Ray McGovern Says NATO’s Crisis Is No Longer Theoretical — It Is Unfolding in Real Time
In a wide-ranging interview with Glenn Diesen, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern offered a blunt assessment of the political and military order built after the Cold War: the crisis surrounding…
Nurses Forge Alliances to Protect Patients From Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Marianne Dhenin for Truthout After the House of Representatives passed bills to send $10 billion in funding to the Department of Homeland Security in January, the nation’s largest union of…
Mutual Aid Is A Lifeline For The Million People Displaced By War In Lebanon
Food, clothing and shelter provided by mutual aid efforts in Lebanon are vital as Israel’s escalating war triggers a growing humanitarian crisis. Mehk Chakraborty for Waging Nonviolence Before daybreak on…
‘Kansas Was Going To Be The First Domino That Fell’: Red States Are Making Lists Of Trans People As Surveillance Ramps Up
States including Kansas, Indiana, Texas, and Tennessee are looking to collect information about people who sought gender-affirming care or changed gender markers on documents Nick Fulton for Prism Kansas, Texas,…
Two Bold Proposals to Tax Wealth Across the Land
Wealth tax proposals from Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren show a growing appetite to rein in the rich. Chuck Collins for Inequality.org How can the U.S. reverse democracy-distorting concentrations…
Cross-Border Days Of Solidarity Against Rigged Trade Agenda
On July 1, trade officials from the U.S., Mexico and Canada will be meeting to consider changes to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) — also known as NAFTA 2.0 — the…
Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget Will Make US Weaker
William Hartung for Common Dreams It has been reported that the Pentagon on Friday will release a proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027 of almost $1.5 trillion, with approximately $1.15…
His Majesty’s head-chopper: Syria’s MI6-backed president bows to King Charles
Kit Klarenberg· The Grayzone Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Downing Street visit offered him a reunion with the British intel operatives who groomed the former Al Qaeda warlord to become president of Syria.…
On the Ground in Iran: Investigating the Minab School Attack
ScheerPost Staff As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran enters its second month, the human cost continues to mount. One of the most shocking incidents occurred on the very first day…
Ground War With Iran? Chris Hedges and Larry Wilkerson Warn of a Catastrophe Washington May Already Be Sliding Toward
ScheerPost Staff In a stark and unsettling conversation on The Chris Hedges Report, journalist Chris Hedges sits down with retired Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson to confront a question now hanging…
A View From Tehran: War Caused A New Kind Of Stability
Peiman Salehi Informed Comment In Tehran, the expected signs of wartime breakdown are largely absent. The conventional logic of war tends to follow a simple assumption: sustained external pressure leads…
Academic Freedom May Be Flourishing at America’s Best Liberal Arts Colleges, But They Are Still in Danger of Losing Their Distinctiveness
Austin Sarat ScheerPost In late January, Professor Ian Bogost published a very flattering account of four premier liberal arts colleges: Amherst (where I teach), Davidson, Smith, and Vassar. As he…
Sanders Declares AI ‘A Threat to Everything the American People Hold Dear’ in WSJ Op-Ed
Brad Reed for Common Dreams Sen. Bernie Sanders has declared artificial intelligence “a threat to everything the American people hold dear” in a Thursday editorial published by the Wall Street…