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President Donald Trump greets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the Saudi-US investment forum at the King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center in Riyadh on May 13, 2025.

What’s Behind Saudi Arabia’s Surge in Executions? What’s Behind Saudi Arabia’s Surge in Executions?

Activists believe that authorities are abusing the justice system to silence dissent and chill speech.

Oct 8, 2025 / Ebtihal Mubarak

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on May 28, 2025.

Trump Is Effortlessly Destroying Washington’s International Influence Trump Is Effortlessly Destroying Washington’s International Influence

With Congress compliant, the Supreme Court complicit, and media corporations compromised, Trump has forged a clear path to international irrelevance.

Oct 7, 2025 / Alfred McCoy

What Would Jesus Do?

What Would Jesus Do? What Would Jesus Do?

The Gaza crisis demands action from everyone.

Oct 7, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Trump and Hegseth deliver an announcement at the Oval Office

Trump and Hegseth’s Plan for the “War Within” Trump and Hegseth’s Plan for the “War Within”

‘They spit, we hit.’

Oct 7, 2025 / Michael T. Klare

A displaced Palestinian child waves a Palestinian national flag as he walks on the rubble of a destroyed building at the Bureij camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on September 22, 2025.

I’ve Endured Two Years of Genocide. But I’m Still Here. I’ve Endured Two Years of Genocide. But I’m Still Here.

The world before October 7, 2023, is a distant memory. But we carry on, fueled by the determination that this land will become a place of life once more.

Oct 7, 2025 / Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi

Given that anyone anywhere can quietly bankroll President Donald Trump via his “memecoin,” it’s fair to say that we’ve never seen a White House so saturated in foreign money.

Trump Opens the White House Doors to Foreign Regimes and Their Dirty Money Trump Opens the White House Doors to Foreign Regimes and Their Dirty Money

Lobbyists for foreign countries have long helped other governments influence US policy, but nothing compares to the brazen corruption of the second administration of Trump.

Oct 7, 2025 / Casey Michel

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the State Dining Room of the White House following a press conference on September 29, 2025.

Trump and Netanyahu’s 20-Point Gaza Ultimatum Trump and Netanyahu’s 20-Point Gaza Ultimatum

The plan for Gaza does not promise an end to Israel‘s genocide—but does promise indefinite occupation.

Oct 3, 2025 / Phyllis Bennis

Fat Elvis Flies Again

Fat Elvis Flies Again Fat Elvis Flies Again

And Lincoln too.

Oct 3, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC, the United States, September 30, 2025.

Democrats Must Oppose Trump’s War on Venezuela Democrats Must Oppose Trump’s War on Venezuela

Trump’s attacks on alleged drug boats are illegal acts of murder. But too many Democrats are shying away from calling the president out.

Oct 3, 2025 / Jeet Heer

If the World Can’t Stop the Genocide Against Us, Let It at Least Carry Our Stories

If the World Can’t Stop the Genocide Against Us, Let It at Least Carry Our Stories If the World Can’t Stop the Genocide Against Us, Let It at Least Carry Our Stories

A journalist in Gaza debates whether to leave before his entire family is killed or stay so his people’s story is told.

Oct 3, 2025 / Mohammed al-Sawwaf

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