras after he wrote an op-ed criticizing them. The op-ed Canyen Ashworth wrote last September may have…
‘Guaranteeing Peace And Security’: Nicaragua’s Tourism Sector Backs Proposed Reforms
Becca Renk Foster, Popular Resistance. Ometepe Island “I’m not a member of any political party, but I believe that the tourism development in our community has been beneficial for the…
USA And Israel Put Drug Cartel-Linked US Citizen In Power In Colombia
Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Colombia’s ex President Gustavo Petro accused the USA and Israel of meddling in the election to put in power far-right leader Abelardo de la Espriella. A…
House Democrat Suggests DSA Members in Congress Shouldn’t Get Security Clearances
By Sharon Zhang This article was originally published by Truthout Nearly all of Rep. Jared Moskowitz’s remarks since his primary win have focused on his disgust for DSA. Conservative Democrat…
Why This Former U.S. Army Physician is Running for Congress (w/ Dr. Adam Hamawy) | TCHR
Dr. Adam Hamawy says that to move forward, the Democrats must embrace an anti-war, economically progressive agenda, and abandon the categories of left vs. right. The bipartisan US-backed genocide in…
MI5 Sought To Recruit BBC Leader As Broadcaster Investigated Spy Agency, Leaks Reveal
Leaked emails reveal Britain’s domestic spying service attempted to recruit a high-ranking BBC board member as a key agent of influence, at a time when the British state broadcaster was…
My Ayn Rand Phase: The Dangers of ‘Dead Dogma’
Robert Jensen ScheerPost Book Excerpt for This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning John Stuart Mill long ago warned that when we are so certain of the truth…
The Mecca Security Pact Is Not About Iran
Shahram Akbarzadeh Informed Comment On August 7, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed a pact in Mecca. The joint statement declared an attack on one as an attack on all.…
Whistleblower: Politics drove Trump Admin. University “Antisemitism” Inquiries
Chris Walker Truthout This article was originally published by Truthout For some of the inquiries, “there was little to no factual predicate justifying opening them,” the complaint states. A whistleblower…
How Finland Destroyed Itself For NATO
Nate Bear Do Not Panic Finland, often known as the happiest country in the world, now has the highest unemployment rate in Europe, demand for food aid has exploded by…
The Benefit of Not Reading
Edward Curtin “For my sister Rita, an artist who didn’t imitate and who died on this day long ago, trying.” It is a commonplace that a steady diet of the…
Just Days After Being Sworn In as Attorney General, Todd Blanche Shows Why He Is Unfit for That Office
Austin Sarat ScheerPost Remember Bill Clinton’s famous verbal footwork during the investigation of his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky? When asked about whether he lied when he told…
L.A.’s Fashion District Feels Like a Ghost Town a Year After the Raids
Regino Tirado sorts through merchandise outside his store in the Stanford Wholesale Mart. Photos by Jeremy Lindenfeld for Capital & Main. “For Lease” signs dot once-busy storefronts, where immigration raids…
Black Adults And Their Families Face Worsening Financial Stability
Ismael Cid-Martinez, Economic Policy Institute. The Trump-Vance administration inherited a strong labor market with record employment and wage gains. But after a year of the administration’s economic mismanagement, workers are…