The Holidays are the Most Painful Time of the Year to be Behind Bars
Every holiday season, prisoners suffer spikes in suicides, violence, and depression. Eddie Conway, who spent 44 years locked up, explains what people on the outside can do to help.
Top 10 Inequality Victories of 2022
Champions of a more egalitarian society made important strides, building the power of workers while reducing the power of wealthy tax dodgers and greedy pharma execs.
The Perils of Pious Neoliberalism in the Austerity State
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research The International Labour Organisation’s Global Wage Report 2022–23 tracks the horrendous collapse of real wages for billions of people around the…
Big Pharma’s Obscene Profits, Not Striking Nurses, Are Killing the NHS
Monopoly pricing and corporate greed are destroying healthcare systems in the UK and globally.
SOS Issued for Rohingya Refugees Desperately Adrift at Sea
"These are human beings—men, women, and children," said one U.N. expert. "We need to see the states in the region help save lives and not let people die."
New Israeli Government to Un-ban Violent Racists From Parliament
Even the country’s right wing is visibly uncomfortable with the agreements made by Binjamin Netanyahu to allow him to come back to power.
Meet the Grinch Stealing the Future of Gen Y and Z
Salaries in the U.S. aren’t keeping up with inflation, despite pandemic-related increases in some sectors. That’s a major threat to the future for all working Americans – especially the youngest.
Has the Worm Turned in the Assange Case?
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch One of the world’s most courageous whistleblowers, Daniel Ellsberg challenged U.S. prosecutors on December 6 to come after him, as they have pursued Julian Assange.…
The Lions’ Den is Not a Fleeting Phenomenon: On Palestine’s Looming Armed Revolt
As Lions’ Den insignias are now appearing in every Palestinian neighborhood throughout the Occupied Territories, the group has succeeded in branching out from a specific Nablus neighborhood – Al Qasaba…
Health Workers in UK Intensify Their Fight for Fair Wages and Dignity
Underpaid and overworked, workers of the UK’s National Health Service are demanding a wage hike on par with inflation. Both nurses and ambulance workers went on strike in recent days.
Fact-Checking Jesus
The Rev. Madison Shockley discusses the historical, political and controversial misconceptions of the Christmas story.
Lessons Learned in the Internet’s Darkest Corners
Lesson one: Conspiracy theories are the ever-more-virulent symptoms of a country in which it’s not enough to disagree with your opponents.
If the US Wants to Help Ukraine, It Must First Condemn Israel
The annexation of parts of Ukraine by Russia’s Vladimir Putin that Mr. Zelensky and the Biden administration decried is no different from the Israeli annexation of the Golan Heights.