World Leaders

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a joint press conference in New Delhi on February 25, 2020.

Narendra Modi Learns That Not Even Trump Respects a Bootlicker Narendra Modi Learns That Not Even Trump Respects a Bootlicker

The Indian prime minister discovers that the world’s biggest bully sees fawning as weakness.

Aug 11, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Mainly exiles and German-Iranians protest against the Mullah regime in Iran at a rally in Frankfurt, Germany. One man holds a photo of Reza Pahlavi II, who is living in exile.

Trump’s Regime Change Fantasy Involves Bringing Back the Shah Trump’s Regime Change Fantasy Involves Bringing Back the Shah

The United States and its allies are toying with liberating Iran with the help of some unsavory friends.

Aug 8, 2025 / Jeet Heer

The 2025 Doomsday Clock time is displayed after the time reveal held by The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the United States Institute of Peace on January 28, 2025, in Washington, DC. The Doomsday Clock, currently the nearest it has been to midnight at 89 seconds, is a symbol for how close humanity is to a “global catastrophe.”

We Need to Stop the Nuclear Arms Race Before It Stops Us We Need to Stop the Nuclear Arms Race Before It Stops Us

There is a risk that the war of words between Moscow and DC could escalate.

Aug 5, 2025 / William D. Hartung

The Palestinian Statehood Drive Is a Despicable Sham

The Palestinian Statehood Drive Is a Despicable Sham The Palestinian Statehood Drive Is a Despicable Sham

Western countries are rushing to recognize Palestine not to stop genocide but to solve a political problem. They’re offering colonial lies dressed up as liberation.

Aug 4, 2025 / Ahmad Ibsais

Palestinians carrying pans, gather to receive hot meals, distributed by a charity organization

A New Report Exposes How Major American Corporations Have Been All Too Eager to Aid Israeli’s Atrocities in Gaza A New Report Exposes How Major American Corporations Have Been All Too Eager to Aid Israeli’s Atrocities in Gaza

It also reveals our nation’s now undeniable complicity in what has been described as the worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st century.

Jul 29, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A view of a “Cascade” fountain located in the Shevchenko City Garden

Letter From Kharkiv Letter From Kharkiv

Life on the forever front.

Jul 25, 2025 / Paul Hockenos

Demonstrators chant outside Kyiv’s Ivan Franko National Drama Theater on July 23, 2025, holding cardboard placards that read “Корупція аплодує” (“Corruption Applauds”) and “Вето на 12444” (“Veto Bill 12444”) to protest new legislation placing Ukraine’s anti‑corruption agencies under presidential control.

A New Wave of Protests Confronts Zelensky’s Move to Rein in Anti‑Corruption Agencies A New Wave of Protests Confronts Zelensky’s Move to Rein in Anti‑Corruption Agencies


These are the largest since the Russian invasion of 2022—and seem poised to continue.

Jul 24, 2025 / Jared Goyette

Boris Kagarlitzky speaks at a Moscow opposition rally

“We Are Not Victims. We Are Fighters”: Russian Political Prisoners, Including Left Sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky, Demand Freedom “We Are Not Victims. We Are Fighters”: Russian Political Prisoners, Including Left Sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky, Demand Freedom

Here’s what you can do in solidarity.

Jul 16, 2025 / Suzi Weissman

Cuban military personnel carry caricatures of Donald Trump

What Trump’s Cuba Policy Should Be to Advance US Interests What Trump’s Cuba Policy Should Be to Advance US Interests

The danger of “maximum pressure” vs. the promise of “pragmatic engagement.”

Jul 16, 2025 / Peter Kornbluh

A missile is fired during a US and South Korea joint training exercise on May 25, 2022, in East Coast, South Korea, just days after North Korea fired three ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Wednesday, including an apparent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

80 Years After Trinity, the Dangers of Nuclear War Have Never Been Higher 80 Years After Trinity, the Dangers of Nuclear War Have Never Been Higher

Yet mainstream US media outlets and partisan politics are routinely oblivious to threat of oblivion.

Jul 15, 2025 / Norman Solomon

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