Two Railroads, One System: The Monopoly That Could Reshape America
Joshua Scheer At a moment when global instability is already rippling through supply chains, economies, and political systems, a quiet but potentially devastating shift is unfolding inside the backbone of…
We Need ‘More Muckrakers and Fewer Buck-Takers’
Mickey Huff for Project Censored Fifty years ago, Carl Jensen founded Project Censored because he knew that journalism was the lifeblood of democracy. He argued that the news media, despite…
Iran Says YouTube Is Trying to ‘Suppress the Truth’ By Banning AI Lego-Style Videos Mocking US-Israeli War
Stephen Prager for Common Dreams Iran’s foreign ministry is accusing YouTube of trying to “suppress the truth” by banning the account responsible for a series of viral Lego-style animations mocking…
Caught in the Crackdown: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled
A.C. Thompson, for ProPublica and FRONTLINE, and Gabrielle Schonder, FRONTLINE Co-published with FRONTLINE A squad of federal agents moved in flinging flash-bang grenades — explosives designed to disorient — into…
Everyone Knows Israel is Sabotaging The Iran Ceasefire—Even The Trump Administration
Marc Steiner Show Real News Network Hours after a temporary ceasefire deal between the US and Iran was announced last week, Israel unleashed a massive, deadly bombing campaign on Lebanon.…
Get Money Out of Politics
Brandon Novick for CEPR Individuals and corporations alike can spend infinite sums of money to influence elections and push candidates that will support and – at the very least –…
Kuwait Arrests Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin for Reporting the Truth
Joshua Scheer There are moments when the mask slips—when the language of “national security” is exposed for what it is: a weapon used to silence truth. The arrest and ongoing…
Kuwait Must Release the Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
Kuwait has arrested a prominent international reporter for doing his job. The Kuwaiti government is threatening to imprison him under a set of new and harsh national security laws. Chris…
Art exhibit at Brooklyn Public Library Asks visitors to Imagine a World Without Prisons
“The Warehouse,” a collaboration between artist Vic Liu and abolitionist organizer Mariame Kaba, builds an environment where visitors can see and feel through the possible answers Alexandra Martinez for Prism…
Trump’s Extreme Use of Military Is Stirring a Crisis of Conscience Among Troops
US soldiers have a rich history of questioning the wars they’re told to wage abroad. Sam Carliner for Truthout As President Donald Trump increasingly uses the U.S. military to carry…
Trump’s Will Be Done
Joshua Scheer Intro At a moment when political power is increasingly wrapped in spectacle, symbolism, and something closer to religious devotion than democratic accountability, this piece from ScheerPost cuts straight…
How Organizers Are Addressing Sexual Volence in Movement Spaces
The revelations about Cesar Chavez underscore the need to reckon with sexual abuse by changing organizing cultures and following workers’ lead. Victoria Valenzuela for Waging Nonviolence When Dolores Huerta came…
Not a Ceasefire—A Reset: The Quiet Expansion of Palestinian Incarceration
ScheerPost Staff While global attention drifts, the machinery of occupation does not slow—it tightens. Arrests replace releases. Silence replaces scrutiny. And behind it all, a system of incarceration continues to…
THE WAR THEY STARTED—AND LOST: HOW THE U.S. AND ISRAEL TRIGGERED A CRISIS THEY CAN’T CONTROL
Based on reporting and analysis from Consortium News — “The World This Week: Will the War End?” (April 11, 2026) On April 11, independent outlet Consortium News aired a stark…
UK seeks to Jail Palestine Action For ‘Terrorism’ Amid UK Media Blackout
The Grayzone· A retrial of six Palestine Action (PA) activists acquitted of aggravated burglary in February will begin this April 13. Having failed to secure convictions during the last round,…