The Theft of Bodily Autonomy Is Central to the Authoritarian Playbook, and Texas Has Been Its Proving Ground
Texas houses the country’s only family detention centers and has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the U.S., but it is also home to pow… ScheerPost — March 25, 2026 6:04 PM ET
We Need Honest Journalism About the US-Israel War on Iran
Ramzy Baroud for Common Dreams US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to have little patience for questions that do not conform to his preferred st… ScheerPost — March 25, 2026 6:00 PM ET
Trump DHS Slammed After Data Reveals It Tried to Deport Nearly 300 Veterans
The Trump administration slashed protections for military members, but the military still touts benefits in recruitment. TruthOut — March 25, 2026 5:10 PM ET
Minnesota Sues Trump Admin for Withheld Evidence in Good, Pretti Killings
Federal agents “denied Minnesota investigators access to key information” in the DHS shootings, the lawsuit says. TruthOut — March 25, 2026 4:35 PM ET
Florida Passes Its Own Version of the SAVE America Act
Lawmakers in several other Republican-led states are moving quickly on similar proposals. TruthOut — March 25, 2026 4:02 PM ET
Minnesota Kicks Off Legal Battle With Trump Administration to Hold ICE Shooters Accountable
The post Minnesota Kicks Off Legal Battle With Trump Administration to Hold ICE Shooters Accountable appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — March 25, 2026 4:00 PM ET
Pope Leo: Aerial Bombing Should Have Been Banned Forever After 20th-Century Wars
“No one should fear that threats of death and destruction will come from the sky,” Pope Leo XIV said. TruthOut — March 25, 2026 3:28 PM ET
Trump’s Broken Promises: Energy and Utility Bills Surge as Families Struggle to Keep Up
President Trump promised to cut energy prices in half within his first year in office. He has done the exact opposite. Electricity prices rose nearly… Common Dreams — March 25, 2026 3:28 PM ET
Trump Administration Will Pay Nearly $1 Billion to Block 2 Offshore Wind Farms
Under the deal, TotalEnergies will invest the money in oil and gas projects, including an LNG export facility in Texas. TruthOut — March 25, 2026 3:18 PM ET
US May Sieze Three Iranian Islands, Including Kharg, Targeting Critical Oil Routes & Military in Hormuz
Great strategic importance has been attached to the islands, with Iran deciding to develop their military capabilities there since at least 2008. In p… MintPress News — March 25, 2026 2:41 PM ET
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Internationalism Then & Now
The U.N. Security Council’s condemnation of Iran’s retaliatory strikes, along with the isolation of Cuba, show what U.S. assertion of raw power is… Consortium News — March 25, 2026 2:00 PM ET
Trump’s War on Iran Is Ending Where U.S. Empire Usually Ends: Negotiating With the Enemy It Failed to Break
ScheerPost Staff If current negotiations hold, the most revealing outcome of Donald Trump’s confrontation with Iran will be painfully familiar: afte… ScheerPost — March 25, 2026 1:15 PM ET
Iran Rejects Trump’s Claims of Talks, Calls it Fake News
Abdul Rahman for Peoples Dispatch Iran dismissed reports and claims of any ongoing talks with the US, calling them fake news and repeating that its po… ScheerPost — March 25, 2026 1:08 PM ET
Levy: Israel’s Long Sought Iran War Is Now America’s Burden
ScheerPost Staff Daniel Levy: Netanyahu Drew Trump Into a War Long Sought by Israel Former Israeli negotiator Daniel Levy argued on Democracy Now! tha… ScheerPost — March 25, 2026 1:05 PM ET
Walkway Over Dangerous Train Crossing Is Dead After Norfolk Southern Backtracks on Funds, Mayor Says
The post Walkway Over Dangerous Train Crossing Is Dead After Norfolk Southern Backtracks on Funds, Mayor Says appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — March 25, 2026 1:00 PM ET
Vijay Prashad: UN Approves Slavery Reparations
The U.N. General Assembly voted today for the Global North to apologize and pay reparations for slavery by a vote of 123-3-52, with only the U.S., Isr… Consortium News — March 25, 2026 12:00 PM ET
House Dem Leaders Waver on Iran Vote As Trump Prepares to Escalate
On Tuesday, Punchbowl News reported that House Democratic leaders are not planning to hold a vote on a war powers resolution for Iran this week—desp… Common Dreams — March 25, 2026 11:24 AM ET
