The Real Reason the US Is Against the Entire World on Cuba
What is the point of the embargo on Cuba? What are we hoping to achieve? To punish a dead Fidel Castro for his sins? Maybe to punish a dead Che…
White House Asks Congress for $37.7 Billion in New Ukraine Aid
If approved, it would bring total US spending on the war in Ukraine to about $105 billion.
FTX Partnership With Ukraine Is Latest Chapter in Shady Western Aid Saga
The Ukrainian government mysteriously disappeared online records of its fundraising arrangement with the FTX crypto scam just days before the scandal erupted. The initiative claims to have raised $60 million…
‘Unfortunate Accident’: Polish President Says Missile That Killed Two Likely Fired by Ukraine
"There is nothing, absolutely nothing to suggest that it was an intentional attack on Poland," Polish President Andrzej Duda told reporters.
UC’s Student Workers Can’t Afford California
Teaching assistants are paid $24,000 per year, far less than the median rent in Los Angeles and other markets where UCs sit.
Deaf to History’s Questions
A Tale of Two Elizabeths, One Joe, One Donald, and Us.
How It Feels to Visit an Apartheid Country
Racial profiling in Israel is rampant. Abuse and invective are normal. This is the daily machinery of separating Jews from Arabs and justifying it in traditional colonial terms.
Voters Didn’t Buy the ‘Crime Panic’ Narrative. Democrats Should Take Note
Americans around the country were unmoved by tough-on-crime rhetoric, and instead voted in a string of reform-minded candidates. The results show that it’s time for Democrats to rethink their approach…
IMF Warns of ‘Wave of Debt Crises’ Coming in Global South, With War, Interest Rate Hikes, Overvalued Dollar
The IMF said a “wave of debt crises” may be coming in the Global South, and “the global economy is headed for stormy waters,” due to war, rising US interest…
It’s Not Just Coca-Cola: Corporations Have Co-Opted the UN Climate Talks
COP27 is covered with logos. But that's just the start of companies' influence.
College Degrees Help Incarcerated People Take the Next Step to Freedom
Since 2013, the New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons initiative, or NJ-STEP, has helped hundreds of individuals earn degrees. What’s next for the program?
Inter-American Commission Hears Landmark Case of Torture and Killing by US Border Patrol
Anastasio Hernández Rojas’s widow, Maria de Jesús Puga, testified that her “whole family, we have all been bearing this pain, 12 years, 12 years of pain and anguish not knowing…
Why the War in Ukraine Is a True Act of Madness
Rajan Menon, only recently back from Ukraine, lays out just why that war qualifies right now as a true act of madness on Planet Earth.
The Midterms Are Proof the Dems Need to Fire Their Corporate-Conflicted Political Consultants
By Ralph Nader The mid-term congressional elections are over, but the counting in some very close races continues, which extends the time for determining the margins of control over the…
US Labor Agency’s Top Lawyer Fights Corporate Spying That Discourages Whistleblowers
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter The top lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the United States has come out strongly against workplace surveillance and management technology…