Founding Godfathers Founding Godfathers
Mobster Sam Giancana once went as far as to tell his brother that the Mafia and the CIA were “two sides of the same coin."
Dec 23, 2021 / Olúfémi O. Táíwò
A Million Afghan Children Could Starve This Winter. Are US Sanctions to Blame? A Million Afghan Children Could Starve This Winter. Are US Sanctions to Blame?
Partly as a result of US policy, Afghanistan’s economy is expected to contract by 30 percent.
Dec 23, 2021 / Brian Osgood
Comfortable Clothes, Uncomfortable Bias Comfortable Clothes, Uncomfortable Bias
Prejudice costs lives.
Dec 22, 2021 / OppArt / Kirk Maynard
The US Military Is Bulldozing Sacred Indigenous Sites on Guam The US Military Is Bulldozing Sacred Indigenous Sites on Guam
Indigenous residents are fighting to save their island’s heritage, while the military refuses to release key information about what it is razing.
Dec 22, 2021 / Chris Gelardi
The Challenge of Chile The Challenge of Chile
The election of Gabriel Boric, a left-wing president, has consequences far beyond the country’s borders.
Dec 21, 2021 / Ariel Dorfman
My Neighbor Protested His Family’s Expulsion From Its Home—Now He’s in an Israeli Prison My Neighbor Protested His Family’s Expulsion From Its Home—Now He’s in an Israeli Prison
Murad Attieh has been in prison for 133 days for what many believe is an effort to criminalize our movement.
Dec 21, 2021 / Mohammed El-Kurd
NBA and NFL to America: Drop Dead NBA and NFL to America: Drop Dead
The major sports leagues have decided that the show must go on, body count be damned.
Dec 20, 2021 / Dave Zirin
Life Circa 2050 Will Be Bad. Really Bad. Life Circa 2050 Will Be Bad. Really Bad.
Future widespread suffering won’t be caused by some unforeseen disaster but by all-too-obvious, painfully predictable reasons.
Dec 20, 2021 / Alfred McCoy
