Jacobin
- The Right Is Using Charlie Kirk’s Murder to Attack Free Speech
In the last week, American conservatives have dropped their professed commitment to free speech over the previous decade. “There’s free speech, and then there’s hate speech,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday in response to a podcast host’s question about public reactions to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. “And there is no place, especially
- Your Therapists’ Notes Could Become Fodder For AI
Technology firms behind artificial intelligence–based note-taking software — marketed to therapists as a time-saving administrative tool — have quietly included provisions in their terms and conditions that allow patients’ therapy records to be sold and manipulated to train other AI applications. Providers outsourcing standard progress notes to automated software, which summarize session recordings and transcripts,
- Spanish Cycling Protests Reject Israeli Sportswashing
On Saturday, the Vuelta a España, Spain’s premier cycling stage race and its equivalent to the Tour de France, was scheduled to end its three-week Grand Tour schedule in a largely ceremonial sprint stage in downtown Madrid. But thousands of pro-Palestine protesters, present at stages throughout the race, massed near the finish circuit, overwhelming the
- Building Civilization at Shenzhen Speed
Shenzhen, in southern China, is one of the world’s largest cities, and it didn’t exist in 1979. It is a border zone on top of another border zone, an enclave originally designed to take advantage of another enclave. It is now the center of the Chinese tech industry — the likes of Tencent and Huawei are headquartered
- Walter Benjamin’s Graveyard
A little municipal cemetery sits on a cliff above Portbou, the first small fishing village on the Spanish side of the French-Spanish border. The village is nestled around a natural harbor, deep in a steep valley that seems to cut it off from both countries. Today, with both nations now members of the Schengen Area,
Mother Jones
- “Amateur Hour”: The Man Sending US Military Contractors to Gaza
In July, one week after a whistleblower accused contractors from the American security firm UG Solutions of deploying stun grenades and shooting live ammunition toward Palestinian civilians in Gaza, a new song appeared on the SoundCloud account of “Jameson G.” Titled “demon-in-the-desert,” the dubstep track featured artwork of an alien with a dagger stabbed through
- His Book on Charlie Kirk Was About to Come Out. Then His Subject Was Murdered.
For the past several years, Matthew Boedy, an English professor at the University of North Georgia, has been working on a book about the Christian nationalist aims of the conservative powerhouse group Turning Point USA and its late founder, right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk. In his forthcoming book, The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan
- Senate Committee Seeks Intel on Polluters’ Efforts to Kill Critical EPA Rule
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the wake of the Trump administration’s announcement that it will overturn the rule which underpins virtually all US climate regulations, a Senate committee has launched an investigation into a suspected lobbying push that led to the move. On Tuesday,
- Charlie Kirk and Trump’s Looming Political Crackdown
The shocking assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week was part of a wider, horrific trend: the rise of political violence in America. But Kirk’s murder also seemed to reveal something even darker. Before a suspect was found—when facts were scarce—the race for political retribution was already well underway. On Tuesday, Utah prosecutors charged
- Both the Left and the Right are Targeted by Political Violence. Who Perpetrates It?
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s gruesome killing last week was both a striking visual of our nation’s intensifying polarization and, by some counts, a catalyst for it to intensify more. Even before a suspect had been identified, there was a knee-jerk reaction among some Republicans to blame the Democratic Party for his death. Some even called
Dissident Voice
- Inadequate Responses Leading to Calculated Atrocities
As the tragedy facing the Palestinians unfolds to an ultimate tragedy, we become aware of the true nature of the catastrophe, exhibiting unique elements that ponder our minds and disrupt our lives. (1) It is more than genocide. Can there be anything more than genocide? This is a slow burn; decades of daily horror and The post Inadequate Responses Leading to Calculated Atrocities first appeared on Dissident Voice.
- The Real Culprit?
“Max Blumenthal Reports: Charlie Kirk and the Israel Lobby!” Max Blumenthal (with Anya Parampil) investigates recent claims that Charlie Kirk, the high-profile conservative commentator and founder of TPUSA, had begun pushing back against pro-Israel influence—and as a result, was being pressured, intimidated, and even offered funding by Israeli leaders or wealthy Zionist backers in The post The Real Culprit? first appeared on Dissident Voice.
- Kirkwashing: Right Sanitizing Charlie Kirk’s Legacy
In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder, right-wing politicians, Christian evangelical leaders, podcasters, and conservative media outlets are casting him as a martyr for free speech, for truth, and for Christian values. President Donald Trump called Kirk “a martyr for truth and freedom,” praising him as someone who “fought for liberty, democracy, justice and the The post Kirkwashing: Right Sanitizing Charlie Kirk’s Legacy first appeared on Dissident Voice.
The Progressive
- What Our Health Care System Fails to Recognize About Women’s Pain
Preserving and expanding access to Medicaid—and improving women’s access to health care—is a matter of life or death.
- Randi Weingarten on Why Fascists Fear Teachers
The American Federation of Teachers president discusses her new book, the attacks on public education, and what we can do about it.
- Boston Organizers Launch Hunger Strike for Gaza
The People’s Hunger Strike for Gaza aims to pressure lawmakers to block U.S. military aid to Israel.
Counterpunch
- More Than a Boat: The Gaza Flotilla as a Symbol of a Growing Global Movement
One needs only to examine the actions and rhetoric of the Israeli government to fully appreciate the profound significance of the solidarity flotillas bound for Gaza. As the latest and most significant of these efforts, the Global Solidarity Flotilla sets sail, Israel's hostile discourse has intensified, articulated most forcefully by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. More The post More Than a Boat: The Gaza Flotilla as a Symbol of a Growing Global Movement appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- Five Theses on the Situation in Nepal
The crisis in Nepal escalated in early September, bringing down the center-right government of Prime Minister KP Oli. The immediate spur was the regulation and banning of social media on September 4. Protests over this action were met by police firing, which resulted in the killing of 19 protestors. This escalated into major manifestations, leading to attacks on the homes of politicians and the national parliament building as well as the presidential building. More The post Five Theses on the Situation in Nepal appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- Stopping the Genocide Requires an Armed Protective Force
At this stage of the Gaza genocide, the Israelis’ ostensible goals are (a) to free the captives who remain in Gaza, all of whom are soldiers (that is, prisoners of war) and (b) to “destroy Hamas.” But its leaders have repeatedly made clear their true intentions: to nix all ceasefire proposals as they proceed to completely empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population through some combination of mass killing and expulsion. More The post Stopping the Genocide Requires an Armed Protective Force appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
FAIR
- Kirk Coverage Downplayed MAGA’s Culture of Violence
The right-wing movement Kirk was a crucial part of has played the leading role in dehumanizing others and normalizing violence.
- When Trump Took Over DC, NYT First Ignored, Then Belittled Protests
Dismising the vibrant grassroots resistance to Trump's occupation of DC as “only a few scattered protests" is a distortion.
- Alex Main on Venezuelan Boat Assault
Can the Trump administration, or any administration, declare people guilty and summarily kill them based on that declaration?