An interview with Ahmed Kaballo of African Stream Interview by Faisal Ali On September 13, many were surprised when the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared in place of the usual spokesperson, Matthew Miller,…
By David Sirota Dear Elon and Vivek: Congratulations on launching the new U.S. Department of Government Efficiency! I’m confident that fears about plutocratic authoritarianism will be quelled by your willingness to create this federal department…
By Claudia Ward–de León I live in rural New England, a place where driving a car is my only option if I need to get to a doctor, a specialty store like a hardware or…
An Example from Neuchâtel, Switzerland Commentary by Nick Corbishley As the world becomes steadily digitized, it is getting harder and harder to do even the simplest of tasks offline, while surveillance, control and censorship of…
How the West’s Military Emissions Undermine Climate Action By Nadia Ahmad As world leaders are finalizing another round of climate negotiations, they continue to sidestep the single largest institutional source of greenhouse gas emissions: the…
By Jake Johnson The Pentagon announced late last week that it failed its seventh consecutive audit as the sprawling, profiteering-ridden department wasn’t able to fully account for its trillions of dollars in assets. As with…
By Kevin Gosztola Iraqi torture survivors won a major jury verdict against CACI, a United States military contractor that was responsible for their cruel and inhuman treatment at Abu Ghraib more than twenty years ago….
By The Cradle The majority of the casualties in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip have been women and children, according to a report released in November by the UN Human Rights Office. According…
By Ken Klippenstein Last Friday, a young special agent from my local FBI office arrived at my Madison, Wisconsin home to read me a statement prepared in Washington. The Bureau told me that I had…
By Annie Ma Dissent is thriving this fall at American colleges, and not just among student activists. With student protests limited by new restrictions, faculty have taken up the cause. To faculty, new protest rules…