The Love We See in Minneapolis Isn’t Exceptional — It’s How We Survive Together
By Susan Raffo for Truthout My partner, an immigrant from Brazil, shows love through acts of service. At first, I was confused. I had been raised to see romantic love,…
US officials boast their illegal sanctions ‘collapsed’ Iran’s economy, causing high inflation and protests
By Ben Norton for Geopolitical Economy Report Donald Trump has openly called for “regime change” in Iran. He has surrounded the country with what he calls a “massive armada”, and…
“Tyrants Hate Truth”: Austin Sarat on the New War Against Academic Freedom
Welcome to Academic Freedom on Life Support, hosted by Joshua Scheer. In this episode, we speak with Austin Sarat, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at…
When a Deportation Case Falls Apart, Free Speech Is on Trial
Posted by Joshua Scheer In an era of hypercharged politics and hardened rhetoric around immigration, it is easy for individual cases to blur into abstraction. But every so often, one…
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
This week, ProPublica published a story I wrote based in part on interviews with parents and children being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in…
A Medic, Surrounded by Agents: What the Alex Pretti Case Reveals About Political Policing
What happened to Alex Pretti should stop anyone who still believes the line between “public safety” and political policing is bright and uncrossable. As The Intercept reports, a volunteer EMT…
Iran war described as ‘biggest opportunity’ at US oil lobby’s DC summit
By Max Blumenthal for the Grazyzone An attendee told The Grayzone that oil industry heavyweights were less excited about Trump’s Venezuela policy, privately complaining about the President’s aggressive push to…
Too Late, Mr. Trump. You Cannot Undo the Multi-Racial, Multi-National Real America
By Mitchell Zimmerman for Informed Comment Notice to Donald Trump and his MAGA myrmidons: It’s too late by centuries to turn the United States of American “back” into the ethnically…
Like Melania Doc, WaPo Layoffs Are Another Way for Bezos to Suck Up to Trump
By Pete Tucker for FAIR As rumors of imminent layoffs swirled around the Washington Post newsroom late last month, Post owner Jeff Bezos was unavailable for comment; he and his…
Greenland Is Not for Sale: An Indigenous Activist Speaks Out Against the US
The people of Greenland have stated: “We don’t want to be American, we don’t want to be Danish, we are Greenlandic.”
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwise
Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University…
From Civil Rights to Political Retribution: Trump’s Escalating War on Harvard
Posted By Joshua Scheer What began as a civil rights probe has metastasized into a naked political shakedown, with the White House demanding up to $1 billion from Harvard while…
The Surveillance State Just Bought a Super Bowl Ad
Just a decade after a global backlash was triggered by Snowden reporting on mass domestic surveillance, the state-corporate dragnet is stronger and more invasive than ever.
From Gaza to Cuba: How Canada Remains the World’s Most Tactful Bystander
By Anne Kamath and Umer Azad for Codepink The world is witnessing yet another manufactured humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in plain sight in Cuba. This crisis is not the result of…
‘Most Vile Scumbags on Earth’: Critics Appalled by Explosive Report on Kristi Noem’s Corruption
By Brad Reed for Common Dreams An explosive report published by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday shed fresh light on what critics have described as “outrageous corruption” by US…