US Billionaire Wealth Surges to $8.1 Trillion as Affordability Crisis Hammers Working Class
By Jake Johnson for Common Dreams The collective wealth of US billionaires surged to $8.1 trillion in 2025 as working-class Americans faced a cost-of-… ScheerPost — January 2, 2026 3:15 PM ET
Gaza: Child Killed, Fires, Flooding, and Cold Claim Lives, as Israel restricts Shelter Materials
By International Middle East Media Center A Palestinian child was killed by Israeli fire in northern Gaza on Thursday, as worsening winter conditions… ScheerPost — January 2, 2026 3:09 PM ET
Trump’s Attack on Birthright Citizenship Seeks to Further Codify White Supremacy
ByCamilo Pérez-Bustillo for Truthout the Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing early next year regarding historic challenges to the Trump adminis… ScheerPost — January 2, 2026 2:58 PM ET
Trump Threatens Child Care Funding Across the US After Bogus Social Media Claim
Reports of a nationwide freeze came after a video with debunked claims circulated social media this week. TruthOut — January 2, 2026 2:29 PM ET
Pregnant Migrants May Suffer Complications From Chronic Stress of ICE Raids
One OB-GYN has already noted “more pre-term births, more hypertension complications, and more postpartum depression.”… TruthOut — January 2, 2026 2:13 PM ET
Mamdani’s Win Shows “Palestine Is No Longer a Liability,” Says Mahmoud Khalil
Zohran Mamdani’s supporters at his inauguration share their hopes for the new administration. TruthOut — January 2, 2026 12:57 PM ET
Mamdani Revokes Executive Order Banning Divestment From Israel on First Day
Mamdani also signed a number of executive orders aimed at increasing the housing stock and protecting renters. TruthOut — January 2, 2026 12:49 PM ET
Trump Administration Makes Deep Cuts at FEMA as Climate Crisis Accelerates
An ex-FEMA official said the agency can’t do disaster response and recovery without the staff that are being laid off. TruthOut — January 2, 2026 11:55 AM ET
Tax the Rich, Say Mamdani, Sanders, and NYC Inauguration Crowd
“For too long in our city, freedom has belonged only to those who can afford to buy it,” said the new mayor. “Our City Hall will change that."… ScheerPost — January 2, 2026 8:20 AM ET
Still the Golden State?
Financial inequality, homelessness and the highest unemployment in the nation — for all its riches, California still has some big problems for lawma… ScheerPost — January 2, 2026 8:15 AM ET
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Contraband
The truth is this is exactly how drugs get into American prisons. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News I have a cousin (actually, the son of a… Consortium News — January 2, 2026 6:07 AM ET
Choose Top 10 CN 2025 Photos
Choose your favorites from among 20 nominated photos. These are the 20 original Consortium News photos of 2025 nominated for the top ten of the year. Consortium News — January 2, 2026 6:06 AM ET
2024 Photo Contest Winners
As Consortium News launches its Top 10 Photos of the Year Contest for 2025, we reveal 2024’s winners. Here are winners of the top 10 Photos of 2024… Consortium News — January 2, 2026 6:05 AM ET
Major Actions In Support Of Palestine Mark The New Year
Over half a million people gathered early Thursday at Istanbul’s Galata Bridge for a massive march in support of Palestine, organized under the umbr… Popular Resistance — January 1, 2026 8:54 PM ET
Xizang’s Leap From Serfdom To Socialism With Chinese Characteristics
“Tibet” has long been shrouded in mystery and misinformation. But the reality before 1951 was stark. Under a feudal theocracy, about 5% of the pop… Popular Resistance — January 1, 2026 8:48 PM ET
China / United States – Latin America And The Caribbean
As if by fate and unplanned twists of history, at the very moment that Trump was threatening Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and Marco Rubio was… Popular Resistance — January 1, 2026 8:39 PM ET
Pan-African Progressive Front: ‘70% Of Africans Back Reparations’
