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Mark Zuckerberg and Palmer Luckey.

The New Military-Industrial Complex The New Military-Industrial Complex

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Sam Biddle talks about Silicon Valley's rush to become part of the American imperial project.

Jun 5, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

The History of the US War on Prostitution

The History of the US War on Prostitution The History of the US War on Prostitution

On this episode of American Prestige, Eva Payne on the imperial roots of the American fight against sex work.

Jun 3, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Employees and supporters protest outside the headquarters for United States Agency for International Development (USAID), on Monday, February 3, 2025, after Elon Musk posted on social media that he and President Donald Trump would shut down the agency.

President Trump Is Demolishing America’s Global Soft Power President Trump Is Demolishing America’s Global Soft Power

Trump’s sharp cuts to humanitarian aid will ensure that the United States’ soft power crumbles, doing lasting damage to its international standing.

Jun 3, 2025 / Alfred McCoy

A former tobacco warehouse in South Boston that has been converted to apartments.

One Solution to the Housing Crisis Is in Plain Sight One Solution to the Housing Crisis Is in Plain Sight

The shortage can be addressed not through costly new development but by reusing existing buildings.

Jun 2, 2025 / Kate Wagner

Famine in Gaza

Famine in Gaza Famine in Gaza

People in Gaza are starving, sick, and dying as the aid blockade continues.

Jun 2, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, 2018.

Reclaiming Language: A Conversation With Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Reclaiming Language: A Conversation With Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Shortly before his death, The Nation spoke with the Kenyan writer about his most recent essay collection Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas.

Jun 2, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Rhoda Feng

Michael Ledeen on floral sofa in front of plants and a window facing trees in sunshine.

Michael Ledeen Was the Forrest Gump of American Fascism Michael Ledeen Was the Forrest Gump of American Fascism

From Iran-contra to Iraq war WMD lies to Trumpism, this right-wing pundit kept subverting democracy. 

May 30, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A view of the destruction after Russian forces carry out a combined attack with missiles and drones in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine on May 25, 2025. At least four people have been killed and five others are injured.

Gaza Aid Disaster, Russia’s New Peace Talk Offer, Trump’s Freeze of Student Visas Gaza Aid Disaster, Russia’s New Peace Talk Offer, Trump’s Freeze of Student Visas

On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe.

May 30, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Starving Gaza

Starving Gaza Starving Gaza

Netanyahu escalates the destruction of a people.

May 29, 2025 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

Boys watch smoke billowing during Israeli strikes east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 13, 2024.

From the Americas to Gaza, the Conquest Never Ends From the Americas to Gaza, the Conquest Never Ends

Cortés has given way to Netanyahu, Putin, and Trump. A new age of conquest is upon us.

May 28, 2025 / Greg Grandin

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