Jacobin
- Mongolia’s Crisis Is an Opportunity to Transform Its System
On paper, the Mongolian state is becoming richer, with record exports, higher budget revenues, and decent rates of growth. Yet in daily life, it feels absent. Six years after winter protests that fused discontent over air pollution and corruption into a single story about trust or the lack of it, that story has only thickened.
- Credit Reporting Companies Want to Hide Consumer Complaints
The companies collecting detailed information about you and selling it to corporations to determine your ability to obtain a loan, buy a house, or get a job are now urging the Trump administration to move forward with a proposal to hide consumer complaints about potential misdeeds that can wreck families’ finances. These same credit reporting
- Samantha Kattan Wants to Join New York’s Socialists in Albany
Eight years after helping to elect its first socialist to Albany, the New York City Democratic Socialists of America (NYC-DSA) has put seven more socialists into the legislature and two onto city council, with two other sitting councilors currently seeking admission to the group’s Socialist in Office (SIO) committee. As the chapter expands its ranks
- Reading C. Wright Mills in the Age of Trump
C. Wright Mills published his book The Power Elite in 1956, at a time when pluralist theory dominated political science, and equilibrium theories such as systems analysis and structural functionalism had captured the field of sociology in the United States. Mainstream scholars, as well as liberal and conservative politicians, confidently asserted that Keynesian economics and
- How Big Tech Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bombs
In any list of “known unknowns” facing the world in 2026, artificial intelligence must be close to the top. Are the predictions of widespread AI adoption displacing hundreds of millions of workers about to be realized? Will the AI bubble burst? Will the United States or China win the race to “artificial general intelligence”? Nick
Dissident Voice
- Progress
We used to have legions. Now we have the military-industrial complex. We don’t really see war anymore; not up close. It happens thousands of miles away, outsourced, managed. An all-volunteer army made up of farm kids, inner-city kids, a lot of Hispanics. Plenty of them did the math on tuition and decided this was the The post Progress appeared first on Dissident Voice.
- Olympic Sports for Everyone
Recently, there has been a growing sense of déjà vu when it comes to international sports and, in particular, the Olympic Committee. This brings to mind a quote from Ximénès Doudan: “You may not care about politics, but politics still cares about you.” Only in the case of the IOC, it needs to be rephrased: if The post Olympic Sports for Everyone appeared first on Dissident Voice.
- Trump’s Board of Peace Is a Dystopia in Motion
While the sheer pomposity, Trumpian megalomania, and painfully paradoxical context surrounding the so-called “Board of Peace” (BoP) might tempt some to dismiss it as mere spectacle or farce, its criminal, inhumane, and hegemonic nature makes it far too dangerous to ignore. Last week, Trump and his new, thuggish boys’ club of heads of state publicly The post Trump’s Board of Peace Is a Dystopia in Motion appeared first on Dissident Voice.
Mother Jones
- Six Vital Lessons From Minnesota’s General Strike
Every few months, you likely notice something: people on Instagram calling for a general strike. The posts will appear suddenly, evincing urgency but sparse in details. Their provenance is usually obscure. But the message is always clear. To resist Trump’s authoritarian agenda, Americans need to unite in a national economic blackout. The cyclical nature of
- Illinois Representative Asks God to Get Trump to “Do What Is Right”
During his address to God at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, Rep. Jonathan Jackson, a democrat from Illinois, called on President Donald Trump to be “invested in the elevation of suffering” of people in this country, including “the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis.” Rep. Jackson, son of civil rights leader
- Trump’s FBI Raid Could Lead to a Takeover of Elections in Georgia’s Largest County
On Monday, in a dramatic escalation of his administration’s attempt to interfere in the midterm elections, President Trump called on Republicans “to take over the voting in at least 15 places.” Trump’s efforts “to nationalize the voting,” as he put it, will be difficult to pull off, since states have control over the administration of
- The Lessons of Kent State
It’s been a half-century since Thomas Grace was knocked off his feet by an Ohio National Guardsman’s bullet, but he still braces for a flashback whenever people “under the color of uniform” concoct dubious claims to justify deadly force against other Americans. Last month it happened again. He watched as videos from Minneapolis showed agents
- Health Department Will Mine Unverified Vaccine Injury Claims With New AI Tool
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is developing a generative artificial intelligence tool to find patterns across data reported to a national vaccine monitoring database and to generate hypotheses on the negative effects of vaccines, according to an inventory released last week of
The Real News Network
- Inside Syria’s women-led revolution
TRNN was granted rare access to a YPJ commander at a hidden base in northeast Syria, offering a ground-level view of a women’s revolution as Rojava was preparing for war.