A recent communiqué and continent-wide survey released by the Pan-African Progressive Front (PPF) signals a crucial shift in Africa’s reparations… Popular Resistance — January 1, 2026 8:33 PM ET
Creative Action Was Off The Charts In 2025
The rise of authoritarianism in the United States had devastating consequences in 2025. It was a year of unrelenting injustice, maddening and terrifyi… Popular Resistance — January 1, 2026 8:25 PM ET
American Pogrom: the Year in ICE Abductions
A year into Trump’s mass purge of immigrants from the United States, it’s beyond debate that the people orchestrating and conducting the raids, ro… CounterPunch — January 1, 2026 2:00 AM ET
Portraits by the Mysterious “Master I.S.”:  An Art History Detective Story
It’s often difficult to tell if a Dutch work of art from the 17th century is a portrait (conterfeytsels) or a tronie. Many pictures lack documentati… CounterPunch — January 1, 2026 1:59 AM ET
Oligarchy XIV: Thoughts on the Anarchism of Dorothy Day
Remarking on the 1927 murder of Italian immigrants and anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Day noted that anarchism “is the word, or la… CounterPunch — January 1, 2026 1:58 AM ET
Meditations on the Loss of a Voice
The ‘minutely privileged’, the people lucky enough not to be in the direct line of fire as of right now, are paralyzed in outrage and bewilderment… CounterPunch — January 1, 2026 1:58 AM ET
Bari Weiss Pulls 60 Minutes’ Report on Trump Outsourcing Torture to El Salvador’s CECOT Prison
According to the concept of “manufactured consent,” elaborated by Noam Chomsky and Ed Herman in the 1980s, the media carries out a propaganda func… CounterPunch — January 1, 2026 1:57 AM ET
The Trillion Dollar War Machine (w/ William D. Hartung) | The Chris Hedges Report
The military-industrial-complex has grown into a monster so powerful that even its earliest critics likely never foresaw its evolution. In the age of… The Chris Hedges Report — December 31, 2025 8:39 PM ET
Israel Bans Aid Groups For The Same Reason It Bans Journalists, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — December 31, 2025 8:22 PM ET
Storms, starvation as Gaza enters new year under Israeli siege
Israel continues to use blockade on shelter materials, food, medicine and fuel as tool of genocide. Electronic Intifada — December 31, 2025 5:56 PM ET
Can you help keep my work going?
2 cups of coffee will do it. Lee Camp Substack — December 31, 2025 5:21 PM ET
PATRICK LAWRENCE: New Year’s Notes on Purported Leaders
It is no use hoping for any alteration in the collective West’s course so long as today’s “purported leaders” remain in office.  By Patrick… Consortium News — December 31, 2025 2:00 PM ET
Consortium News’ Suit Against NewsGuard & the USG
A U.S. federal judge dismissed Consortium News’ action, calling CN “contrarian” and saying it resorted to a “Hail Mary pass.” CN then settle… Consortium News — December 31, 2025 5:57 AM ET
Trump Signs Defense Bill Prohibiting China-Based Engineers in Pentagon IT Work
The post Trump Signs Defense Bill Prohibiting China-Based Engineers in Pentagon IT Work appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — December 31, 2025 5:00 AM ET
The NY Times Would Like You To Rewrite History & Forget The Truth
New column by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — December 30, 2025 10:43 PM ET
New Year's Resolutions 2026
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — December 30, 2025 8:34 PM ET
Israel wreaked havoc on Gaza landmarks
Churches, mosques and markets have all been targeted during the genocide. Electronic Intifada — December 30, 2025 3:58 PM ET
Francesca Albanese and the Lonely Road of Defiance
The U.N. special rapporteur is one of the most courageous crusaders against the genocide in Gaza. Because of this, she is blacklisted and treated as i… The Chris Hedges Report — December 30, 2025 1:24 PM ET
Oregon Faced a Huge Obstacle in Adding Green Energy. Here’s What Changed This Year.
