The Use and Misuse of Empathy, From Gaza to Ireland
Hugh J. Curran Informed Comment David Hume, the 18th century Scottish philosopher and his friend, the Scottish economist, Adam Smith, author of the “Wealth of Nations”, wrote extensively on the…
Washington State Invests My Pension in Genocide. I’m Demanding Divestment.
By Ross Kirshenbaum This article was originally published by Truthout Workers across the US are demanding divestment from firms that profit from weapons and surveillance. I’m one of them. Last…
Trump’s War On Philanthropy Is A War On Civil Society. This Donor Network Is Fighting Back.
Maximillian Alvarez TRNN “The administration is using their power to really intimidate all of us and create chaos and fear amongst nonprofits and make funders afraid of funding them… We’re…
Washington Post Journalist Hospitalized After Israeli Settler Attack
By Sharon Zhang Netanyahu cast doubt on the journalists’ account of the attack just hours after it happened. This article was originally published by Truthout Netanyahu cast doubt on the…
Rappers For Regime Change: How The CIA Recruits Hip Hop Artists Around The World
Alan Macleod Mint Press News Bangladesh: Songs of Subversion “The U.S. government has observed the power of hip hop culture as a vehicle for expression, protest, and a political voice…
Jeffrey Sachs: Europe as a Frontline in a Multipolar World?
Joshua Scheer Europe’s leaders are sacrificing their continent’s future to an American empire that increasingly treats them as expendable. That is the stark warning economist Jeffrey Sachs delivers in this…
Jeffrey Sachs: Europe Must Break With Washington’s March to War
Joshua Scheer Europe’s leaders are gambling with their people’s future—and, Jeffrey Sachs warns, with the survival of the world. Speaking to members of the European Parliament, the economist delivers a…
He Went To Document An Anti-ICE Protest. He Left Without An Eye.
Since federal agents surged into L.A. last year, at least five people have been shot in the eye at protests, with lasting consequences. Cerise Castle Captial and Main Tucker Collins,…
When Trump And Rogers Mock El-Sayed’s Name, They’re Mocking The Bible
Juan Cole Informed Comment Trump and Michigan senatorial candidate Mike Rogers make a big deal out of the name of the Democratic candidate for Senate in Michigan, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed,…
Naming Killing Machines After Native American Tribes Is Degeneracy
Nate Bear Do Not Panic I wrote an off-hand tweet the other day and it did not go down well with MAGA chuds or imperialist liberals. Which tells me it…
TACO Strikes Again. Trump Backs Out Of Livestreaming Hasan Execution
Austin Sarat ScheerPost Last week, the Trump Administration dropped a bombshell when it announced its plan to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan on December 3. Hasan had…
Genocide Treated as Afterthought by Media on Third Anniversary of October 7 Attacks
Belén Fernández FAIR October 7 marked three years since the Hamas attacks on Israel that left some 1,200 people dead and 251 taken hostage. It also marks three years since…
Trans Residents In Kansas Worry About Voting Rights During Midterms After State Revoked IDs
Nick Fulton Prism Kansas officials have said that gender markers will not affect voting, but that hasn’t quelled trans voters’ fears in a state that requires ID at the polls…
The Mamdani Era: The Pied-à-Terre Tax
Danny Goldberg ScheerPost It is a truism among pundits that political trends in New York City are not relevant nationally because those of us who live and work here are…
Worried About Russian Meddling In UK Politics? Wait Till You See What Israel Is Up To
Jonathan Cook Substack Andy Burnham’s government is rolling out a new “Centre for Information Defence”. But the outside actors most aggressively undermining what little remains of British democracy are nowhere…