The Pentagon’s Secret Budget
David Vine, Counter Punch. News reports that next year’s U.S. military budget will top out at $1.5 trillion if President Donald Trump gets his way are misleading at best. The…
The Race to an AI Apocalypse: How an Obsession with Autonomous Weapons Ignores Decades of Warnings
Dan Dinello Informed Comment Science fiction’s vision of an apocalyptic future ruled by autonomous weapons is rapidly becoming our dystopian present. Suddenly, after several years of relentless momentum, the course…
He Loved Working In Concrete. Now, He’s Dying From The Chemical Exposure
Maximillian Alvarez TRNN Because he was bullied in elementary school for being Native American, James Gardner’s friends lovingly call him “NDN.” His friends and family know NDN to be a…
Rees-Mogg Says He Supports The Mass-Murder Of Children – And Liberals Fawn Over Him
Jonathan Cook Substack Tucker Carlson, a strict isolationist, wonders what UK interest was served in fighting Hitler. If that sounds unhinged, wait till you hear what Lord Rees-Mogg has to…
The Tariffs Were a Wake-Up Call. Ottawa Hits Snooze Again
Umer Azad There is something almost admirable about the Canadian government’s ability to respond to an American provocation with precisely the right number of carefully selected adjectives. Washington imposes tariffs.…
Will Progressive Populists Bloom in the Red Political Desert?
Les Leopold Substack In much of the country, there is an enormous vacuum for working people seeking political representation. In 2024, 132 Republican House victories were by 25 percentage points…
Cubans See Hope in Reforms But Worry Over How the US May Thwart Them
By Rodrigo Acuña This article was originally published by Truthout Residents of Havana discuss the obstacles facing the revival of the Cuban economy amid the US fuel blockade. Last month,…
Trump’s Repeal of Roadless Rule Would Declare Open Season on Protected Forests
By Curtis Johnson This article was originally published by Truthout A public policy expert described the move as “the largest evisceration of public lands protection in American history.” On August…
Lee Camp: Vote, Then Organize Against the Billionaires Who Own Both Parties
The billionaires have their lobbyists, the war machine has its funding, and the rest of us are told to wait for the next election. Lee Camp has a different message:…
Dollar Reset 2.0: Stablecoins, Treasury Bills and the Case for Public Banks
Ellen Brown Washington’s stablecoin strategy could shore up the dollar by making U.S. Treasury bills the backing for a new digital currency. But who gets the interest, and who will…
Is China Trump’s Only Hope For Ending The Iran War?
Trita Parsi Tom Pickering Responsible Statecraft US interests in both the Middle East and Asia would be best served by cooperation with Beijing The current war with Iran and its…
‘Last American Hostage in Gaza’ Edan Alexander Was Not US Citizen, Source Says
Max Blumenthal The Grayzone The Trump administration took the unusual step of negotiating directly for the release of captive IDF soldier Edan Alexander on the grounds that he was a…