Biden Signs Off Same-Sex Marriage Bill, Fully Reversing His Earlier Opposition
The new legislation mandates federal recognition for same-sex marriage, as well as interracial marriage, around the country and protects it from potential invalidation in the future by the Supreme Court.
[rewind] Biden, Free Leonard Peltier
The Native American activist’s attorney tells Robert Scheer why Peltier’s imprisonment is one of the worst miscarriages of justice this country has ever seen.
A Mediator’s Guide to Ukraine
The Ukraine War is an extremely dangerous war between nuclear superpowers in a world desperately in need of peace and cooperation.
Xi’s Visit and the Future of the Middle East: What Does China Want From the Arabs
By Ramzy Baroud / CounterPunch The problem with most Western media’s political analyses is that they generally tend to be short-sighted and focused mostly on variables that are of direct…
The Unreluctant Vassal
Unlike Germany and France, for instance, which at times reluctantly follow Washington’s orders, Britain is an eager co-participant in U.S. adventurism, says Joe Lauria.
US Trial of Venezuela’s Alex Saab Exposes Diplomatic Espionage
Reporting from inside the federal courtroom where the US is prosecuting Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, The Grayzone learns of disturbing acts of diplomatic espionage. Saab’s advocates insist he is imprisoned…
The Biggest Criminal Enterprise in History
By Tom Engelhardt | TomDispatch Author’s note: I wrote this piece in May 2013, with a helping hand from the invaluable Nick Turse who came up with the word “terracide.”…
End of Destructive Subsidies Key Demand at COP15 Biodiversity Talks
"Governments must address subsidies to extractive and otherwise harmful industries and stop encouraging such business models through trade and investment," asserted Greenpeace.
Ben Norton & Lee Camp: Coup in Peru & Latin America Fights Dollar Hegemony
By Lee Camp / Behind The Headlines
Basketball, Viktor Bout and Troubling Exchanges
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch Prison exchanges and swaps are never entirely satisfactory affairs. The appropriate measure in such cases is the degree of dissatisfaction that arises from them. In…
NATO Chief Says Full-Blown War With Russia Is a ‘Real Possibility’
Jens Stoltenberg warns things can go 'horribly wrong.'
Nothing Good Will Come From the New Cold War With Australia as a Frontline State
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 15 November 2022, during the G20 summit in Bali (Indonesia), Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told journalists that his country…
Chris Hedges: Israel and the Rise of Jewish Fascism
The mask is being lifted from the face of Israel’s apartheid state, exposing a grinning death’s head that portends the obliteration of the few restraints against killing Palestinians.
Taking ‘Peace’ Out of the Nobel Peace Prize
Despite the occasional polite nod to Alfred Nobel, the committee — which will name this year’s award on Saturday — has never made known his vision of peace through global…
Judicial Coup in Argentina: Corrupt Judges Conspire With Media Oligarch to Ban Cristina Kirchner From Office
Leaked messages show Argentina’s corrupt judges and prosecutors conspired with right-wing media oligarchs to launch a judicial coup against left-wing ex President and current VP Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, sentencing…