UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine: Israel Has Turned All of Palestine Into ‘An Open-Air Prison’ to Further Annexation Plans
Francesca Albanese's June report to the UN Human Rights Council says Israel uses physical, bureaucratic, military, and surveillance means to "de-Palestinianize" the occupied territory, threatening "the existence of the Palestinians…
How Harlan Crow Slashed His Tax Bill by Taking Clarence Thomas on Superyacht Cruises
In lavishing gifts on the Supreme Court justice, the billionaire GOP donor may have violated tax laws, according to tax experts.
NATO Is a Warfare Alliance, Not a Force for Global Peace or Stability
By Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd / CounterPunch At his speech during the NATO Summit in Lithuania, President Biden called the U.S. and Europe “anchors for global security” when in…
FTC Chair’s Efforts to Curb Corporate Power ‘Raise Questions’—From Corporate America
The New York Times made minimal effort to point out the monetary incentives of the critics of the FTC it highlighted.
US Soldiers Don’t Belong in Ukraine
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch So how many American soldiers fight in Ukraine? The Biden bunch is careful not to reveal or refer to their presence, mercenary or otherwise, but…
FDA Approves First Daily Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill
By Lucas Berenbrok and Marian Jarlenski, University of Pittsburgh / The Conversation On July 13, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a drugmaker’s application for the first daily…
House Passes $886 Billion National Defense Authorization Act
The bill narrowly passed in a vote of 219-210 due to a partisan divide over amendments included by Republicans.
Israel Moves Toward ‘Dictatorship’ and Polarization
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the eve of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s controversial visit to the United States, which several members of Congress…
Hunting the Military Extremist
How Disturbed Is the U.S. Military?
Chris Hedges: Cornel West and the Campaign to End Political Apartheid
The two ruling parties have destroyed our democracy. Voting for one or the other will not bring it back.
Anti-Imperialist Satire and Going Against the Mainstream, with James Rehwald
By Alan MacLeod / MintPress News In this day and age, it can sometimes feel like satire is dead. This is doubly true if one turns on a television to…
British Intelligence In the Dock for CIA Torture
Lawyers for al-Hawsawi say they have proof that British intelligence agents illegally “aided, abetted, encouraged, facilitated, procured and/or conspired” with the US to torture and abuse their client.
‘Disgraceful’: GOP Advances Bill That Could Remove 220,000 Teachers From Classrooms
The nonprofit Committee for Education Funding noted that the Republican proposal would impact "virtually all" education programs, hitting teacher funding, student aid, and more.
James Bamford: Israel, Hollywood and the Theft of American Nuclear Secrets
Journalist, author and filmmaker James Bamford dives into his latest book exploring the NSA’s hypocrisy in scapegoating whistleblowers when the spy agency is the world's main source of the malware…
U.S. Cluster Bombs Have Arrived in Ukraine
By Dave DeCamp / Antiwar.com A Ukrainian general told CNN on Thursday that Ukraine has received a shipment of US cluster bombs, controversial munitions that have a devastating impact on…