Too L.A.: Letters Never Sent (But Some Were) by Eve Babitz
A Review By STEVE WASSERMAN Last things first: Eve Babitz is a major minor L.A. writer who died five years ago at age 78. She spent nearly a quarter-century as…
Thanks to Trump, College and University Presidents Have Accrued Even More Power on Their Campuses
Austin Sarat ScheerPost While the Trump Administration has suffered numerous defeats in its effort to punish America’s leading universities, it has succeeded in many ways in changing the prevailing culture…
The Next Election May Be Our Last
Chris Hedges ScheerPost Donald Trump is determined to subvert the midterms. All that can save us, if he succeeds, is a national strike. The Trump White House has put into…
The Looming Failure Of Operation Economic Outcast
Jeffrey D Sachs and Sybil Fares Al Jazeera Last week, Pakistan announced that it will not comply with the latest sanctions the United States imposed on Iran and will continue…
Gaza Journalists Released From Israeli Jails Say Their Jobs Made Them Targets
By Ohood Nassar This article was originally published by Truthout What happens when journalistic work itself becomes the justification for imprisonment, beatings, and insults? On August 9, 2026, Israeli authorities…
Poll: Americans Oppose Iran War, Blame it for Inflation, and Diss Trump’s Performance
Juan Cole Informed Comment A new University of Massachusetts-Amherst opinion poll, conducted August 21 – 26, finds profound American disillusionment with President Trump, with his Iran War, and with its…
Attacks On Communist Ideology Using Marxist Terminology
Leo Schwarz, The Left Chapter. Gabriel Rockhill’s book on the emergence of the “compatible” intellectual left in Western countries. Book Review: Gabriel Rockhill, Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism?…
Why Solidarity Is Vital To Freeing Imprisoned Human Rights Defenders
Mandeep Tiwana and Susan Marx Waging Nonviolence A global campaign proves that ordinary people can free political prisoners through the simple act of standing witness. But the work is far…
Federal Court Blocks FIU’s Ban On Expressive Activities Inside University Buildings
Alexandra Martinez Prism A federal judge has temporarily blocked Florida International University (FIU) from enforcing its blanket ban on expressive activities inside university buildings. The ruling favored students who challenged…
The Danger Of Food Industry Deregulation Today
The ghost of Upton Sinclair. Rob Warzyniak, People’s World. When The Jungle was published in 1906, writer and journalist Upton Sinclair hoped his novel would advance socialism by exposing the…
Trump Accused of Using Iran War Energy Crisis as ‘Cover for a Resource Grab’ in Venezuela
“Oil reserves in Venezuela will do nothing to lower families’ bills today,” said one campaigner. Joaje Johnson Common Dreams President Donald Trump was accused over the weekend of exploiting an…
CEOs Get Rich Underpaying Their Workers and Then Don’t Stand Up for Them
Sarah Anderson Inequality.org Low-wage US workers have faced multiple rising threats to their economic and personal security over the past year. Aggressive Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions have terrorized…
John Mearsheimer and Chris Hedges: Trump’s Economic War on Iran Is a Desperate ‘Hail Mary’
With its military options exhausted and China, Russia and key regional powers refusing to isolate Tehran, Washington is flailing in a war it cannot win. The Iran War Is the…
The West Bank’s Ultra-Apartheid And The Collusive International Silence
Dan Steinbock Informed Comment Today, the West Bank is a nightmare of vicious settlement expansion, land seizure, economic strangulation, settler violence and forced displacement. With the collusion of the Israeli…