Mother Jones
- FBI Raids Office of Lawmaker Who Led Virginia Redistricting
On Wednesday, FBI agents reportedly raided the office and business of state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, the Virginia legislator and prominent leader of the state’s recent redistricting effort that won Democrats four more likely seats in the House of Representatives. The senator’s office and cannabis dispensary, located on the same block, were swarmed by armed
- Is Trump a Racist? Let’s Look at the Stats.
A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. Last month, when MAGA luminaries Tucker Carlson, Megyn
- As Household Bills Soar, Activists Dream of a Green New Deal Remake
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Americans do not care about the climate crisis, only economic issues: That’s the message some wonks have put forth in the past year, as the Trump administration has dismantled environmental protections. But the shift away from climate is misguided, an influential group of progressives
- The Secrets Behind “The Talented Mr. Epstein”
In 2002, journalist Vicky Ward—then a writer for Vanity Fair magazine—was assigned to investigate a mysterious New York City financier named Jeffrey Epstein. During her reporting, she stumbled upon sexual abuse allegations against Epstein by Maria and Annie Farmer, whose account was ultimately cut from Ward’s piece, titled “The Talented Mr. Epstein.” That decision sparked
- Exclusive: The Only Woman on Death Row in Mississippi Alleges New Civil Rights Violations in Confinement
Lisa Jo Chamberlin, who spoke to a Mississippi reporter in January about her experiences as the only woman on the state’s death row and her allegations of cruel and unusual punishment behind bars, now says that after speaking to the press, she faced targeted retaliation by prison officers for having gone public about her concerns,
The Real News Network
- ‘Epic insider trading’: nearly $1 billion in crude oil shorts taken just before report of US-Iran peace deal
“Only a select few in the top tax bracket are benefiting from this, and the majority of you ain’t in it,” said former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
- Justice Jackson condemns Supreme Court’s decision to fast-track Louisiana electoral map ruling
The Monday evening decision “is tantamount to an approval of Louisiana’s rush to pause the ongoing election in order to pass a new map.”
- Peter Beinart: What does it mean to be Jewish after the destruction of Gaza?
“American Jews and Jews in general are safer in countries where everybody is treated equally under the law,” Peter Beinart tells TRNN. “The principle of Jewish supremacy, and Christian supremacy, and Hindu supremacy, and Islamic supremacy—all of those things are wrong.”
The Progressive
- Politesse for Modern Politics
Could we all benefit from national rules of polite conversation?
- La Follette’s Struggle to Oppose World War I
In ‘Silencing Fighting Bob,’ Eric T. Chester chronicles the brutal assault on political dissent by the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during the war.
- Healing Our Poisoned Body Politic
In spite of the toxic national political atmosphere, let’s continue to connect with our neighbors and reinforce bonds of community.
Z Network
- Canada Is Quietly Putting War Into Your Portfolio
Canada is set to host the headquarters of the proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB), a new multinational institution designed to mobilize tens of billions in financing for military and security projects among allied nations. In short, what we are seeing is the quiet normalization of something far more consequential: the permanent financialization of
- Using Food as Information to Improve Health and Well-Being
Modern nutrition science has continued to see food through numbers. Calories, macronutrients, ingredient lists, and percent daily values have become the primary language of eating. This approach, often referred to as “nutritionism,” assumes that the effects of the food we consume can be understood by breaking it down into isolated components and optimizing those components. If
- Moments of Bifurcation: From Gibraltar to Hormuz
The Moment of Bifurcation In the scientific field, the term “bifurcation” was first used by Henri Poincaré, but in the second half of the 20th century, the concept and theory of bifurcation came to be associated with the chemist and Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine. Prigogine’s theory of bifurcation is based on the following ideas: the
Occupy.com
- Donald Trump Fits the Bill for the Biblical Antichrist
Whether Republicans want to be the party of Christianity or the party of worshipping false idols is a question they’ll have to seriously reckon with very soon, unless they want the American electorate to speak for them.
FAIR
- You Don’t Know What It Is, Do You, Mr. Jones?
A society that values truth over lies finally drew the line at a media empire profiting and inciting hatred at the expense of murdered children.
- ‘Five Prices for the Same Product Is Price Manipulation’: CounterSpin interview with Derek Kravitz on dynamic pricing
"No one really knows that this is going on, and no one can really see behind the curtain how this algorithmic pricing works in practice."
- The Regressive Ideologies Behind the ‘Baby Bust’ Panic
Corporate media downplay or ignore the white nationalism, regressive gender ideals and economic inequality driving the "pronatalist" narrative.
Counterpunch
- Two Centuries of U.S. Contempt For Cuba
Donald Trump tightened already suffocating sanctions on Cuba on May 1, at the same time as he made renewed threats to “take” the island as soon as he finishes committing the greatest foreign policy blunder in U.S. history in Iran. The new measure to heap further unmerited suffering on Cubans was justified on the laughable pretext that their government poses an extraordinary national security threat to the United States, which, if it were true, would constitute an equally extraordinary confession of military impotence on the part of the United States.[1] More The post Two Centuries of U.S. Contempt For Cuba appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- “Their Greatest Effort Ever”: The British General Strike, One Hundred Years On
The General Strike was “the greatest effort the British workers had ever made,” wrote the historian and economist G.D.H.Cole. One hundred years ago, on May 4, 1926, a million British workers walked off their jobs. These workers struck in sympathy with miners – the more than a million miners who had been locked out by their employers. The miners had refused to accept cuts in pay; in some places, the employers demanded as much as 25%. And they had refused to work longer hours. “Not a penny off the pay, not a minute on the day,” was their response. More The post “Their Greatest Effort Ever”: The British General Strike, One Hundred Years On appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- The Pendulum Swings: The Slow Death of Europe’s Pro-Israel Consensus
The European Union is the “chief of all cowards,” Amnesty International declared in a searing statement issued on April 21. The condemnation was a direct response to the European bloc’s systemic failure to sever ties with Israel during the Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg. Despite months of legal warnings, the EU once again prioritized More The post The Pendulum Swings: The Slow Death of Europe’s Pro-Israel Consensus appeared first on CounterPunch.org.