The Seven Richest Billionaires Are All Media Barons
The world’s seven richest men now double as media barons, buying up platforms from CNN and CBS to Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. Alan MacLeod charts how their ties to Trump,…
Do the Lessons of the Holocaust Apply to Israel and ‘Skinny Palestinians’?
For Hurwitz, the problem lies with universal lessons being applied to Israel, an unacceptable outcome in her view.
Global Black Friday Strikes Against Amazon Target ‘Techno-Authoritarian’ Assault on Workers
By Jake Johnson Common Dreams Amazon workers and their allies worldwide took to the streets on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, to protest the e-commerce behemoth’s…
UN Condemns ‘Brazen’ Israeli Killing of Surrendering Palestinians in West Bank
By: Brad Reed Common Dreams The United Nations on Friday accused Israeli security forces of carrying out a “brazen” killing of two Palestinian men who were seen surrendering in video…
The Chinese Dam Threatening the World’s Most Endangered Ape
When a new orangutan species was found near a Chinese-owned hydrodam in Indonesia, scientists and advocates launched a campaign to block the project. Then some who spoke against it lost…
Thanksgiving Amid Tragedy: Trump’s Immigration ‘White Nationalist’ Rhetoric Follows D.C. National Guard Shooting
By Joshua S After eating and talking with my largely mixed family in the city of Los Angeles — a city that includes countless so-called “evil” undocumented people — I…
DC National Guard Shooter Worked for CIA-Backed Kandahar Strike Force in Afghanistan
His cooperation with the CIA has been confirmed by the spy agency’s director, John Ratcliffe, who said Lakanwal worked “with the US Government, including CIA, as a member of a…
Necropolitics and Healthcare: The High Cost of Life in America
Melissa’s original article, which inspired this podcast, is printed in full below as well. Happy Thanksgiving. In this eye-opening episode, host Joshua Scheer dives deep into the heart-wrenching realities of…
Ahead of Black Friday, Report Reveals Attacks on Garment Workers’ Right to Organize
By: Julia Conley Common Dreams With clothing companies that will be offering discounted Black Friday deals this week relying heavily on the labor of tens of millions underpaid and overworked…
When Family Ties Don’t Protect You: White House Relative Detained Amid U.S. Immigration Crackdown — A Thanksgiving Immigration Reminder
By Joshua Scheer It hits different when it’s your family. In this case, the mother of the nephew of White House press secretary overstayed her visa 26 years ago. Her…
A Vast Camera System Now Feeds Information to Police on Drivers Across the US
By Tyler Walicek, Truthout The United States public has been treated to round after round of revelations disclosing that our actions — public and private, digital and physical, criminalized and…
‘This Is the Scandal’: DHS Data Show ICE Mostly Targeting People With No Criminal Convictions
By Jessica Corbett Common Dreams The libertarian Cato Institute this week further undermined the Trump administration’s claims that it is targeting “the worst of the worst” with its violent immigration…
Trump Gaza Plan Condemned as ‘Concentration Camps Within a Mass Concentration Camp’
By: Stephen Prager Common Dreams A new Trump administration plan to put Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied parts of Gaza into “residential compounds” is raising eyebrows among international observers, who…
Soldiers Must Disobey Unlawful Orders Under Trump — It’s Their Legal Duty
I have been called to testify at courts-martial as an expert witness on servicemembers’ duty to disobey unlawful orders.