It’s Hard To Know Things And Not Sound Like A Depressed Bore
Nate Bear Substack I rarely leave it this long between writing, but I’ve been somewhat overwhelmed by the sheer volume of fuckery we face. That fuckery should, I know, be…
Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit Is Analyzing Americans’ Finances
Joseph Cox, 404 Media. And Pulling Them Over. 404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol’s predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people…
It’s Time For The Left To Rethink The Kurdish Question
Rezgar Akrawi, Counter Punch. On 25 August 2026, Mazloum Abdi announced from the People’s Palace in Damascus the end of the mission of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and their…
Gloria Steinem And The Women’s Movement She Represented
Monica Moorehead, Workers World. The passing of Gloria Steinem at age 92 on Sept. 2 evokes positive and negative views of what her legacy means for the modern-day women’s movement…
China Says Regional Integration Is The Path To Security In West Asia
Abdul Rahman, BreakThrough News. Chinese President Xi Jinping underlined the need for stronger international coordination for common security in West Asia. And a reaffirmation of the UN charter and international…
Anthropic Researcher Quits, Citing Internal Fears That AI ‘Could Kill Us All’ This Decade
Jon Queally Common Dreams “Most tech geeks don’t resign from their roles because…the tech they’re building could end humanity,” said Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, running for US Senate in Michigan. An…
Israel’s Quadcopter Drones Have Become a Weapon of Everyday Killing in Gaza
By Malak Hijazi & Ohood Nassar This article was originally published by Truthout No space, either on land or in water, sits outside the drones’ reach. The siege tightens by…
The Return of Ancient History
Jon Wilson Informed Coment On October 27, Israelis go to the polls in an election fraught with debate about ancient history. The country’s right-wing finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has concrete…
Trump’s Favorite Midterm Candidate
Robert Reich Substack Friends, With the midterm races officially beginning this week, a big question hanging over the Republican Party is how Trump will allocate his giant stash of super…
Digital Freelance Work Is a Lifeline for Gazans. Israel Is Cutting It Off.
By Shahad Ali This article was originally published by Truthout Freelance workers in Gaza contend with devastated infrastructure and incapacitating Israeli restrictions. Before the war on Gaza began in 2023,…
Exposed: How The CIA Manipulates Public Opinion
Joshua Scheer Ben Norton examines the little-discussed history of CIA influence over the American left—and the role played by one of the most celebrated feminist icons of the modern era,…
Trump Official Denies Stealing Venezuela’s Oil One Hour After Boasting Country is ‘Forced to Work’ With US
Brad Reed Common Dreams US Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sunday denied that the Trump administration was stealing Venezuela’s oil just one hour after boasting that the country is being…
Minnesota: Protest Calls To End State Investments In Palantir
Roxanne Threlfall, Fight Back! News. Used In Trump’s Operation Metro Surge. Minneapolis, MN – August 26, 50 protesters rallied to demand an end to Palantir’s catastrophic violence in Gaza and…
China v. US: The Great Mideast AI Race Heats Up
Neil Thompson Informed Comment Last week, China’s President Xi Jinping made his first state visit to Egypt since 2016, amid deepening economic and security ties between Beijing and one of…
The New Red Scare Is A Dangerous Distraction From The GOP’s Failures
A.J. Schumann Inequality.org The attempt to revive the McCarthyist witch hunts of yesteryear is, at its core, a reaction to the working-class rightfully demanding its fair share of the economic…