Jacobin
- Nativism vs. the Bottom Line
In Donald Trump’s Republican Party, immigration is one of the few issues on which there remains a party line. On trade, Republicans are divided between protectionists and free traders. On foreign policy, Russia hawks joust with China hawks, though both seem open to bombing Mexico. On economics, rhetorical commitments to protecting entitlements sit side by
- Bring Back the Yugoslav Basketball Team
In the storied tradition of global sport, few regions have given us a legacy as rich and influential as the former Yugoslavia in basketball. For decades, the courts of Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Ljubljana, and Skopje bred a unique style of play: technical, improvisational, fiercely competitive, yet fundamentally collective. It was a style that punched well
- Pandemic Programs Worked, So Business Elites Killed Them Off
There is an enduring perception that the United States is an individualistic nation whose people oppose collective guarantees to the basic necessities of life. This perception is false. Look at, for example, the overwhelming popularity of our Social Security program and the guarantees of free public education contained in every state constitution; the United States
- The Trump Administration Is Deregulating Forever Chemicals
Amid industry lobbying, the Trump administration is taking steps to further deregulate dangerous “forever chemicals” — increasingly ubiquitous per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFAS) that don’t easily break down and are linked to a wide range of health risks, including cancer and birth defects. This move comes after President Donald Trump’s choice to head the Environmental
- Polluters Will Say Anything to Hide Their Emissions Records
Powerful business lobbyists are asking the US Supreme Court to use the First Amendment to block California from requiring corporations to publish their emissions data. Pro-industry trade groups and their lawyers argue that new transparency and disclosure requirements violate businesses’ free speech rights. An emergency appeal filed in recent weeks by the US and California
Occupy.com
- 2025 Elections Could Be the Beginning of the End of MAGA — if Dems Seize the Opportunity
If Democrats stick to the blueprint last week’s elections provided, MAGA could be extinct before the end of the decade.
The Progressive
- The Real Toxins Faced by People with Disabilities
By taking away rights and making life harder for us people with disabilities, our government is creating an environment that will cause more disability.
- Another Reason to Boycott Amazon
The company is accused of discriminating against employees with disabilities.
- Making the World More Imperiled Again
Trump’s plan to revive nuclear weapons testing threatens to undermine decades of progress.
Counterpunch
- Pay to Pollute, Starting in 2026
The United States of America was unofficially represented at COP30, the annual UN climate conference (November 10-21) in Belem, Brazil by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). He was not granted the privilege of officially representing the U.S. The State Department refused to facilitate his trip, refused to acknowledge the senator as a representative of a congressional delegation, refusing to acknowledge COP30, refusing to acknowledge global warming. This is the first time in Senator Whitehouse’s career that the executive branch of government has dictated a congressional member’s CODEL (Congressional Delegation paid trip for members). More The post Pay to Pollute, Starting in 2026 appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- It’s Not Just About Venezuela: Trump Intends a Wider Domino Effect
It’s increasingly obvious that the US military threats against Venezuela have a wider agenda. Their game plan is regime change, but not only in Venezuela. This is the objective – on a longer timescale in some cases – across several of the countries in the Caribbean Basin, aiming to cleanse the region of governments deemed undesirable to Washington. More The post It’s Not Just About Venezuela: Trump Intends a Wider Domino Effect appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- Annals of the Covert World: How Assassination Became Policy at the CIA
The CIA’s role in assassination is one of those topics handled gingerly by the press or Congress from time to time and then hastily put aside, with the habitual claim that the CIA may have dreamed of it, thought about it and maybe even dabbled in it, but had never actually gone successfully all the way. But in fact, the Agency has gone all the way many times. More The post Annals of the Covert World: How Assassination Became Policy at the CIA appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
FAIR
- Sports Press Covers WNBA Negotiations From Owners’ Point of View
Too many news reports have catered to owners' interests when reporting on the negotiations between the players' union and the league.
- Jean Su on Challenging COP30 Narratives
Focusing on what people, including those most harmed, are doing, along with what’s being done to them, could help move debate off an outdated dime.
- Press Remembers Oldest Survivor of Tulsa Massacre—But Not Press’s Role in Massacre
The white-owned press didn't just fuel the Tulsa Race Massacre, which killed 300 overwhelmingly Black people and destroyed a thriving community; it also helped cover it up.