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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

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

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks about US sanctions on Russia.

The Human Cost of Economic Sanctions The Human Cost of Economic Sanctions

On this episode of American Prestige, Mark Weisbrot talks about economic sanctions and how they affect people’s lives.

Jul 8, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

No Ceasefire, but Netanyahu Proposes Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize

No Ceasefire, but Netanyahu Proposes Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize No Ceasefire, but Netanyahu Proposes Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize

A new Global South bloc, the Hague Group, will meet July 15 in Bogotá to address Israel’s escalating crimes under international law.

Jul 8, 2025 / Annelle Sheline

A sign tracking the numbers of days that Veterans for Peace and allies have fasted for Gaza sits in front of the United Nations Mission building in New York City on June 30, 2025.

These Veterans Starved Themselves to Protest the War in Gaza These Veterans Starved Themselves to Protest the War in Gaza

As food in Gaza becomes increasingly scarce, activists are pushing their bodies to the limit in solidarity.

Jul 7, 2025 / Emmet Fraizer

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at a podium during a news conference.

Pete Hegseth Is Unleashing Chaos at the Pentagon Pete Hegseth Is Unleashing Chaos at the Pentagon

Trump’s defense secretary loves taking selfies while presiding over administrative anarchy.

Jul 7, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Jürgen Habermas in Berlin, Germany, 2018.

Jürgen Habermas Still Believes in Modernity Jürgen Habermas Still Believes in Modernity

A conversation with the German theorist about the history of Western philosophy and more.

Jul 7, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

America, Country for Immigrants?

America, Country for Immigrants? America, Country for Immigrants?

ICE is making more arrests than ever, the vast majority of people detained this fiscal year had no criminal convictions, and Trump is pushing for more enforcement.

Jul 4, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

A Boeing B-52H bomber in flight, August 2020.

Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Is a Huge Win for the Military-Industrial Complex Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Is a Huge Win for the Military-Industrial Complex

While weapons contractors will gorge on a huge new infusion of cash, military personnel, past and present, are clearly going to be neglected.

Jul 3, 2025 / William D. Hartung

Led Into Another Mideast War

Led Into Another Mideast War Led Into Another Mideast War

Trump breaks his promise to MAGA.

Jul 3, 2025 / OppArt / Leonard Stokes

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