Why Cuba is Back in the Crosshairs
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Why Cuba is Back in the Crosshairs
With Venezuela effectively neutralized as a regional adversary, Cuba has re-emerged as the next unresolved target of U.S. power in the Western Hemisphere.
Britain’s Unions Are Back, Just Not the Way You Expected
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Britain’s Unions Are Back, Just Not the Way You Expected
The scale of industrial disputes currently taking place across the UK suggests a trade-union landscape in motion. Unions are depicted as more confident
Why Won’t Newsom Tax Billionaires?
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Why Won’t Newsom Tax Billionaires?
California Governor Gavin Newsom has spent 2025 setting himself up as Donald Trump’s leading opponent and the Democratic Party’s 2028 presidential
Trump’s “Board of Peace” and Delusional Global Ambitions
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Trump’s “Board of Peace” and Delusional Global Ambitions
It’s not enough that Donald Trump deludes himself into believing that the United States is the world’s “hottest country” – tell that to the people of
Nature Conservation in the Chinese Tropics
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Nature Conservation in the Chinese Tropics
Hainan Island is the smallest and southernmost province of China, the only one located fully in the tropics. It provides some of the most fascinating
The Runaway Train Of State-Sanctioned Murder: Killing grounds for uniformed thugs, from Palestine to occupied Minnesota
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The Runaway Train Of State-Sanctioned Murder: Killing grounds for uniformed thugs, from Palestine to occupied Minnesota
So it has come to this: ICE Gestapo agents claim, without a judge’s order, they are permitted to enter houses at their fascist whim. Are they taking
The Freeze: ICE, StatePower, and The Cost of Treating People As Problems
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The Freeze: ICE, StatePower, and The Cost of Treating People As Problems
The shoes were placed carefully on the frozen sidewalk outside a downtown Minneapolis hotel. Hospital clogs. The kind worn by nurses who work long,
The Venezuelan Invasion is a Sign of Weakness, Not Strength
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The Venezuelan Invasion is a Sign of Weakness, Not Strength
America’s Return to Self‑Defeating Militarism Shortly after the January 3 Venezuelan attack, the U.S. Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, boasted, "America is
How Trump’s Spite Derailed a Manufacturing Boom
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How Trump’s Spite Derailed a Manufacturing Boom
It was just a few years ago that Cliff Tobey and other union miners on Minnesota’s Iron Range won significant wage increases and looked confidently to the
Alex Pretti and Renee Good were Lynched. How are We Going to Respond
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Alex Pretti and Renee Good were Lynched. How are We Going to Respond
From 1920 until 1938, a flag on Fifth Avenue in New York City proclaimed an uncomfortable reality to passers-by on New York’s busy streets: “A man was
Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump
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Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump
Having reached a certain age and long been fascinated by obituaries, I sometimes think about both Donald Trump’s and my own. At 79, he’s just slightly
Dancing with European Nationalism: Israel’s Generation Truth Antisemitism Conference
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Dancing with European Nationalism: Israel’s Generation Truth Antisemitism Conference
Held between January 26 and 27 at Jerusalem’s International Convention Center and called Generation Truth, the second international conference on
Kennedy Center: Don’t Mend It, End It
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Kennedy Center: Don’t Mend It, End It
After only two weeks on the job, The Hill reports, Kevin Couch resigned in late January as head of artistic programming at the John F. Kennedy Center for
10 Reasons Why ICE is Harassing Native Americans
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10 Reasons Why ICE is Harassing Native Americans
ICE and Border Patrol are increasingly detaining Native American citizens, and ignoring or refusing to treat Tribal ID cards as proof of citizenship. Just
The New York Times’ Latest Snow Job: Tisch vs. Mamdani
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The New York Times’ Latest Snow Job: Tisch vs. Mamdani
The White House sucks and so does the New York Times, the newspaper that a schoolteacher told me years ago was “black and white and red all over.“ The
Justice or Amnesia: America’s Defining Choice in 2026 and 2028
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Justice or Amnesia: America’s Defining Choice in 2026 and 2028
Like many Americans right now, I want to believe that the 2026 and 2028 elections will offer a reprieve from the chaos that increasingly defines our
We Need “Mass Leftist Media” to Fight the Distortions and Lies of Legacy Media
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We Need “Mass Leftist Media” to Fight the Distortions and Lies of Legacy Media
We seem to be in the midst of a widening crack in the edifice that supports US ideology - denial. Even the most oblivious pundits have been crawling out
The U.S. Health Research Project Rejected by Guinea Bissau was Absurd and Deadly
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The U.S. Health Research Project Rejected by Guinea Bissau was Absurd and Deadly
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in December 2025 announced a research project