- Rubio confirms end of New START, sparking calls for nuclear talks with Russia, China
“Trump, Putin, and Xi can and must put the world on a safer path by taking commonsense actions to build down the nuclear danger,” said one campaigner.
- Under Putin’s Thumb: War, Repression, and Resistance
Ksenia Kagarlitskaya and Ilya Budraitskis explain the nature and evolution of Putin’s regime, the plight of its political prisoners, and the prospects for antiwar resistance and class struggle.
The Progressive
- Bolder Voices for a Democratic Future
An increasing number of Democratic candidates are signaling that they won’t sit by quietly as the country implodes.
- The Nonviolent Medicaid Army Is Living Martin Luther King Jr.’s Values
The NVMA is taking up the mantle of King’s vision to create a ‘nonviolent army of the poor.’
- New Foreign Aid Rules Will Threaten Lives
The Trump Administration is expanding foreign aid restrictions on abortion, transgender health care, and DEI initiatives.
Z Network
- On the Road to Nuclear War
On January 27, 2026, the editors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of their famous “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds to midnight―the closest setting, since the appearance of the clock in 1946, to nuclear annihilation. This grim appraisal has impressive evidence to support it. The New Start Treaty, the last of
- How Venezuela Poses an “Unusual and Extraordinary Threat” to the U.S. Agenda
U.S. President Donald Trump has not shied away from admitting his thirst for Venezuelan oil. On 16 December 2025, in the leadup to the 3 January bombing of Caracas and kidnapping of the country’s president and first lady, Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, he claimed ownership over Venezuela resources, stating that “America will not… allow a hostile
- Gaza Teaches Us That Only Some Lives Are Worth Talking About
Since the so-called ceasefire came into effect in Gaza, Israel has killed over 500 Palestinians. But these lives – according to western media and politicians – are not worth talking about. You probably won’t have heard about Zaina, Menna and Maryam Al-Atbash. On Saturday, the remains of these young sisters were found on the street by
Occupy.com
- Can the UK Green Party Surge Match Mamdani’s NYC Earthquake?
To truly challenge Reform, Labour and the British establishment, the Greens will need to harness their increasing membership and work alongside social movements.
FAIR
- Looking to Blame Anyone But Israel for Youth’s Anti-Israel Turn
The Zionist media narrative is looking for the culprits who have apparently miseducated our youth, turning them not just into Israel critics, but Jew haters.
- At NYT, Pretending You Don’t Know Makes You a Real Reporter
Even when you have examples of people being shot down on video by federal agents, the paper has to pretend there's a valid case for justifying murder.
- ‘The State Is Exercising Surveillance Over Us, But We Can Push Back’: CounterSpin interview with Jenna Ruddock on DHS domestic surveillance
"What we're seeing is this criminalized language around acts that are simple acts of solidarity.... Those smaller acts of solidarity every day are so important."
Counterpunch
- “Good Morning, Sir”: A 19th-Century Tale
Friederich Engels in Eighteen Forty-four Arrived in Manchester, the English midlands, To view his father’s factory there, and then To chronicle the misery of the poor And suffering in that prosperous city who Had suffered from the imposition of The revolution wrought by steam-powered Factories for the cotton trade. He also Wrote about the river More The post “Good Morning, Sir”: A 19th-Century Tale appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- MAGA Youth Club Marching Song
Apologies to the late Jimmy Dodd, original head Mouseketeer and songwriter. [chanted] Trump-dee dum-dee dum-dee dum Trump-dee dum-dee dum-dee dum Who’s the leader of the gang That loathes democracy? D-O-N-A-L-D T-R-U-M-P! Hey there, nutsos, Nazis You’re as welcome as can be! D-O-N-A-L-D T-R-U-M-P! Demmey-gogue Donald Trump! Olley-garch Donald Trump! Forever let us hold our torches More The post MAGA Youth Club Marching Song appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- How the FBI Corrupted Democracy in 2016 and Beyond
The FBI treated Hillary Clinton and her coterie like royalty worthy of endless deference, according to a 2018 report by the Justice Department Inspector General. The FBI agreed to destroy the laptops of top Clinton aides after a limited examination of their contents (including a promise not to examine any post-January 31, 2015, emails or content). When Clinton aides used BleachBit software and hammers to destroy email evidence under congressional subpoena, the FBI treated it as a harmless error. More The post How the FBI Corrupted Democracy in 2016 and Beyond appeared first on CounterPunch.org.