Elon Musk Has No Idea How USAID Works. This Former Staffer Knows. Elon Musk Has No Idea How USAID Works. This Former Staffer Knows.
USAID programs demonstrate a moral commitment that Americans today urgently need to preserve, not destroy.
Apr 15, 2025 / Arnold Isaacs
Israel’s Genocide Has Resumed—and So Have the Media’s Failures Israel’s Genocide Has Resumed—and So Have the Media’s Failures
Israel has returned to full-scale slaughter in Gaza. Western outlets have returned to the same disastrous coverage of the past 18 months.
Apr 14, 2025 / Assal Rad
Syria’s New Rulers Get a Makeover Syria’s New Rulers Get a Makeover
The country’s new leader, Ahmed al-Shara, has donned a suit, trimmed his beard, and dropped his nom de guerre. But Syrians are still afraid.
Apr 7, 2025 / Charles Glass
Netanyahu’s War Netanyahu’s War
Bombing returns and the death toll rises.
Apr 1, 2025 / OppArt / Annabelle Heckler
Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again
The administration’s targeting of international students is a return to a disgraced tradition of xenophobic anti-intellectualism.
Mar 31, 2025 / Jeet Heer
A Mother’s Plea From Gaza to the People of the World A Mother’s Plea From Gaza to the People of the World
As Ramadan comes to an end, a mother prays that she can safely break her fast with their children, with sufficient food and clean water, without fear of being torn to pieces by bo...
Mar 31, 2025 / Mariam Alfarra
All Vance Is Saying Is Give Peace a Chance All Vance Is Saying Is Give Peace a Chance
The vice president has doubts about the Yemen war, but will Democrats find the courage to oppose it? The GOP’s fractures offer a chance to push for an anti-interventionist agenda....
Mar 28, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Bombing Yemen: Signalgate Deserves to Be a Major Scandal Bombing Yemen: Signalgate Deserves to Be a Major Scandal
But the assault on Yemeni civilians the hapless conspirators discussed in their private chat group is an even bigger disgrace—though so far the press haven’t paid much attention.
Mar 27, 2025 / Phyllis Bennis
Dumbest Fascist Timeline Ever Dumbest Fascist Timeline Ever
The gang that couldn’t text straight is now trying to convince us that doing wars over Signal is no big deal. You’d have to be as hapless as they are to believe that.
Mar 27, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
What Israel's Genocide Did to One Boy What Israel's Genocide Did to One Boy
Yaseen Al Ghalban was an ordinary child living a happy life. Then the genocide changed everything.
Mar 27, 2025 / Eman Alhaj Ali