Reading the Times
(And Not Just the Paper) Tom Engelhardt Substack Let me try to tell you what an old man I really am. As a start, imagine this: I still read the…
As Food Apartheid Worsens, Children’s Health Suffers The Consequences, Advocates Warn
Jennifer K. Rumple Prism Deep East Oakland, California. Locals call it “Deep in the E” or simply, “The Deep.” This is where Diamond Allen primarily grew up in the early…
Jeffrey Epstein, the Russian Mob, & the Hidden Assets of the Maxwells (w/ Moe Tkacik) | The Chris Hedges Report
Chris Hedges The release of the Epstein Files has shocked the public with unimaginable stories of the pedophilia, exploitation of women and brash depravity of the ruling class. While these…
Iran Suspends U.S. Talks as Israel Kills 8 More in Lebanon & Expands Occupation
Israeli drones have killed at least eight people in Lebanon despite an announcement Monday by U.S. President Donald Trump that both Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to stop fighting. Trump’s…
The World Has Rendered Its Verdict on American Power
The World Is Voting With Its Opinion — And Washington Won’t Like the Results For decades, U.S. leaders spoke as if history had already been settled. The Soviet Union had…
Trump Lets Big Corporations Dodge $40 Billion in Taxes as He Jacks Up Costs for Working Class
Jake Johnson for Common Dreams President Donald Trump’s decision last year to withdraw the US from a global effort to rein in corporate tax-dodging has allowed major American companies to…
Is There a Future Without Incarceration? Abolitionist Art Shows Us One.
By Nicholas Powers This article was originally published by Truthout Prison abolitionist art creates a future to briefly live in, and from that place, turn and look at our present.…
Nakba Day: Muhammad Shehada on Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & Ongoing Palestinian Resilience
Democracy Now Palestinians around the world are marking Nakba Day, 78 years after their forced mass displacement led to the establishment of the Jewish-majority state of Israel. Decades later, Palestinians…
Autocracy, Confusion and Teaching History, Part One
Jim Mamer ScheerPost The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, to say…
The AI Mythos: If We Can Destroy the World, Imagine What We Can Do for Your Hedge Fund
Jim Naureckas FAIR You ever wonder why people who make AI talk about how AI might destroy humanity—but still keep making AI? Brian Phillips of the Ringer (5/6/26) has a…
Newsom Isn’t the Dystopia — Trump Is
By Jim Mamer A few days ago (5-9-26), ScheerPost ran an article titled Gavin Newsom, A Candidate Fit for Dystopia. The title seemed curious to me because it suggested that…
“Can’t Afford Daycare or Healthcare — But Hegseth Swears a $1.5 Trillion War Budget ‘Puts Taxpayers First’”
Joshua Scheer U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ignited a firestorm of ridicule Thursday after releasing a video praising President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget as a fiscally responsible…
How America’s Addiction to War led to Self-Harm
Hugh J. Curran In a recent interview on CBC, Timothy Snyder, an historian at the University of Toronto, noted that the U.S. is in “a catastrophic self-destructive mode”. The war…
Israeli Attack On Flotilla Violated UN Convention On The Law Of The Sea
James Mark Leas, Substack. On Thursday, April 29, Israeli military forces illegally attacked vessels of the Global Samud Flotilla (GSF) while they were sailing on the high seas. Israeli commandos…
Lacking Proper Sanitation, Gaza’s Tent Camps Are Being Overrun by Rodents
By Nour Abo Aisha This article was originally published by Truthout As conditions in Gaza’s tent camps worsen, rodents bring disease and destruction. In Gaza, displaced families are locked in…