In his State of the Union address, President Trump declared that America is entering a “Golden Age.” Golden for whom? For a president who lives lavishly

There is a widely told story among elite pundit types that the US economy is soaring ahead, and Europe’s economy is mired in stagnation. As is the case

Nobody here gives up. - Hugo Chávez Venezuela defeated the Spanish Empire in the Americas. That is an essential part of its national identity. History is

Earlier this week, I wrote about the dysfunction and danger associated with Donald Trump’s national security policies, processes, and personnel.  No one

Two cities on opposite sides of the Atlantic—Toledo, Ohio, my hometown, and Rome, the ancient capital of Italy—are rising together in defiance of the same

There was an excellent article in the February 24 issue of Inside Higher Education. The article is “The Fiction of the Amoral University.” The author,

Two prominent Jewish historians have recently written from different perspectives – one economic and political; one largely theological and moral - that

After the beginning of Trump’s second term, the connections between capitalism, white supremacy and imperial domination became increasingly clear. These

Boris Luis Cabrera, 53, is a veteran Cuban journalist who writes in a style clearly influenced by the cinematic, new journalism of the 1970s. He covers a

We’re seeing the results of raising wealthy mediocre men in a bubble—a bubble free of pesky limitations to their horrendous behavior. A rarefied place

According to Professor Kevin Anderson, one of the world’s most respected climate scientists, and based upon a 30-year uninterrupted trendline: “We are

I traveled all day to get there, to the prison where the leader of the Bolivarian process is held hostage. It was early January, only a week after Nicolas

In this episode of Counterpunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with Emanuel Ovadia, a researcher and educator on radical Jewish traditions in the

Arab and Muslim countries have responded with appropriate outrage after last week’s release of conservative podcaster Tucker Carlson’s interview with Mike

On the morning of January 20, 2025, as Trump’s second installment was set to dawn on the country, Nick Tilsen sat in a black SUV outside the high-security

Four Montana-based Conservation Groups — Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Gallatin Wildlife Association, Native Ecosystems Council, and Council on Fish

I grew up with a vision of a possible instant apocalypse, inspired (if, under the circumstances, such a word can even be used) by the nuclear obliteration

There are many lessons we could take from the last decade of American politics, in which our country has degenerated further and further into an

In early February, the barbarians reached my gate. There could be no more comfort or denial here on this island where I live. The masked thugs were roving

On October 16, 2025, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution demanding that as long as nuclear weapons exist, they should never be

I often get that question. I can’t say I have a very good answer. Going back to the last bubbles, it would be difficult to identify any events in the