Commentary by Matt Stoller “If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.” — Louis Brandeis The creation of a new political slush fund by titans in Silicon Valley could…
JD Vance A VERY Wealthy Man By Dean Blundell America’s farm economy runs on thin margins and long memories. You plant in hope, you harvest in reality, and you live in the spread between input…
All elements in place for a US decapitation strike By Joe Emersberger and Roger D. Harris President Donald Trump euphorically concluded his White House press conference on September 2 with breaking news: the US military…
Border Theater in the Jungle Commentary by Belén Fernández In January, just before Donald Trump resumed command of the United States on a bevy of sociopathic promises, incoming US border czar Tom Homan announced that…
Can Mexico’s dignity and sovereignty be restored? By Vijay Prashad When I was in graduate school, I audited a class taught by Friedrich Katz (1927–2010), one of the great historians of Mexico of his generation….
Michael Fox for Truthout Brazil’s Supreme Court’s decision to convict Jair Bolsonaro of plotting to carry out a military coup has been met with widespread celebrations across the country, along with dismay from the former…
Commentary by Gwen Frisbie-Fulton One of my favorite photos of my friend Jason Dunkin is a selfie he took where he’s grinning ear to ear. He’s sitting across from his local city commissioners, who are…
Black youth believe in their ability to make change, but our schools aren’t helping them Commentary by Rashid Duroseau and Andrew Wilkes When Black youth appear in public conversations about civics, it’s usually in the…
Commentary by Roo Luo, MAIPD ’25 People swarmed from every direction. They flooded the streets of the Serbian capital, Belgrade, flags on their shoulders, emblems raised high toward windowsills and beyond. Their rhythmic chants of…
But the fight isn’t over By Miacel Spotted Elk The Miccosukee Tribe makes its home in the Florida Everglades, where a tribal village sits only a few miles from the federal immigration detention center called…