Resisting the Empire Next Door, Protests in Mexico Grow
By Tamara Pearson for Truthout An anti-imperialist movement is building in Mexico, where the U.S. invasion of Venezuela has been seen as an act of intimidation for all of Latin…
How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment The people of Palestine are occupied by the Israelis. In my experience most Americans do not even know this basic fact. Ignorance of it…
‘Please Get the Truth Out,’ Alex Pretti’s Parents Plead as Trump Officials Baselessly Smear Shooting Victim
By Julia Conley for Common Dreams Michael and Susan Pretti urged the press and the public to counter the Trump administration’s baseless claims about their son, Alex Pretti, after he…
After the Devastation of Trump’s First Year, These Popular Rebellions Offer Hope
By Sarah van Gelder for Truthout When President Trump was reelected in 2024, few predicted the speed and ferocity with which his administration would dismantle basic human rights, economic security,…
‘Economic Statecraft’ Exposed: A Key Pillar of US Hybrid Warfare for All to See
By Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares for Common Dreams John Maynard Keynes famously wrote in The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919): “There is no subtler, no surer means…
ICE Executes Beloved ICU Nurse in Minneapolis — Nation Erupts, Government Lies Exposed.
By Joshua Scheer Some of the responses to the brutal murder of Alex Pretti by federal agents. Pretti, a U.S. citizen and an ICU nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital…
We Tolerated Their Violence Abroad. Now We See Its Victims Here
Posted by Joshua Scheer I wanted to post this stand‑alone tweet from Chris Hedges for those who wanted to have his thoughts on what’s going on — as the streets…
Old Bonespurs Spits on Graves of European NATO Soldiers who gave Lives for US in Afghanistan
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment In an interview with Fox “News” in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald J. Trump a.k.a. “Old Bonespurs” and “Five-time-Deferment,” smeared the European NATO soldiers who…
‘What the F*ck Did You Do?!’ Video Contradicts DHS Claims About Killing of Alex Pretti
By Julia Conley for Common Dreams WARNING: The following article contains graphic video. In the original video of the shooting of a man in Minneapolis, identified by the Minneapolis Star…
Is Trump a Useful Idiot? Project 2025 Is in Power Now
Posted by Joshua Scheer With Project 2025 in full effect, Chris Hedges explains that Trump is neither necessary nor a real player. The “death grip” on our society is already…
Tracking, Targeting, and Terrorizing: ICE’s Surveillance State
By Joshua Scheer I just wrote about the murder of a man in Minneapolis and the country’s descent toward a fascist state, and of course what goes along with that…
Federal Agents Kill Man at Point-Blank Range in Minneapolis as Protests Are Met with Tear Gas: Fascism Unfolds in Real Time
By Joshua Scheer GRAPHIC IMAGES: Exclusive footage obtained by BreakThrough News shows federal Customs and Border Protection officers on Nicollet Ave. pinning a man to the ground before one officer…
Europe Rides the Tiger: Jeffrey Sachs on NATO, Trump, and the Collapse of the “Rules‑Based Order
Posted by Joshua Scheer In a sweeping and unsparing conversation with Glenn Diesen, economist and longtime geopolitical analyst Jeffrey Sachs dissects the accelerating rupture between Europe and the United States…
On Eve of Strike, Kaiser Nurses Sound Alarm on Patient Care
More than 31,000 nurses and health care workers plan to walk out next week following months-long stalemate with Kaiser.
Reporter Raided By FBI Lost Contact With Over 1,000 Sources
Agents seized her work laptop, personal laptop, iPhone, a terabyte hard drive, and Garmin running watch. The search warrant that the government obtained indicated that the raid was connected to…