It’s great that wealthy Democratic Party celebrities like Bette Midler and Bruce Springsteen dislike the deranged fascist lunatic atop the world’s most

Having seen Trump shuffle spasmodically to the Village People’s Y.M.C.A., I think we can rule out dancing as the motivation to construct a $400 million,

Darkology, written by Princeton historian Rhae Lynn Barnes, is a comprehensive, jaw-dropping survey of the grotesqueries known as minstrelsy and blackface. The book explodes the comforting notion that the minstrel show was a long-ago curiosity, an outdated…

“A terrifying Compound Drought is ruthlessly erasing the water supply on U.S. soil right now, and the mainstream media is entirely missing the true

Xavier Becerra recently told Californians that we need to think about the future of humanity. He said it with conviction. He said it with urgency. He said

Let’s start with the good news. As of 2025, coal is no longer the dominant energy source worldwide. It’s been at the top for over 100 years, but it’s been

Donald Trump as an individual will not define American politics forever. But MAGA may outlast him. Trump has had a transformative influence in the United States and beyond. The question is whether American politics will move past Trump, who is now 80 years…

On this episode of Counterpunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with Dr. Shahd Abusalama, Palestinian academic, writer, and artist, born and

I have been reading Joseph Roth at a plastic table in front of a bar in the Plaza Mayor of a small town in Extremadura whose name, should I give it, would

In November 1969, journalist Seymour Hersh, with the help of whistleblower Ronald Ridenhour, stunned a broad swath of the public by managing to get the

I have been a vegan for a number of years, but have kept it low key. I am surrounded by meat eaters and “vegetarians” and have been too self-conscious to

For nearly four decades, American political discourse worked assiduously to sideline the subject of class. This was not because economic inequality had

Ever since I moved to Chicago in 1993, May Day has progressively degenerated throughout the years, despite moving into the mainstream in a herky-jerky

Americans have seen this pattern before. A president moves toward war. Intelligence is stretched. Foreign allies make the hardest push. Friendly media

GDP grew at a 2.0 percent annual rate in the first quarter, driven by large increases in investment and government spending. Non-residential investment

On April 23, President Trump unveiled a drug pricing deal with Regeneron, which became the 17th company to strike a deal as part of what is known as the

The images coming out of Luanda and Douala this weekend offer a striking contrast to the rhetoric emanating from Washington. While the White House

Louts pressing false claims, faux principled types seeking to score successes against clearly useless targets.  Jules Hurst, in trying to discharge the

There is one thread that holds the cloth of democracy together.  That is the Rule of Law.  For the most part, we take the rule of law for granted; we

The unusually peaceful end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union did not bring us peace.  Instead, the world has faced endless regional and ethnic wars, terrorism, and other human disasters.  This situation helped create a unipolar world, enabling…