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Will the Trump Administration Face Headwinds as It Tightens the Noose Around Cuba? (Yes.)

Will the Trump Administration Face Headwinds as It Tightens the Noose Around Cuba? (Yes.) Will the Trump Administration Face Headwinds as It Tightens the Noose Around Cuba? (Yes.)

Now it’s aiming at Cuba’s international medical missions.

Jul 9, 2025 / Marc Frank

Young Iranian women walk past a banner featuring portraits of the IRGC generals and nuclear scientists who are killed in Israeli attacks, in northern Tehran, Iran, on June 30, 2025

Iranian Women Don’t Need Saving Iranian Women Don’t Need Saving

Israel and the United States say that their attacks on Iran are for the benefit of its women. Iranian feminists couldn’t disagree more.

Jul 9, 2025 / Duaa e Zahra Shah

Protesters gather outside of USAID headquarters in Washington, DC.

Defunded by Trump, a Sri Lankan Project Confronts the Problem It Tried to Solve Defunded by Trump, a Sri Lankan Project Confronts the Problem It Tried to Solve

Staff at Media Empowerment for a Democratic Sri Lanka never expected their small initiative to become the target of the kind of fake news it had actively worked to fight against.

Jul 9, 2025 / StudentNation / Uma Fox

Chaim Grade in Vilne, Lithuania, 1945.

The World Chaim Grade Lost The World Chaim Grade Lost

The Yiddish writer's lost masterpiece, Sons and Daughters, brought back to life, in all its humor and beauty, the Jewish shtetl of his youth.

Jul 9, 2025 / Lily Meyer

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks alongside US President Donald Trump during a dinner at the White House on July 7, 2025, in Washington, DC.

It’s Not Antisemitic to Say That Israel Is Responsible for the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza It’s Not Antisemitic to Say That Israel Is Responsible for the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

The contention that the US is in the driver’s seat with Israel the “cop on the beat” is an old and musty one from the 1990s that has not aged well.

Jul 8, 2025 / Dave Zirin

Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn speaks during his campaign stop at Sly's Family Bar and Grill in Neligh, Neb., on Monday, October 14, 2024.

Dan Osborn Is Ready to Mount an Even Bolder Campaign Against Our Billionaire-Dominated Politics Dan Osborn Is Ready to Mount an Even Bolder Campaign Against Our Billionaire-Dominated Politics

The independent populist from Nebraska, who came close to winning in 2024, is running to unseat one of the Senate’s wealthiest and most self-serving members in 2026.

Jul 8, 2025 / John Nichols

SCOTUS

SCOTUS SCOTUS

The key players in the corruption and destruction of the Supreme Court portrayed as vermin.

Jul 8, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Workers fulfill orders at an Amazon fulfillment center.

Amazon’s Prime Sweatshop Is Nothing to Celebrate Amazon’s Prime Sweatshop Is Nothing to Celebrate

While chairman Jeff Bezos enjoys his honeymoon, Amazon workers are in line for record injuries and hospitalizations over the four-day summer sale.

Jul 8, 2025 / Jonathan Rosenblum

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., wears a cheese-head hat during an America PAC town hall ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

Why I Welcome Elon Musk’s “America Party” Why I Welcome Elon Musk’s “America Party”

July 8, 2025 Why I Welcome Elon Musk’s “America Party” The tech mogul’s latest intervention in US politics serves as a perfect proof of concept for the futility and stupidity of bi…

Jul 8, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Did You Know That the Risk of Nuclear War Is Greater Now Than in Decades?

Did You Know That the Risk of Nuclear War Is Greater Now Than in Decades? Did You Know That the Risk of Nuclear War Is Greater Now Than in Decades?

A new global coalition seizes the moment to campaign for a halt and reversal of the nuclear arms race.

Jul 8, 2025 / David Cortright

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