War Has Produced Lasting Severe Delays in Gaza’s Divorce and Custody Rulings
By Eman Abu Zayed This article was originally published by Truthout Courts in Gaza face frequent power outages and shortages of printing supplies. Some have only one computer. In a…
Oil Prices Soar to New Heights as Houthis Seize Yemen’s Red Sea Coastline
By Sharon Zhang This article was originally published by Truthout A top economist estimated that Trump’s Iran war has already cost the average American household an extra $1,650. Houthi forces…
Up-Close: The World’s Most Terrifying Glacier
Robert Hunziker, Counter Punch. “Thwaites demise is inevitable” (Inside Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier, PBS, August 19th, 2026). Aboard the South Korean icebreaker Araon: “This is Thwaites, a glacier on the edge…
Post-9/11 Surveillance Has Made The U.S. Less Free. Reversing It Won’t Be Easy, Advocates Say
Maurizio Guerrero Prism The surveillance apparatus created after 9/11 has expanded substantially during the second Trump administration, advocates say, engulfing more individuals, derailing the lives of immigrants, activists, and peaceful…
Osama Bin Trump
Chris Hedges ScheerPost Donald Trump, whose war on Iran is the greatest strategic blunder in United States history, is not responsible for triggering the decline of the American empire, but…
W.E.B. Du Bois, the Cold War and the Forgotten Politics of Black Internationalism
Joshua Scheer Gerald Horne argues that understanding Du Bois’s radical internationalism is essential to understanding the political crisis—and ideological confusion—of our own time. W.E.B. Du Bois did not suddenly become…
Fighting the Oligarchy’s Stranglehold on the Media
Victor Pickard The Progressive The Trump 2.0 era has intensified a deeply entrenched pathology in the American media system: concentrated corporate ownership. During less perilous times, legitimate concerns about a…
US Politicians Exploit Their Own Supporters With Meme Coin Scams
Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy . US politicians are promoting crypto rug pull scams, exploiting their own supporters. Trump and his wife Melania launched meme coins that enriched insiders. Now Hunter…
Closing the Impunity Gap: Global Rise of Attacks on Education
Siraj Khan Informed Comment On 15 June 2026, the latest Education Under Attack report was launched, presenting the most comprehensive global picture yet of violence against students, learners, educators, and…
‘Hit the Brakes’: Anthropic CEO’s Push to ‘Pace’ AI Development Called Latest Sign Congress Must Act
Julia Conley Common Dreams “When the future of humanity is at stake we need a PAUSE on advanced AI development and a ban on artificial superintelligence,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders.…
New Study Forecasts Dire Dip In Food Production If Atlantic Currents Collapse
Sascha Pare, Live Science. There are no easy answers here. Researchers have examined how weakening currents in the Atlantic Ocean could impact global agriculture — and the results are concerning.…
Have the US, Israel and Saudis lost the Battle of the Narrows?
Juan Cole Informed Comment The 19th century American naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan stressed that a great maritime empire needn’t control the seas but rather must establish dominance over what…
Exploiting Tragedy to Promote War, Hegseth Falsely Claims That Iran ‘Cheered on 9/11’
Stephen Prager Common Dreams “What haunts me,” said one anti-war activist, “is how little accountability there has been for those who lied us into war—and how those same lies are…
The September 11 Memorial Needs A Counter-Monument: Victims Of Our Post-9/11 Wars Deserve Remembrance, Too
Mitchell Zimmerman Informed Comment Few who pay their respects today in the hallowed plaza where the Twin Towers once stood will be aware that the September 11 memorial echoes a…
Gazans Feel Despair as Israeli Officials Cement Plans for Permanent Occupation
By Shahad Ali This article was originally published by Truthout Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has described a plan to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to other countries. Nearly…