Colorado Votes to Tax the Rich to Fund ‘Incredibly Popular’ Free School Meals
“Colorado sent a clear message tonight: No child should ever have to learn on an empty stomach,” said the state Democratic Party.
‘New York, This City Belongs to You’: Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech
If tonight teaches us anything, it is that convention has held us back. We have bowed at the altar of caution, and we have paid a mighty price... We will…
Venezuela’s Oil, US-led Regime Change, and America’s Gangster Politics
The flimsy moral pretext today is the fight against narcotics, yet the real objective is to overthrow a sovereign government, and the collateral damage is the suffering of the Venezuelan…
War Criminal Dick Cheney Dead at 84
“He should have died in The Hague,” said one journalist.
‘The Stuff of Nightmares’: Jamaica Braces for Catastrophic Landfall as Hurricane Melissa Horrifies Experts
“Unimaginable violence is hiding in the very small and compact eyewall of Melissa,” said one hurricane specialist.
Trump CFPB Moves to Bar States From Wiping Medical Debt Off Credit Reports
One consumer advocate said the effort adds “salt to the wound” as tens of millions of people face healthcare premium spikes that are likely to worsen the nation’s medical debt…
Bannon Says Trump Will Run for an Illegal 3rd Term Because ‘He’s a Vehicle of Divine Providence’
Journalist Mehdi Hasan said Trump and his allies “plan to overturn the Constitution and democracy. They’re not hiding it. They’re bragging about it.”
Nearly Half of Dems in Competitive Primary Districts Say They ‘Could Never’ Support a Candidate Backed by AIPAC
“The political rules of the last almost half-century are changing before our eyes,” said Jewish Currents editor Peter Beinart.
Israel Returns Palestinian Prisoners’ Bodies With ‘Signs of Torture, Mutilation, and Execution’
An unknown number of Palestinians abducted by Israel died or were killed while in custody; living former prisoners have described horrific and sometimes deadly torture.
‘Disgusting’: Racist, Homophobic, Antisemitic, and Violent Private Chats of GOP Leaders Exposed
“These are the people who pretend to be offended when called Nazis.”
Beware Trump’s Ceasefire Deal Absent Meaningful UN Action to Halt Israel’s Genocide
Without concrete global efforts to hold Israel to account, Trump’s new occupation plan for Gaza offers little hope for the future to the besieged, starved, bombed people of Gaza.
Trump Says Israel and Hamas ‘Signed Off on the First Phase’ of Gaza Plan
The announcement came as the confirmed death toll from Israel’s two-year genocidal assault on Gaza rose to 67,183 Palestinians, widely believed to be an undercount.
Jeffrey Sachs: A 20-Point Peace Plan Without US-UK Colonialism
A revised version of the Trump plan for an end of the war in Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank. This is the moment for honesty, global resolve,…
After Bombing Boats, Trump Tells Congress US Is in ‘Armed Conflict’ With Drug Cartels
“This is not stretching the envelope,” said a retired judge advocate general lawyer. “This is shredding it. This is tearing it apart.”
‘Deeply Un-American’: Trump Tells Generals to Use US Cities as Military ‘Training Grounds’
“Wake up, people, the US is fast approaching a point of no return,” warned one critic, who said the president’s alarming rhetoric “comes right out of the fascism playbook.”