I Am 22 Years-Old. I Have Lived Through 4 Wars. I Am Surviving A Genocide (A Story From Gaza)
Maha from Gaza 🇵🇸 Substack I lived through four wars before the age of eighteen. War has not been a choice for me, it has been a painful reality imposed…
‘What an Epic Bag of Shit’: Lee Camp Takes On Malcolm Gladwell’s Call for More Cops
To quote Lee Camp “what an epic bag of shit.” Here in Los Angeles, we don’t need more police—especially when Mayor Karen Bass is protecting LAPD funding while proposing cuts…
Trump’s Ballroom Is a Monument to the Failure of Congress and the Supreme Court to Do Their Jobs
Austin Sarat ScheerPost Sometimes a ballroom is more than a ballroom. In President Trump’s case, it is much more than a builder’s dream. It is a material expression of his…
The 2028 Olympics Can’t Hide Los Angeles’ Homelessness Crisis
Dick Platkin, LA Progressive. As LA prepares to welcome the world, its unhoused and overcrowded residents face an uncertain future. Will Olympic organizers confront the housing crisis or simply push…
Mamdani’s Honeymoon Is Coming To An End For Many On The Left
James Dennis Hoff, Left Voice. Criticisms of Mamdani must extend beyond the mayor as an individual leader. And wrestle with the problems inherent in the strategy that brought him to…
Albania’s Protests Show No Signs Of Backing Down
Ana Vracar, BreakThrough News. Months-long protests in Albania have reached a new escalation mid-October. As university students strengthened their mobilization. The months-long protests in Albania have reached a new escalation,…
France’s Student Revolt: Gangster Capitalism And The War On Youth
Henry Giroux, Counter Punch. Across France, Spain, India, Belgium, and other parts of the world, young people are taking to the streets, giving voice to a growing international revolt against…
The Entire Journalism Industry Is on a Collision Course With AI
By Jason Pramas This article was originally published by Truthout News publishers either fight tech oligarchs or we lose the Fourth Estate. While it is not yet possible to say…
Hormuz Gas Crisis: 15.5 mn. EVs Sold Globally This Year
Juan Cole Informed Comment Globally, sales of battery-electric (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vehicles in the first nine months of 2026 came to 15.5 million units, according to Benchmark Mineral…
Abortion Rights Are on the Ballot in 4 States in the 2026 Midterms
By Lauren Rankin This article was originally published by Truthout Voters in Missouri, Idaho, Virginia, and Nevada will decide the fate of abortion rights in their states. Abortion is once…
US Urged to Recognize Lula’s Win as Trump Ally Flávio Bolsonaro Demands ‘Annulment’
Jake Johnson Common Dreams Pro-democracy campaigners urged governments around the world, including in the US, to formally recognize Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva victory in Sunday’s runoff election…
Are Cops Part Of The Labor Movement Or An Existential Threat To It?
Maximillian Alvarez, Hamilton Nolan and Jacob Morrison TRNN Far from all the political bluster about police being “defunded,” six years after the earth-shaking George Floyd protests swept the US and…
Netanyahu Warns of a “Second Holocaust” While Unleashing One in Gaza
Joshua Scheer Just woke up to this in my inbox from the Haaretz feed, reporting on a post shared by Netanyahu. Words fail. But when confronted with genocide—and the propaganda…
When You Find Yourself Lost and Walking Ass-Backwards For No Reason
Edward Curtin Take baby steps. “The modern version of hell is purposelessness,” wrote the English novelist John Fowles in a brilliant essay accompanying photographs of individual trees in an oddly…
While Trump Goes to Court and Tries New Tricks to Interfere In The Election, The Rest of Us Should Go To The Polls
Austin Sarat ScheerPost Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box. And the right to vote has long been recognized as the basis of all other rights. As…