Jacobin
- Hasan Piker’s Detention and the Attack on the 4th Amendment
Left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker was detained and interrogated at Chicago O’Hare airport on Sunday after returning from a trip to Paris. Many have taken the incident as a dire indication of the “constitutional and civil liberties–related perils” that the Trump administration poses. What’s been most surprising about the Department of Homeland Security’s detention of
- When Cities Partner With Predatory Financial Ghouls
“Taxes,” the Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “are what we pay for civilized society.” Ensuring that citizens pay their taxes is thus a matter of public priority. But when people fall behind on property taxes, this shouldn’t become an opportunity for private profiteering — as is the case in New York City
- How Yemen’s Houthis Brought Maritime Capitalism to a Halt
On May 12, a New York Times article titled “Why Trump Suddenly Declared Victory Over the Houthi Militia” inadvertently revealed the truth about the US-led coalition’s failure in Yemen. The piece noted that while the United States was burning through munitions, Yemen’s Houthis, or Ansar Allah, continued firing at ships and shooting down drones with impunity. In
- The GOP’s School Voucher Program Is Anti-Populism
When it comes to poking holes in the GOP’s claims to now be a populist party of the working class, the effort to shred Medicaid in order to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy is exhibit A. But I’d make the case that a $5 billion voucher program, smuggled into the text of the
- RFK Jr’s Plan to Dismantle Support for Americans With Autism
“Autism destroys families. . . . Autism is an individual tragedy. . . . These are kids who will never pay taxes, they’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a poem, they’ll never go out on a date — many of them will never use a toilet unassisted,” said Robert
Shadowproof
- Shadowproof Is Shutting Down
After eight years, we have decided that it is time to shut down Shadowproof, but that does not mean that the independent journalism that we fostered is coming entirely to an end. The post Shadowproof Is Shutting Down appeared first on Shadowproof.
In These Times
Occupy.com
- Confederacy of Dorks: Curtis Yarvin and the Techno-feudalists
Yarvin saw the “red pill” as the realization that the Enlightenment ideals he came to associate with “the cathedral” and democracy are actually a poison leading to societal decadence and decline.
Current Affairs
Mother Jones
- A Christian Nationalist TheoBro Church Is Coming to DC
Earlier this week, Moscow, Idaho, pastor Doug Wilson made a big announcement: In July, his church will be opening a branch in Washington, DC, just blocks away from the US Capitol building. In a blog post, Wilson, a self-proclaimed Christian nationalist, wrote that he believed that the moment was right to bring his version of
- Trump Asks the Supreme Court for a “Catch Me if You Can” System of Justice
Not even a year ago, though it feels like a decade, the US Supreme Court granted presidents immunity from criminal laws when they act in their official capacity. In other words, presidents don’t have to worry about breaking the law, as they will never be held to account. On Thursday, the Trump administration was back
- RFK Jr. Is Coming for Abortion Pills
Earlier this month, the Trump administration scored seemingly positive headlines when it asked a federal court to dismiss a case brought by three Republican states seeking to restrict telehealth access to mifepristone, the first of two drugs used in a medication abortion. Several news outlets claimed in headlines that the administration would “defend” access to
- “Peers, Partners, and Equals”: How a Tiny California Nonprofit Gets Unhoused People Back on Their Feet
Standing in the parking lot of the El Portal Church of Christ in the Richmond, California area, unhoused people are quick to give O’Neill Fernandez a hug—or just chat. Some have come to shower in a mobile unit run by his employer, Safe Organized Spaces Richmond, better known as SOS. Fernandez was in their shoes,
- To End Birthright Citizenship, Trump Is Rewriting Civil War History
When the Trump administration asks the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to deny birthright citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants and visa holders, its legal theory will rest on a reinterpretation of a critical phrase of the Constitution. But when you plug their preferred meaning back into the historical context in which
Dissident Voice
- Gaza Stripped and 77 Years of the Nakba
May 15 marks the 77th anniversary of the Nakba in the shadow of Israel’s continuing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and increased aggression and colonial expansion in the West Bank. Our newest visual, “Gaza, Stripped: The Colonial Isolation Of Gaza,” was created in partnership with Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights to show the many layers The post Gaza Stripped and 77 Years of the Nakba first appeared on Dissident Voice.