Suspicious market bets on the Iran war; Knesset advances bill to execute Palestinians accused of “terrorism”; Trump sends 15-point proposal to Iran
Drop Site Daily: March 25, 2026… Drop Site News — March 25, 2026 11:18 AM ET
Craig Murray: The London Ambulance Attack
Iran has a zero record of attacking healthcare facilities, even in Israel. And there are multiple red flags about linking the recently-emerged terrori… Consortium News — March 25, 2026 8:11 AM ET
New Portland Trail Blazers Owner Played Key Role at Company Oregon Accused of Predatory Lending
The post New Portland Trail Blazers Owner Played Key Role at Company Oregon Accused of Predatory Lending appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — March 25, 2026 5:00 AM ET
The NYT Times Continues to Normalize Trump
“This is in a way the anger presidency.  Anger defines Mr. Trump’s decade on the political stage.  Mr. Trump is not the first president with a t… CounterPunch — March 25, 2026 1:58 AM ET
$200 Billion for Trump’s Iran “Excursion” is Real Money
Most people have little understanding of what is big or small in the federal budget, in large part because the media have made a conscious decision to… CounterPunch — March 25, 2026 1:57 AM ET
The American Gulag 2026
The March 4, 2026, edition of the Arizona Daily Star put the facts succinctly: “A Haitian asylum seeker held for four months at Florence Correctio… CounterPunch — March 25, 2026 1:56 AM ET
The NYU Faculty Strike and the Politics of Workers’ Rights
Just days ago, NYU faced an imminent faculty strike of nearly 1,000 non-tenure track faculty as questions about labor conditions and university govern… CounterPunch — March 25, 2026 1:55 AM ET
Where the Horses Are Still Running
I hadn’t expected to go to Greece. Least of all to be invited to meet a man whose life seemed to belong to another era—a life that moved so easily… CounterPunch — March 25, 2026 1:53 AM ET
The Problem Isn't "Kings", The Problem Is US Presidents
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — March 24, 2026 8:55 PM ET
Oil Change response to María Corina Machado's speech at CERAWeek
Today, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado held a session on “the future of Venezuela” at CERAWeek, one of the world’s largest oi… Common Dreams — March 24, 2026 7:39 PM ET
The World According to Gaza - Read by Eunice Wong
Gaza is only the start. The new world order is one where the weak are obliterated by the strong, the rule of law does not exist, genocide is an instru… The Chris Hedges Report — March 24, 2026 7:02 PM ET
How American Kids Have Been Collateral Damage in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
The post How American Kids Have Been Collateral Damage in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — March 24, 2026 2:55 PM ET
Iran War Enters New Phase
The Drop Site team discusses developments in Iran, Iraq, and Cuba with Trita Parsi and Alexis Daloumis. Drop Site News — March 24, 2026 2:30 PM ET
Truth, Media & the War on Iran
We reject war. But for wars to end, journalists must work without fear or intimidation, and media ownership can’t become a means of control, writes… Consortium News — March 24, 2026 2:00 PM ET
UK Saw Israel as ‘Chief Problem’ Curbing Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
Mark Curtis reports that Israel’s nuclear arms were seen by British officials as the major obstacle to achieving a nuclear weapons-free zone in the… Consortium News — March 24, 2026 12:06 PM ET
Israel asserts control over southern Lebanon; 82,000 civilian targets struck in Iran, Red Crescent says; Antibiotics, insulin scarce in Cuba
Drop Site Daily: March 24, 2026… Drop Site News — March 24, 2026 10:51 AM ET
Remembering Palestinian Journalist Hossam Shabat
Hossam Shabat, 23, was assassinated by Israel a year ago today, as he reported for Drop Site and others on the genocide of his people in Gaza. Drop Site News — March 24, 2026 9:56 AM ET
Livestream: Iranians stand firm in resistance
We speak to Professor Setareh Sadeqi in Isfahan. Jon Elmer on week through of the war, including Iran’s capable drones and air defenses. Electronic Intifada — March 24, 2026 6:05 AM ET
He Compared a Black Child to a Dog and Withheld Evidence in Death Row Cases. Now He’s Running for Judge.
