Pentagon Launched ‘Unprecedented’ Polygraph Spree After Leaks Revealed Disastrous Truth About Iran War: NYT
Brad Reed Common Dreams The US Department of Defense last month forced roughly 50 members of the military’s Joint Staff to undergo polygraph exams as part of an effort to…
Israeli Settlers Have Imposed a Curfew and Blocked the Entrance to This West Bank Village
By Shireen Akram-Boshar This article was originally published by Truthout The village of al-Mughayyir is on the front line of encroachments by the Israeli army and armed settlers. On September…
Yup’ik Immersion School Program in Alaska Opens Doors to Cultural Connection
By Nayanika Guha This article was originally published by Truthout Other Indigenous groups are looking to the K-8 language immersion program in Anchorage, Alaska, as an inspiring model. Growing up…
It’s OK to Fight for a Foreign Army (if It’s Friendly)
Des Freedman Declassified UK That’s the unwritten rule for Britain’s media, writes Des Freedman. The death of a British national, Bradley Townsend, killed in Ukraine in June while fighting for…
In War Crime, Trump Sinks Civilian Iranian Tanker, Disables 2 Others
Juan Cole Informed Comment The Trump administration continues to fire on civilian Iranian targets in a campaign that has intensified in the first week of September, after a relatively quiet…
Do White People Have Ancestors?
Melina Abdullah Los Angeles Sentinel An Ode to Dolly Parton…and John Brown It’s been a long dark night And I’ve been waitin’ for the morning It’s been a long hard…
Hegseth Must Go
Robert Reich Substack Pete Hegseth is the most incompetent person in the Trump regime, with the exception of Trump, and a clear and present danger to the security of the…
‘Treated Worse Than Cattle’: 2,500 Tyson Workers Laid Off, Plant Shutters Overnight
Caitlyn Clark Labor Notes This story originally appeared in Labor Notes Ouano Tante worked the afternoon shift at the Tyson beef plant in Joslin, Illinois, for five years. But when…
Israel’s Gaza “Solution” Is To Empty It Of Palestinians, Defense Minister Says
Sharon Zhang Truthout This article was originally published by Truthout on Sept. 03, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. Israeli Defense Minister Israel…
Voting Rights Groups Are Preparing to Confront ICE at the Polls
By Mike Ludwig This article was originally published by Truthout Trusted figures such as firefighters and clergy will protect Black, Latino, and Asian precincts that could be targets. After dozens…
Cleveland Activists Say ‘Flock No!’
Martha Grevatt, Workers World. FlockNo! protested Flock cameras put up by the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) by holding a “Back-to-School Birding Expedition” on Aug. 30. The group, organized to…
Shadow Hearing To Break The Blockade On Cuba
Jill Clark-Gollub, Popular Resistance. On September 2, 2026, Congresswomen Delia Ramírez and Ilhan Omar hosted a shadow hearing in Congress on “Breaking the Blockade: Reassessing the Moral and Legal Failures…
Why The Global South Needs An Industrial Policy
Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Capitalism confines the Global South to raw extraction and cheap exports. Democratic planning can break dependence, claim technological control, and turn resources into…
Humans’ Predicament in 3 Phrases
Robert Jensen With age, I’ve become more aware of the world’s complexity but also better equipped to come to simple, albeit painful, conclusions. Everyone understands (or should understand) that our…