The post Oregon Faced a Huge Obstacle in Adding Green Energy. Here’s What Changed This Year. appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — December 30, 2025 6:00 AM ET
25 Investigations You May Have Missed This Year
The post 25 Investigations You May Have Missed This Year appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — December 30, 2025 5:30 AM ET
The Most-Read ProPublica Stories of 2025
The post The Most-Read ProPublica Stories of 2025 appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — December 30, 2025 5:00 AM ET
The Israeli Government Put My Name At The Top Of An 'Antisemite' List
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — December 29, 2025 8:10 PM ET
Bearing witness to the gruesome end of Western liberalism
Corporate journalism skewered in Omar El Akkad’s award-winning book on Gaza genocide. Electronic Intifada — December 29, 2025 7:14 PM ET
“War of the entire people”: Venezuela's Grassroots Rise to Resist Trump's Naval Blockade
After withstanding a decade of sanctions, Venezuela’s communes are prepared to face Trump’s illegal naval blockade and U.S. plans for economic asp… Drop Site News — December 29, 2025 6:01 PM ET
Epstein and Leviathan: How the Financier Opened Doors to Netanyahu and Ehud Barak Amid Israel's Offshore Gas Fight
Epstein advised on U.S. role in Israeli energy as Ehud Barak sought foreign partners to save gas monopoly. Drop Site News — December 29, 2025 2:54 PM ET
Burgum’s Offshore Wind Halt of Questionable Legality
The Secretary of the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) abrupt cessation of all leases for major offshore wind electric generation facilities under… Common Dreams — December 29, 2025 10:55 AM ET
Medical Examiners Warn That Controversial Lung Float Test Could Be Dangerous
The post Medical Examiners Warn That Controversial Lung Float Test Could Be Dangerous appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — December 29, 2025 6:00 AM ET
They Feign Concern About Pro-Palestine Chants In Order To Shut Down Pro-Palestine Protests
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — December 28, 2025 6:43 PM ET
The Least Among Us: The Elemental Heart of the Story
This holiday season, writes John Pavlovitz, "it’s a Herculean task to let our hearts be light." Daily, we confront the afflictions of an impossibly… Common Dreams — December 28, 2025 3:42 AM ET
Netanyahu Is Visiting Trump For The FIFTH Time This Year, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — December 27, 2025 8:14 PM ET
Decline and Fall
The British Empire, in steep decline on the eve of World War I, is a cautionary tale for a decayed U.S. Empire a century later. The Chris Hedges Report — December 27, 2025 10:24 AM ET
Elon Musk Could Save 15 Million Lives — But He Won't
New column by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — December 26, 2025 11:27 AM ET
Livestream: Israel's expanding "yellow line" of death
Maha Hussaini says “every day felt like my last” as she documented atrocities in Gaza. UK arrests people for saying “Globalize the Intifada” a… Electronic Intifada — December 25, 2025 10:06 AM ET
Israel blocks entry of eye drops for blind people in Gaza
Despite the October ceasefire, thousands could develop conditions affecting their vision. Electronic Intifada — December 25, 2025 7:18 AM ET
How the 'Epstein Class' Fails to the Top | The Chris Hedges Report (w/ Anand Giridharadas)
Anand Giridharadas explains how the elite continuously find ways to screw you, with either good or cynical intentions. The Chris Hedges Report — December 23, 2025 9:59 PM ET
Wowza: Food Fight Clean-Up In Wingnut Aisle 47
In what was dubbed a "grievance Olympics," "conference of clowns" and "Wrestlemania with Podcasters," the noxious mucky-mucks of MAGA assembled for th… Common Dreams — December 23, 2025 7:59 PM ET
Why I'm The Most Censored Person You Know
