New report refutes claims it brings economic, social, and cultural benefits By ray levy uyeda For decades, the U.S. military has touted its presence on the islands of Hawai‘i as beneficial to the state’s economy…
By Nick Estes The State Department’s recent report alleging Cuba’s support for left-wing “terrorism” in the United States signals a chilling escalation, as the Trump administration draws up enemy lists for a revived Red Scare….
By Brian Berletic The US media has invested in recent years in rehabilitating Uyghur Chinese extremists now based in Syria, depicting them as “freedom fighters” whose ultimate goal is to “liberate” (carve off) territory in…
By Dave DeCamp US Africa Command announced that its forces launched another airstrike in Somalia, marking at least the 69th time the US has bombed the country this year as the Trump administration continues a…
Commentary by Caitlin Johnstone There are two types of racism in the west: the kind that’s considered acceptable in polite liberal society, and the kind that’s widely frowned upon. The acceptable type of racism is…
To Local Food Systems Commentary by Anthony Nicome Every morning, Carl Stover steps out onto the small back porch of his family’s modest home in Loudoun County, Virginia, and hears a sound that has come…
Commentary by Alex Campbell So-called “right-to-work” (RTW) laws have existed in North Carolina since 1947. But NC policymakers are pushing a constitutional amendment that, if passed on the ballot by North Carolinians, would codify RTW…
Is a Food Crisis Commentary by Raj Patel When the Strait of Hormuz closes, here’s what happens: Energy prices spike immediately. Fertilizer prices follow. Reduced harvests come a season later. Food price inflation—at the gas…
Commentary by UN-DIPLOMATIC Pity the American farmer. A new report [from the American Farm Bureau Federation] has US farm bankruptcies increasing from 216 in 2024 to 315 in 2025. The Midwest alone—the breadbasket of American…
Because of “fraud” — but where is the evidence? By Ayurella Horn-Muller Leah Atwood was rattled. It was the tail end of March, and for days she and her colleagues at Agroecology Commons had been…