How Billionaire Investors Are Disrupting the US Housing Market
"This is not your grandparent’s gentrification, but rather a hyper-gentrification fueled by concentrated wealth driving up land and housing costs..."
Widening the War: The US Sends Troops to Israel
Being worried is just the start of it.
400k Children at Risk of Disease in Lebanon as Officials Report Cholera Case
As the threat of disease looms, Israel has intensified attacks on health care, striking near a major hospital on Monday.
67% of Swing State Voters Think Corporate Power ‘One of the Biggest Problems Facing America’
"Strong antitrust enforcement is not just good policy; it's also good politics," said the president of the American Antitrust Institute.
Chris Hedges: The Choice This Election Is Between Corporate and Oligarchic Power
There is a civil war within capitalism. Kamala Harris is the face of corporate power. Donald Trump is the mascot of the oligarchs. Either way, we lose.
‘Text Me You Haven’t Died’ — My Sister Was the 166th Doctor To Be Murdered in Gaza
Dr. Soma Baroud’s life was dedicated to healing the wounded in Gaza. Her tragic death in an Israeli airstrike on October 9 is a reminder of the relentless violence faced…
John Kiriakou: US Prisons Still a Disaster Zone
The BOP had long been one of the biggest embarrassments in the federal government and Joe Biden’s administration hasn’t changed that.
Billionaires Are Not Going to Save Us
Looking for Hope in Hard Places and Hard Times.
In a Glaring Double Standard, FIFA Fails to Suspend Israel
FIFA banned apartheid South Africa. It banned Russia for invading Ukraine. But about Israel, FIFA does nothing.
For NYT’s ‘Free Speech’ Maven, Racism Needs Protection, Gaza Protests Don’t
The speech of white supremacists must be defended, but criticism of Israel and support for Palestinian human rights are going too far.
Patrick Lawrence: De-Westernizing Ourselves
Embarking on a process of personal, individual “de–Westernization” is absolutely essential if we propose to defend the humanity of humanity.
200+ Jewish-Led Protesters Arrested at NY Stock Exchange Say ‘Stop Arming Israel’
"The U.S. war economy is profiting from genocide," said Jewish Voice for Peace. "The 50+ members of Congress who invest in arms companies get richer every day."
Patrick Lawrence: Truths That Come Out Like the Sun
A solidly documented true story takes shape out of all the day-to-day reporting of the past year. It is all in the record now, or will be, a coherent whole—this…
Why a Liberated Palestine Threatens Global Capitalism
We have to be cognizant of the facts that a struggle for economic liberation in the South is fundamentally antithetical to the capitalist world economy, because accumulation in the core…
Israel Strikes on Residential Buildings in Central Beirut Kill at Least 22
Among the dead was a family of eight, including three children, who fled from Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon.