Chris Hedges: The Voice of Hind Rajab: The Film They Don’t Want You to See
Israel and its supporters do not want the outside world to see the bureaucratic machinery that perpetuates its mass slaughter, but I suspect, even more, it does not want the…
DHS Agents Lie To Abduct Columbia Student
“Dhs illegally arrested me. Please help,” read the Instagram caption of the detained student.
Killing The ‘Child Independence’ on Its 250th Birthday
Every man’s liberty is in the hands of every petty officer.
Academic Freedom: Trump’s University Blackmail Results
The Trump administration has reached deals with six universities following the withholding of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds and grants.
2025 Rekindled Commitments to Academic Freedom Nationwide
The prospect of not having what we have long taken for granted has rallied the troops, offered academics and judges an occasion to articulate academic freedom’s value in new ways,…
Chris Hedges: The Last Election
The presidential election in 2024 may be the last free vote taken in the United States. Dictatorships only hold elections with predetermined outcomes or do not hold them at all.…
When the Secretary Says Observation Is Violence, ‘Get the Fuck Out of the Car’
This is not law enforcement. It is occupation behavior.
Chris Hedges: The Flotillas to Gaza Are the World’s Conscience
The numerous attempts by activists in flotillas, to break the siege on Gaza, are a potent reminder that hope comes through acts of resistance and that we must never accept…
Swinging on a Double Action Heinous Hinge with Donald Trump
Anything anyone can say about the demagogic Donald Trump is true, whether it comes from his critics, his supporters, or those who look on in amazed horror and fascination that…
Texas’ Chilling Academic Freedom Crackdown Sees Plato Passages Excised
A Texas A&M professor was forced to choose between editing his syllabus or teaching another course.
Chris Hedges: The Machinery of Terror
The Trump administration is consolidating the familiar machinery of terror of all authoritarian states. We must resist now. If we wait, it will be too late.
Chris Hedges: Grand Illusion
We are cursed by what the historian Barbara Tuchman calls the “bellicose frivolity of senile empires.”
Chris Hedges: America the Rogue State
The evisceration of the rule of law at home and abroad solidifies America as a rogue state.
Zohran Mamdani’s Symbolism-Inspired Campaign Becomes Reality
Mamdani made himself an approachable, real and concerned New Yorker who was able to both identify the issues facing ordinary citizens as well as solutions he plans to implement.
Listening to Frank Sinatra on New Year’s Eve
Do people fly south in the winter time to find new leaves, only to find their old selves when they get there?