The Next Dark Pattern
Lily Minh Wass Project Censored Generative AI is quietly turning everyday user experiences into hyper-personalized surveillance advertising There’s a saying that goes, “If you’re not paying for the product, you…
Big Oil Is Seeing Windfall Profits as Trump’s War on Iran Drives Up Prices
By Derek Seidman This article was originally published by Truthout Amid the destabilization and devastation caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran, oil executives are raking in billions. While the…
Israel Tangled In Spiderweb As Army Braces For West Bank Explosion – Iran War Blunts Expansion
Robert Inlakesh MintPress News Israeli Commanders warn their political leadership of a pending explosion in the occupied West Bank, while the United States unleashes a new economic offensive in a…
War and Climate Breakdown: We owe Children More
H. Patricia Hynes Informed Comment Children attending Amani primary school in Nairobi, Kenya, are first given warm water, bathing soap and a seaweed-based body gel for washing before entering their…
Can We Forgive Our Artists?
Avik Jain Chatlani Prism Reports Back in June, when I read that author Marjane Satrapi “died of sadness,” I knew that the writing day was over. As I made a…
How the Media Sells Genocide
Western media, by employing double standards, censorship, deceptive language, amplifying Israeli lies and dehumanizing Palestinians, facilitates the genocide in Gaza. Chris Hedges ScheerPost The Western media manufactures consent for genocide.…
Trump Sanctioned ICC Officials to Shield Israeli Leaders. Rights Groups Sued.
By Marjorie Cohn This article was originally published by Truthout Supporters of Trump-sanctioned individuals or entities face maximums of $1 million in fines and 20 years imprisonment. The United States…
Media’s Obsession With Natalie Harp Shames Us All
Kathy Gannon Substack Where does the story of Natalie add value to our understanding of the news, of the events that shape our world? No, instead we get an obsession…
‘Lawless Killing Spree At Sea Resumes’ As US Announces Fresh Boat Bombings
Brad Reed Common Dreams he US military has resumed its campaign of bombing alleged drug-trafficking vessels after a two-month pause in a campaign that many legal experts and human rights…
Dollar System In Crisis: The Real Reason The US Bailed Out Japan
Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. The US intervention to prop up the yen is not just about Japan, but about a crisis in the dollar system. Washington doesn’t want countries selling…
Atlanta Offers A Model For Building Sanctuary
By creating “Sanctuary Zones” that refuse to cooperate with ICE or police, a coalition in Atlanta is building the infrastructure to practice real community safety. Stephanie Guilloud Waging Nonviolence Atlanta…
Jessica Gonzalez on Paramount Merger, Isabel MacDonald and Steve Rendall (2008) on Islamophobia
Janine Jackson FAIR This week on CounterSpin: It was not a shock when Donald Trump’s Justice Department greenlit the merger of Paramount—owned by the scion of the Trump-adjacent Ellison family—with…
States Claim to Invest in “Humane” New Prisons — But Prisons Were Never Humane
By Erica R. Meiners This article was originally published by Truthout The historical record shows that the glossy language of “reform” contributes to the normalization of prisons and jails. In…