Israel, both materially and rhetorically, has made their intent to destroy the Palestinian people clear. One of the most renowned and courageous…
President Donald Trumpās latest executive order titled āRESTORING TRUTH AND SANITY TO AMERICAN HISTORYā replicates a tactic used by all authoritarian regimes. In the…
In conversation with Chris Hedges legal scholar Katherine Franke explains trumpās authoritarian Crackdown. The United States is facing a constitutional crisis one…
This is the last chapter of the genocide. It is the final, blood-soaked push toĀ driveĀ the Palestinians from Gaza. No food. No medicine.…
This article is read by Eunice Wong, a Juilliard-trained actor, featured on Audibleās list of Best Women Narrators. Her work is on the annual…
Gaza is a wasteland of 50 million tons of rubble and debris. Rats and dogs scavenge amid the ruins and fetid pools of raw sewage. The…
The year 2008 signaled to many the weak foundations of modern capitalism in the hands of the greedy, untethered financial sectorāthe āvampire…
You canāt just sit there and build drones and not talk about who itās serving and who does it help,ā says Richard…
The apocalyptic wildfires that have erupted in theĀ borealĀ forest inĀ Siberia, the Russian Far East and Canada, climate scientistsĀ repeatedlyĀ warned, would inevitably move southwards as…
Joe Bidenās parting gift of $8 billion in weapons sales to the apartheid state of Israel acknowledges the gruesome reality of the genocide in Gaza. This is not…
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