Friday, June 5, 2026

Why hasn’t the world set on fire?

"To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger." - James Baldwin

The nightmare in Gaza

Antisemitism's definition is being used to do the opposite: it’s helping to criminalize opposition to genocide.

On Gaza, most Congress members have been moral failures. Don’t grade them on a...

Capitol Hill remains a friendly place for the Israeli government as it keeps receiving massive arms shipments courtesy of U.S. taxpayers.

Trump’s 60-day deadline on the Iran War

What America needs is to follow the law not engage in another show of force.

‘The first victim was the truth’—the cognitive war on Venezuela

We can fight against this cognitive war by insisting on an alternative vision for U.S. foreign policy, one in which the country becomes a good neighbor by centering its relationship with the hemisphere (and the world) on peace, solidarity and shared prosperity.

A Self-Perpetuating Machine for American Insecurity

Washington has invented a system so deeply entrenched in our world that changing it will surely prove a stunningly difficult task. Welcome to the new world of American insecurity.

Netanyahu soldiers on

The only winner in the perennial confrontation between Israel and Hamas: Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Palestinian American Dr. walks out of Biden meeting, hands him letter from 8-year-old orphan...

The curtailed meeting was itself met with protests, including from Palestinian American emergency room physician Dr. Thaer Ahmad, who walked out after handing Biden a letter from an 8-year-old orphaned Palestinian girl

Power, protest and all that’s news

Media's reporting on the Israel-Gaza war.

VIDEO: With a Record Backing Coups, Secret War and Genocide, Is Kissinger an Elder...

Democracy Now speaks with Greg Grandin, author of the new book, "Kissinger’s Shadow: The Long Reach of America’s Most Controversial Statesman," who discusses Henry Kissinger longstanding influence on the national security state.