- Calls for Resistance Against the Accelerating Imperialist War on Black/African Peoples in Our Americas
The Haiti/Americas Team of the Black Alliance for Peace condemns the increasing militarist aggression by U.S. imperialists in Our Americas that targets Africans, indigenous peoples and poor communities and calls for regional pan Africanist strategy and anti imperialist unity to defeat the war on Africans and colonized people at home and abroad. The increase of The post Calls for Resistance Against the Accelerating Imperialist War on Black/African Peoples in Our Americas first appeared on Dissident Voice.
- Despite Setbacks, Latin America’s Long History of Anti-imperialism Continues
“An American team will win the next soccer World Cup,” a Nicaraguan boy once told me. It took me a second to realize he meant Brazil or Argentina, not the United States. Greg Grandin’s new book shows that America (or, in Spanish, América) was the name used for the whole hemisphere by the late 17th The post Despite Setbacks, Latin America’s Long History of Anti-imperialism Continues first appeared on Dissident Voice.
The Progressive
- Stuck in Our Bubbles
A new real estate app serves as a clear symbol of a society filled with individual, self-segregated lives.
- Don’t End This Program That Supports Students
If we want safe schools, we must invest in what makes them safe.
- This Supreme Court Decision Could Determine the Future of Charter Schools
A ruling in favor of a religious charter school for Oklahoma could disrupt the 'public' status the charter industry enjoys.
Counterpunch
- Trump’s Trade Deals Endanger Farmers and Our Food System
with the details of the UK-US trade deal becoming known, the signal - that is, the truth - of the Trump administration's vision for agriculture is coming into view. To the point, not unlike how US agriculture has been directed for the past few decades, it is becoming clear that this administration will prioritize exports. The problem with this vision is that, even if it generates short-term profits, it endangers our long-term national food security by dangerously further internationalizing our agricultural system. More The post Trump’s Trade Deals Endanger Farmers and Our Food System appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- The Times That Try Men’s Souls: America in 1776 and 2025
Biden’s indulgence of the Israeli regime laid the groundwork for President Donald Trump’s more draconian measures. A fateful precedent was set when, for Israel’s sake, he abandoned the “rules-based order” that the United States had essentially created after World War II. Trump appears intent on putting a final nail in the coffin of that order. More The post The Times That Try Men’s Souls: America in 1776 and 2025 appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- Letter to My Newborn Son
Yaba Deen, it has been two weeks since you were born, and these are my first words to you. In the early hours of 21 April, I waited on the other end of a phone as your mother labored to bring you into this world. I listened to her pained breaths and tried to speak comforting words into her ear over the crackling line. During your first moments, I buried my face in my arms and kept my voice low so that the 70 other men sleeping in this concrete room would not see my cloudy eyes or hear my voice catch. I feel suffocated by my rage and the cruelty of a system that deprived your mother and me of sharing this experience. Why do faceless politicians have the power to strip human beings of their divine moments? More The post Letter to My Newborn Son appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
The American Prospect
Antiwar.com
- Western Media Continues to Lie About the Ukraine War
On May 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to restart direct negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul. Reuters responded by reminding its readers what happened in the first round of Istanbul talks in the first weeks of the war. The article, entitled “What happened the last time Russia and Ukraine held peace talks?” is a tour … Continue reading "Western Media Continues to Lie About the Ukraine War"
FAIR
- Covering for Predatory Politicians Is Also Corruption
The New York Times' Eric Lipton defended his reference to lobbyists buying access to the president for millions of dollars as "potentially corrupt."
- ‘Crypto Is the Biggest Corruption Issue With Trump’: CounterSpin interview with Bartlett Naylor on Trump crypto grift
"A number of senators have called this the biggest corruption in presidential history."
- One Side Routinely Uses Human Shields in Gaza—But Not the Side That’s Usually Blamed
Corporate media often treat Hamas use of human shields as an established fact, while pretending that Israel doesn’t do exactly that.