No More Kings But Billionaires are Fine? Really?
Americans rejected monarchy 250 years ago. So why do we now defend an economic system that allows a microscopic fraction of humanity to accumulate extraordinary wealth, influence, and political power?…
The $72 Billion Power Grab: How Republicans Are Using a Budget Trick to Build Trump’s Personal Deportation Force — and How Congress Can Still Stop It
Jon Rainwater for Common Dreams You know their names. Renee Good was 37 years old, a poet, a mother of three, when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer named Jonathan…
‘Hatred Often Manifests In Violence’: After San Diego Mosque Shooting, Muslim and Anti-hate Groups Condemn Rampant Islamophobia
Sahar Fatima for Prism Muslim groups expressed pain, grief, and anger over rampant Islamophobia after a shooting at a San Diego mosque on Monday that killed three people. Two teenage…
ICC Targets Smotrich For War Crimes— He Responds by Promising More War Crimes
Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich appears to have found the perfect way to answer a reported ICC arrest warrant request for war crimes: announce more war crimes. According to…
The CIA’s Cuba Ultimatum: Regime Change With a Diplomatic Smile
Joshua Scheer View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Nation Magazine (@nationmag) The CIA did not sneak into Havana this time. It landed in broad daylight. Peter…
The Medical-Industrial Complex Is Killing America While War Profiteers Get Rich
Joshua Scheer I posted an article from Truthout about Trump and healthcare, but nowhere in the piece did it mention Obama and the failure of his administration — and the…
The Nuclear Lie at the Center of U.S. Foreign Policy
Joshua Scheer “One country is sanctioned, threatened, bombed, and demonized over the fear of nuclear weapons. The other already has them — and the world is expected to look away.”…
“Without Weapons, We Can Do Anything”: Remembering Razan al-Najjar
Joshua Scheer “They called her dangerous because she carried no weapon at all — only a medical vest, courage, and the belief that Palestinian lives mattered.” In a world drowning…
The President of Peace Makes War on the Planet
Tom Engelhardt TomDispatch Hey, I always suspected that Donald Trump and I, having both grown up in New York City in the 1950s and early 1960s, had something in common.…
Declassified: UK Knew NATO Expansion ‘Would Provoke’ Russia War
Kit Klarenberg Substack On April 15th, Declassified UK published a bombshell investigation exposing how in the mid-1990s, senior British political and military officials were well-aware NATO expansion into Central and…
Pete Hegseth “War Crimes Secretary” Called Out
ScheerPost Staff As the Trump administration’s war on Iran spirals deeper into civilian bloodshed and media complicity, activists with CODEPINK are demanding answers that Washington and corporate media seem determined…
Trump Is Making America Uninsured Again
The GOP is heading into the midterms as the party that made health coverage out of reach for millions of Americans. Sasha Abramsky for Truthout This article was originally published…
After Offering ‘No Tangible Concessions’ in Iran Peace Talks, Trump Issues Latest Violent Threat
Julia Conley for Common Dreams With the economic impact of the war on Iran linked to President Donald Trump’s plummeting approval rating, the president issued his latest threat to destroy…
ICC Issues Arrest Warrants For Five Additional Senior Israeli Officials
By News Desk, The Cradle. The Hague-based court previously issued warrants for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former War Minister Yoav Gallant. The International Criminal Court…
Trump Admin Claims of Cuban Plans for Drone Attacks Denounced as ‘Ludicrous Pretext’ for War
“Like any country, Cuba has the right to defend itself against external aggression,” said the Cuban embassy. “It is called self-defense, and it is protected by International Law and the…