The post He Compared a Black Child to a Dog and Withheld Evidence in Death Row Cases. Now He’s Running for Judge. appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — March 24, 2026 5:30 AM ET
Dublin denies freedom to students protesting against genocide
Why has an Irish university entered new research partnerships with Israel? Electronic Intifada — March 24, 2026 4:30 AM ET
The Only Worthwhile Western Culture Is That Which Opposes The Western Empire
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — March 23, 2026 9:30 PM ET
Leaked Video: Janet Mills Attack Ad Against Graham Platner Backfires With Maine Democrats
A Zoom recording with Gov. Janet Mills captures unfiltered voter reactions to the governor’s recent attack ad against her U.S. Senate primary oppone… Drop Site News — March 23, 2026 4:25 PM ET
Dancing On Graves: Going Low, Lower, Lowest (For Now)
This weekend, former Marine, combat veteran, FBI Director and Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who tragically failed to take down a treacherous sociopa… Common Dreams — March 23, 2026 3:22 AM ET
It's Unethical To Have Sympathy For Israelis, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — March 22, 2026 8:58 AM ET
AI Models Are Excited For Humans To Nuke Ourselves
New Column by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — March 22, 2026 4:57 AM ET
Embarrassing Pivot: US Considers Dropping Iran Oil Sanctions Amid War
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News that the move to free up 140 million barrels of oil was aimed at preventing China gaining from the situ… MintPress News — March 22, 2026 1:17 AM ET
Hasan Piker, Greta Thunberg Head Massive Cuba Convoy Aimed At Breaking US Blockade
“Right now, the United States is tightening its siege on Cuba,” said political streamer Hasan Piker, explaining his decision to join the convoy, a… MintPress News — March 22, 2026 1:11 AM ET
Maximum Pressure, Maximum Blackouts: The Gazafication of Cuba
Many stores and markets are empty, not because the island does not produce food, but because there is no way to transport it from the countryside to t… MintPress News — March 22, 2026 1:05 AM ET
The war on Iran is making it stronger
US scrambles to contain an energy crisis of its own making as Tehran shows it can counter Washington and Tel Aviv with force. Electronic Intifada — March 21, 2026 1:39 PM ET
You Can't Make People Cheer For Your Wars After Committing A Live-Streamed Genocide, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — March 21, 2026 8:20 AM ET
There’s Something They Aren’t Telling You About Iran!
New episode of Unredacted Tonight… Lee Camp Substack — March 20, 2026 8:16 PM ET
Israelis kill family — then gloat
Israel has committed at least 2,073 violations of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Electronic Intifada — March 20, 2026 10:44 AM ET
The Warmongers Will Never Admit They Were Wrong And Will Never Learn From Their Mistakes
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — March 20, 2026 8:38 AM ET
Clown Shoes 'R Us
Living in not just the bleakest but dumbest timeline, we must now witness the "off the charts clownfuckery" that is the spectacle of quivering, grown-… Common Dreams — March 20, 2026 12:00 AM ET
The Madness of The Donald (MOATS w/ George Galloway)
Trump, who is not very bright, has fallen into a very deadly trap, says Chris Hedges. The Israelis tricked him into the war on Iran that they've been… The Chris Hedges Report — March 19, 2026 8:01 PM ET
What has Israel done to my brother?
Israeli soldiers put out cigarettes on my back and called us zombies. While I was released, my brother was used as a human shield and has never return… Electronic Intifada — March 19, 2026 5:21 PM ET
How Israel Convinced Trump to Wage War Against Iran (w/ Max Blumenthal) | The Chris Hedges Report
Max Blumenthal reports that a psychological warfare campaign orchestrated by Zionist interests targeted Trump to drive him into war with Iran. The Chris Hedges Report — March 18, 2026 10:09 PM ET
Top US Counterterror Chief Joe Kent Resigns Over Iran War, Blames Israel Lobby Pressure
Joe Kent resigned as head of the National Counterterrorism Center over Iran war. He said Iran poses "no imminent threat" and claimed the war began due… MintPress News — March 17, 2026 1:06 PM ET
How the War With Iran Will Trigger a Global Financial Crisis (w/ Yanis Varoufakis) | The Chris Hedges Report
Yanis Varoufakis says that even if the war in Iran ends soon — which it likely will not — the economic consequences will be devastating and prolon… The Chris Hedges Report — March 16, 2026 10:14 PM ET
The World According to Gaza
Gaza is only the start. The new world order is one where the weak are obliterated by the strong, the rule of law does not exist, genocide is an instru… The Chris Hedges Report — March 15, 2026 5:05 PM ET
The US & Israel Have No Plan — Because Collapse Is The Plan
New column by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — March 12, 2026 2:39 PM ET
Livestream: US Boots On The Ground?! / 10,000 Iranian Civilian Sites Struck / Israel Hit Hard
A recording from Lee Camp's live video… Lee Camp Substack — March 11, 2026 4:21 PM ET
America's Rulers F-ing Hate You.
New column by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — March 10, 2026 4:45 PM ET
Democratic leaders offer ICE reforms — and record funding
Polygraph | Newsletter n°335 | 9 Feb 2026… Polygraph — February 9, 2026 7:31 AM ET
Biden sold Israel $22 billion in weapons. US taxpayers paid for most of them
Polygraph | Newsletter n°334 | 3 Feb 2026… Polygraph — February 3, 2026 12:12 PM ET
House boosts military budget as Pentagon extends failed audit streak to 30 years
Polygraph | Newsletter n°333 | 23 Jan 2026… Polygraph — January 23, 2026 2:36 PM ET
How much aid has the US given Israel?
Polygraph | Newsletter n°332 | 20 Jan 2026… Polygraph — January 20, 2026 6:49 PM ET
War is Trump’s answer to the affordability crisis
Polygraph | Newsletter n°331 | 9 Jan 2026… Polygraph — January 9, 2026 1:13 PM ET