Craig Murray: UK Intel’s Fake Terror Plots
By Craig Murray / CraigMurray.org.uk Back in the “War on Terror” days, the UK security services fabricated multiple fake terror plots. There was, for example, the 2009 Easter Bomb Plot…
Pope Leo XIV: A Papacy for Peace in a World at War
By Dennis Kucinich / Substack Prelude: As we welcome Pope Leo XIV, we do so with full awareness of the Church’s failures as an institution. Church-sanctioned teachings too often became…
Bob’s List: May 13, 2025
Trump working on a hostage deal, what's happening next in the tariff trade deal and more on Bob's List today
Israel Killed My Source in Northern Gaza
By Wesam Abo Marq / The Electronic Intifada On 24 March, the Israeli military assassinated Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat by targeting his vehicle in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza. Mohammad Mansour,…
Push to Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Damage Losing Steam in California Legislature
After climate-driven L.A. fires, “rancid” politics and fear of job loss, gas prices, slows momentum to confront industry.
Hamas Releases US-Israeli Citizen Edan Alexander After Talks With US
Netanyahu has vowed Israel will continue to prepare for a major escalation in Gaza, rejecting the idea of reaching a lasting ceasefire deal
Trump’s Bid to End Birthright Citizenship Heads to the Supreme Court
By Jean Lantz Reisz / The Conversation For more than 150 years, almost all people who were born within U.S. territory automatically received citizenship – regardless of their parents’ immigration…
‘Under Cover of Night,’ GOP Unveils Plan to Kick Over 8 Million Off Medicaid
"This bill confirms what we've been saying all along: Trump and Republicans have been lying when they claim they aren't going to cut Medicaid and take away people's healthcare."
In Latest Legal Loss for Trump, Federal Court Orders Rümeysa Öztürk’s Return to Vermont
The ruling in Rümeysa Öztürk's case came less than 24 hours after courts ruled that Badar Khan Suri's case must be heard in Virginia and that Mahmoud Khalil's case must…
Joint Statement on U.S.-China Economic and Trade Meeting in Geneva
By The White House The Government of the United States of America (the “United States”) and the Government of the People’s Republic of China (“China”), Recognizing the importance of their…
Bob’s List: May 12, 2025
U.S.-China trade meeting in Geneva leading to a reduction in tariffs, Newsom banning homeless encampments and more on Bob's List today
Crimes in the West Bank
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In 1948, the newly proclaimed Israeli government seized 78% of Palestinian land and expelled more than half of the population (750,00…
VIPS MEMO: Arms Control — Toward Lasting Peace
At the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe over the Nazis, the Veterans Intelligence Professionals for Sanity issue this memorandum calling for nuclear arms control leading to lasting peace.
‘Power, Not Panic’: Immigrant Rights Advocates in California Work to Fortify Against Threats to ‘Sanctuary State’ Law
By Mariana Martínez Barba / Prism San Diego-based attorney Ian Seruelo received three separate reports in March alone about local county Sheriff Kelly Martinez violating California’s immigration policy. The California…
The US Is in Free Fall, But We Can Turn Things Around by Valuing Our Neighbors Over Money
The United States’ version of capitalism has systematically failed its population through corporate greed and manipulation of the legislature. But don’t lose hope.