Burning Down the House
Far-right governments in the U.S., UK, and Brazil are laying bare their nihilistic roots and full destructive potential.
Far-right governments in the U.S., UK, and Brazil are laying bare their nihilistic roots and full destructive potential.
Palestinians deserve to live freely, but their personhood and freedom are denied every day — with great assistance from the United States.
Donors don’t like it, but using this publicly available information is one of the best ways to fight corruption.
President Trump flipped a longtime anti-Semitic trope on its head, saying Jews who vote for Democrats are disloyal, not to the United States, but to Israel.
If we omit the El Paso shooter’s motive, we risk erasing the victims — minimizing them to footnotes in the coverage of yet another mass shooting.
The episode may have laid the foundation for a deeper critique of the Trump-Netanyahu partnership, and of U.S. policy toward Israel and Palestine.
After demonizing undocumented immigration, Trump’s new public charge rule targets legal immigrants on the basis of income and race.
Jim Zogby and Phyllis Bennis discuss the Trump-Netanyahu dynamic, the diminishing power of AIPAC, and the political battle against Rep. Omar and Rep. Tlaib.
America needs to cut military spending and reinvest that money into good jobs, clean energy, health care, and education access for all.
I’m not saying the events of the Holocaust are repeating themselves right now. I’m saying that, as a Jew, I carry with me the memory of what can happen when everyday people allow our leaders to scapegoat an entire community.
Even if Trump manages to end the war in Afghanistan, he’s fueling other wars that will be even more devastating.
The mass shootings aren’t just symptoms of guns or mental illness, but also of Trump promoting and encouraging white supremacy, racism, and xenophobia.
The party’s assault on “globalists” and “cosmopolitans” pushes against internationalism when it’s needed most.
It’s about asking whether we need an immigration system that terrorizes the least dangerous people in this country.
On Thursday the House passed a massive $2.7 trillion budget and debt ceiling bill with overwhelming support from Democrats and only 65 Republican votes.