Like millions of other people, I was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Pope Francis, one of the most vocal and humble advocates for sharing the

On April 7, 2025, I went to Youngstown OH where Tim Walz hosted a town hall, along with about 2,600 people. We are all desperate for a chance to hear

The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Yellowstone to Uintas Connection filed a federal lawsuit this month to stop a proposed pipeline corridor that would

Fifty years after resettlement following the US War in Vietnam, nearly 17,000 Southeast Asian refugees are living with deportation orders. Most Southeast

Here are some organizing rules of thumb. They may be useful in many circumstances, but in this article, I will focus on multi-issue or Democratic

“Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk” is the title of a soon-to-be-released film featuring photojournalist Fatima Hassouna the most recent of more than

A few weeks ago, the first thing I noticed was how uncannily still the red and white helicopter was against the blue sky. It was hovering above the River

The International Monetary Fund just released its growth projections for 2025, as well as the next five years. It’s not a very good picture for Donald

That great slumbering beast, the Columbia University alumni, has finally awakened. Over 4,000 graduates from all the many schools of the institution,

As President Donald Trump's second term is about to hit the wall of 100 days, one critique has grown louder: his inconsistency. Critics point to his

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk to Mike Prysner about the military, Pete Hegseth's attacks on Black troops, anti-war resistance, and more. Mike Prysner is a writer and producer of The Empire Files. Since returning…

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My camera merely dreams: A frozen pulse as if in mid-pen motion: Photographer Bill Brandt snaps poet Robert Graves: A satisfying cacophonic camera shutter

I was not intending to write about the Oscars this year as I usually do, in some shape or form, but in catching up with the nominees I began to see a

Set in the hills of the West Bank, The Teacher, written and directed by British-Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi, tells the riveting story of Bassem

Think of San Francisco artists and you’re likely to think of Ruth Asawa, whose work is currently on exhibit at SFMOMA, and Wayne Thieibaud, who had his

Racial and social justice remains a cornerstone of liberal philosophy and activism. As we live through another terrifying four years with President Trump

With America’s constitution undergoing a stress test, it’s important to revisit and understand its fundamental structure and design. America’s

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In Serbia—perhaps the last corner of the world where Brussels' viceroys, now impotent even within the EU itself, are still inexplicably