It's time I revealed my true crime. Lee Camp Substack — December 23, 2025 10:38 AM ET
“This Has Redefined Israel's Global Identity”: Israeli Weapons Industry Bullish After Genocide
Drop Site News obtained audio of this months weapons conference in Tel Aviv… Drop Site News — December 22, 2025 6:12 PM ET
Trump’s Energy Emergency Orders Should Prevent Morgan Stanley’s Electricity Exports
In a formal protest filed today with the U.S. Department of Energy, Public Citizen challenged an application to export electricity by the Wall Street… Common Dreams — December 22, 2025 2:39 PM ET
Trump Administration Pauses Construction on All Offshore Wind Projects in US
Trump’s Department of the Interior just halted construction on all five offshore wind projects underway in the United States. The pauses impact thes… Common Dreams — December 22, 2025 12:41 PM ET
“We never feared drones until they killed Omar"
In September, a U.S. drone strike in Somalia killed Omar Abdillahi, a well-known clan leader local officials and residents say had supported the local… Drop Site News — December 22, 2025 11:23 AM ET
Israel Is Preparing for a Permanent Presence in Gaza, Satellite Images Reveal
Since the ceasefire, Israel has constructed at least 13 new military outposts inside Gaza, consolidated existing military infrastructure, built roads,… Drop Site News — December 20, 2025 11:00 AM ET
Rebranding Genocide - Read by Eunice Wong
The Genocide in Gaza has not stopped. It has been rebranded. And that is enough of a linguistic subterfuge to get the world to ignore it. The Chris Hedges Report — December 20, 2025 9:00 AM ET
1 in 10 voters want a bigger military budget, 8 in 10 senators voted for one
Polygraph | Newsletter n°329 | 19 Dec 2025… Polygraph — December 19, 2025 6:37 PM ET
Indiegogo Withholds $51K In Donations From MintPress in Financial Censorship Crackdown
Indiegogo is withholding $51,000 in reader donations to MintPress News after we published investigations into US war crimes, Israeli intelligence infl… MintPress News — December 19, 2025 10:54 AM ET
Senate votes on military spending vs. arms industry cash
Polygraph | Newsletter n°328 | 18 Dec 2025… Polygraph — December 18, 2025 5:47 PM ET
The US-Backed Destruction of Sudan—Explained!
A Crisis Decades In The Making… Lee Camp Substack — December 17, 2025 2:05 PM ET
Bloody Diamonds: How Your Engagement Ring Helps Fund a Genocide in Gaza
Israel has no diamond mines, yet it dominates the global trade. This investigation exposes how diamonds sold in the West bankroll Israel’s war on Ga… MintPress News — December 15, 2025 12:46 PM ET
Congress ignores public opinion, approves $901 billion military bill
Polygraph | Newsletter n°327 | 12 Dec 2025… Polygraph — December 12, 2025 8:00 PM ET
House votes on military spending vs. arms industry cash
Polygraph | Newsletter n°326 | 12 Dec 2025… Polygraph — December 12, 2025 11:56 AM ET
Congress should reject the $901 billion military policy bill
Polygraph | Newsletter n°325 | 10 Dec 2025… Polygraph — December 10, 2025 3:48 PM ET
Stop The Hate UK: The Shadowy Israel-Aligned Group Targeting MintPress staff & anti-genocide organizers 
MintPress exposes how Stop The Hate UK, an Israel-aligned group, is driving efforts to intimidate journalists and pro-Palestine organizers. The post S… MintPress News — December 9, 2025 11:56 AM ET
Sudan’s War, UAE Gold Networks, and the Rise of Anti-Imperialist Alliances
Journalist Ahmed Kaballo joins Mnar Adley to examine Sudan’s civil war, UAE’s gold operations, US pressure in Africa, and the rise of the anti-imp… MintPress News — December 5, 2025 11:20 AM ET
The Seven Richest Billionaires Are All Media Barons
The world’s seven richest men now double as media barons, buying up platforms from CNN and CBS to Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. Alan MacLeod charts… MintPress News — November 25, 2025 2:08 PM ET