Biden Redefines “Cease-Fire” to Stem Anger Over Gaza Biden Redefines “Cease-Fire” to Stem Anger Over Gaza
After months of not using the term at all, the administration has embraced it, but is using it in a way that has little to do with what activists are demanding.
Mar 4, 2024 / Adam Johnson
The Democrats’ Hard-Right Turn on Immigration Is a Disaster In Every Way The Democrats’ Hard-Right Turn on Immigration Is a Disaster In Every Way
It’s amoral. It’s desperate. It’s politically reckless. It’s wrong no matter how you look at it.
Feb 8, 2024 / Adam Johnson
We Live in a Golden Age of Crybullyism We Live in a Golden Age of Crybullyism
Those in power, promoting austerity and war, no longer want us to fear them. They demand something much more sinister: that we feel sorry for them.
Jan 17, 2024 / Adam Johnson
Bernie Sanders’s Incoherent, Pernicious Gaza Cease-Fire Position, Explained Bernie Sanders’s Incoherent, Pernicious Gaza Cease-Fire Position, Explained
Instead of demanding that we end the war that actually exists, Sanders is lobbying for a humane war that Israel has zero interest in.
Dec 18, 2023 / Adam Johnson
The “Hunt for Hamas” Narrative Is Obscuring Israel’s Real Plans for Gaza The “Hunt for Hamas” Narrative Is Obscuring Israel’s Real Plans for Gaza
The US press and politicians are trying to fit the attacks on Gaza into a Zero Dark Thirty mold, but it’s something much simpler—and sinister.
Dec 7, 2023 / Adam Johnson
Those Who Say “a Cease-Fire Won’t Work” Are Wrong. Here’s Why. Those Who Say “a Cease-Fire Won’t Work” Are Wrong. Here’s Why.
There are four arguments people often make to support Israel’s bombing campaign, and all of them are hollow.
Oct 27, 2023 / Adam Johnson
It’s Time for Dems to Stop Hand-Wringing and Demand That Israel End Its Bombing It’s Time for Dems to Stop Hand-Wringing and Demand That Israel End Its Bombing
Palestinians don’t need crocodile tears and lawyer-speak. They need a cease-fire.
Oct 16, 2023 / Sarah Lazare and Adam Johnson
It’s Not a Government Shutdown. It’s a Right-Wing Coup. It’s Not a Government Shutdown. It’s a Right-Wing Coup.
Programs designed to help the vulnerable are gutted, while institutions designed to serve the rich and powerful remain unscathed.
Apr 28, 2017 / Adam Johnson
US Officials Won’t Say if a New Anti–Russia Propaganda Project Is Targeting Americans US Officials Won’t Say if a New Anti–Russia Propaganda Project Is Targeting Americans
The newly created Global Engagement Center’s “focus and intent” is foreign audiences, but officials won’t rule out propagandizing Americans and funding American journalists.
Mar 9, 2017 / Adam Johnson
Are We Entering a Post-Evidence Era? Are We Entering a Post-Evidence Era?
If the future of war is cyber attacks, and cyber attacks can never truly be proven—how does the public audit its government?
Jan 20, 2017 / Adam Johnson