Several years ago, at a cocktail reception in an upscale Upper East Side New York apartment, a very tan and energetic middle-aged man approached me. “Who

Israel’s allies worldwide are desperately scrambling to help Tel Aviv re-establish a convincing narrative, not only concerning the Gaza genocide, but the

Donald Trump rode back into office by leaning on the same faux populist refrain he weaponized a decade ago: immigrants are “taking your jobs!” Since then,

Zohran Mamdani's quoting of Eugene Debs in his recent victory speech (for mayor of New York City) should awaken interest in the man who gained a name for

Today, Donald Trump presides over his own Murder Incorporated, less a government than a death squad. Many brushed off his proclamation early in his second

“The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They

Trying to understand the economy is always like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. We get all sorts of pieces of disparate data which we try to put

After years of steady decline in the number of people executed in the United States, there has been a sharp reversal in 2025. So far this year, 41 people

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk to Josh MacPhee and Kennedy Block, authors of the new book, Strike While the

The carnage in Gaza has unleashed a cinematic wave of features and documentaries about Palestine, and the latest and one of the most heart-wrenching, is

Public intellectuals have declined due to self-censorship, administrative demands, and corporatization of universities.​ Academic freedom is in sharp decline, with nearly two-thirds of faculty curtailing teaching and research activities due to fear of institutional…

Western societies find themselves assailed by “loneliness epidemics” like the one declared by the previous US surgeon general, who linked the plague of

Since the nation’s founding, those in authority have sought to promote a morality of “family values” anchored in a belief in the patriarchal,

Google has become something of a fixture in digital infrastructure in the Pacific.  In late 2023, Canberra announced a joint project with the US, Google

The person heading the Federal Housing Financial Authority (FHFA), the agency overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, usually doesn’t get much attention.

With another film depiction of the Nuremberg Military Tribunal story being debuted, today’s plans and preparations involving thermonuclear weapons should

With Trump’s designation of the Antifa movement as a terrorist organization, it is an appropriate time for reconsidering what ‘terrorism’ means. While the

If global climate diplomacy feels stuck, China’s new 2035 roadmap offers a reminder that ambition and realism can coexist. As world leaders gather in

The personal care industry has mastered the art of marketing eco-consciousness— evolving beyond familiar labels like “green,” “clean,” and “natural”—into

November 13, 2025. The Palestine-Global Mental Health Network and the International Collective of the Palestine Mental Health Networks, representing

In an industry of seedy soothsayers, cocksure charlatans and resourceful rogues, honest and accurate appraisals are exquisitely rare.  When it comes to