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A woman passes by posters that read “Enough Vultures—Argentine united in a national cause” in Buenos Aires, 2014.

How the US Courts Rewrote the Rules of International Trade How the US Courts Rewrote the Rules of International Trade

Shaina Potts’s Judicial Territory examines how the American legal system created an economic environment that subordinated the entire world to domestic business interests.

Mar 3, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Brett Christophers

Two men sitting in chairs facing each other.

The Most Disgraceful Foreign Policy Spectacle in US History The Most Disgraceful Foreign Policy Spectacle in US History

Donald Trump and JD Vance tried to humiliate Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday with the whole world watching.

Feb 28, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Depraved Tyrant

Depraved Tyrant Depraved Tyrant

Your money and your life.

Feb 28, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Trump Undoes Environmental Protections

Trump Undoes Environmental Protections Trump Undoes Environmental Protections

Denying reality as climate disasters spread.

Feb 28, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Palestinian children attend a lesson in a classroom at a damaged school amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza City, on February 26, 2025.

Mr. Trump: It’s Time to Listen to What Palestinians Want Mr. Trump: It’s Time to Listen to What Palestinians Want

The president keeps floating his colonial takeover plan. But people in Gaza just want to go home. How do we know? Because we asked them.

Feb 28, 2025 / James Zogby

Elon Musk holds a chain saw during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on February 20, 2025. The chain saw was a present to Elon Musk from Argentine President Javier Milei.

DOGE Takes a Chain Saw to Federally Funded Scientific Research DOGE Takes a Chain Saw to Federally Funded Scientific Research

The Trump administration’s efforts to reorient the country away from cutting-edge research will be felt by nearly every area of science.

Feb 28, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of J Street, speaking at the 2022 J Street National Conference held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC.

Has J Street Gone Along With Genocide? Has J Street Gone Along With Genocide?

The “pro-Israel, pro-peace” advocacy group has seen its credibility shredded over its floundering response to the war on Gaza.

Feb 27, 2025 / Norman Solomon

Chris Deluzio, Democratic representative candidate for Pennsylvania, arrives with his family to vote at a polling location in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, on November 8, 2022.

Resistance Is Not Enough. The Left Must Address the Grievances of the Working Class. Resistance Is Not Enough. The Left Must Address the Grievances of the Working Class.

The left’s almost singular focus on defense is a grave mistake. We must offer a compelling, positive vision of what we are for.

Feb 27, 2025 / Column / Anthony Flaccavento

New Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel after he was sworn in during a ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on February 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s FBI Is the Nightmare We All Feared Trump’s FBI Is the Nightmare We All Feared

Unqualified goons at the top. Conspiracies running wild. A mandate for vengeance. Buckle up.

Feb 26, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Bibiland

Bibiland Bibiland

It's in the bag.

Feb 26, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

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