Barnard President’s NYT Op-Ed Is Height of Hypocrisy
The New York Times had Laura Rosenbury write as a free speech expert, despite her record of repressing protests, policing thought and censoring ideas.
Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension Is Shocking, But the Worst Could Be Yet to Come
The ouster of comedian Jimmy Kimmel signals a broader crackdown on media. Let’s double down, not back off in response.
UC Berkeley Hands Over Private Staff and Student Information for Trump’s ‘Antisemitism’ Probe
The University of California, Berkeley has provided the federal government with the private information of more than 150 students, staff, and faculty. The university is being slammed for caving to…
Slamming ‘Fascist Tactics’ of Trump, Mahmoud Khalil Fights Judge’s Deportation Decision
A member of his legal team noted that “the immigration prosecutor, judge, and jailer all answer to Donald Trump, and that one man is eager to weaponize the system in…
A Colour Revolution In Nepal?
There is quite some political vacuum in Kathmandu presently - and history shows us NED, Open Society Foundations, and intelligence-connected Western foundations are ever-poised to exploit such “windows of opportunity”.
If You Don’t Want to Confront Oppression, Your Role as an Intellectual Is Pointless
Berta Cáceres, a Honduran leader in the struggle for indigenous and environmental rights, was killed in 2016 – a price too often paid by those who fight for human dignity…
Patrick Lawrence: To Whom Goes the Good?
We find ourselves plunging well beyond the apple-pie authoritarianism that threatened a few years ago. No apple pie this time.
Conservatives Are Using Charlie Kirk’s Death to Enact Sweeping Speech Crackdown
The US has entered a new era of McCarthyism as the Trump administration equates leftist critique with “terrorism.”
Trump Wages Economic War on US Allies, While BRICS Builds Alternative System
Donald Trump imposes tariffs and unequal treaties on Europe, Japan, and South Korea, forcing them to move factories to the US, while BRICS creates a multipolar world order. Economist Michael…
US Allies Are Not Off-Limits: Israel’s Qatar Strike Shatters Gulf Illusions
Tel Aviv’s unprecedented attack on a US-designated major non-NATO ally has warned the region that diplomatic ties and American bases offer no shield from Israeli military reach.
The Department of War Is Back!
But Victoryless Culture Remains.
Billionaire Bill Ackman Convened Stormy Israel ‘Intervention’ With Charlie Kirk, Sources Say
A month before Charlie Kirk’s killing, billionaire pro-Israel moneyman Bill Ackman arranged an intervention in the Hamptons during which sources say he and others “hammered” Kirk for the conservative leader’s…
Will the US Continue to Aid, Abet, and Arm Genocide in Gaza?
Every leader should move now to end our complicity.
What Trump’s Executive Order on 401(K)s Means for Workers Who Hope to Retire
More workers may lose their hard-won retirement savings now that Trump has pushed them toward crypto and private equity.