4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (558+ words) But 25 years ago, the impulse to avenge the horrors of 9/11 was instant. Fear and rage blended into high octane for war machinery. Suddenly, overwhelming public emotions were fully in sync with the psychology of a military-industrial complex set for large-scale…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (529+ words) As of September 8, Forbes reports, more than 100,000 people have signed a petition asking organizers of New York City’s 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony to “carefully consider whether [New York City mayor Zohran] Mamdani’s participation would align with the intention of the ceremony and…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (382+ words) Dolly Parton, Wendell Berry, Cassandra Wilson, Gloria Steinem. The rat-a-tat-tat of death doesn’t stop. My inbox has become a memory mosaic in which diverse remembrances and celebrations mix. While it feels like a lot, it also feels like life. But…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (70+ words) CounterPunch.org Image by Cole Keister. A look at Jewish views on war and justice as we approach the three-year anniversary of October 7 Throughout its response to Hamas’ heinous attacks, the Israeli government used unusually uncompromising language to defend its…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (339+ words) So far, so bad … but it gets worse. We know this because someone leaked a grand jury report on the matter to CBS News Miami. “Based on the impending ballot initiative, the expedited nature of the movement of these funds…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1360+ words) Ever since Hugo Chávez became Venezuela’s president in 1999 and initiated the Bolivarian Revolution, the country has been under siege by the US. The aggression escalated with the kidnapping of its lawful president, part of a larger and accelerating assertion of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (724+ words) Low-wage U.S. workers have faced multiple rising threats to their economic and personal security over the past year. How have the largest employers of low-wage workers responded to these threats? This year’s edition of the annual Institute for Policy Studies Executive…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (298+ words) That’s all straightforward arithmetic, but the confusion stems from the reason they see interest rates as going higher. Part of the reason is Trump’s craziness, which we all recognize undermines confidence in the economy and the debt. However, part of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1351+ words) CounterPunch.org The lesson of the U.S. defeat in the Iran War is that there’ll be no U.S. war on China over Taiwan and Russia will win, on its own terms, in Ukraine. All Donald “Blockade Everybody” Trump has left is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (398+ words) CounterPunch.org The man who gave us the war in Iran, mass deportation, murders on the high seas, inflation, a trade war with our closest ally, measles, explosive diarrhea, and is now threatening to tear down the Kennedy Center if…...