They Film the Darkness 
Michelle Ellner When the lights go out in Havana, the foreign cameras arrive to film the darkness. They come for the blackout glow: candles in apartme…

Will the Iran War Cause a Global Depression? (w/ Prof. Richard Wolff) | The Chris Hedges Report
The US war on Iran is leading the world to a global depression. Professor Richard Wolff places the current crisis in the context of the capitalist sys…

The West’s Bubble Of Illusion About Israel – And About Itself – Is Finally Being Burst
The genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in Lebanon exhausted the West’s moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the West’s military prim…

Oil, Empire, and the Price of War: How Energy Became the Ultimate Weapon
Joshua Scheer This war isn’t just being fought with missiles—it’s being waged through oil markets, currencies, and corporate balance sheets. And…

The Unions We Need Will Be Built by Workers, Not Labor Officials
By Ella Fassler This article was originally published by Truthout Organizer Daniel Gross explains how to make sure that union building actually works…

Event With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges “Healthy Skepticism” of Climate Science
The post Event With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges “Healthy Skepticism” of Climate Science appeared first on ProPublica.

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump’s Trap, Trump’s Sanity
The U.S. president has lost the war he started with Iran — or at the very least he has no chance of winning it — but accepting defeat and repairin…

An Image of Total Liberation w/ Dr. Shahd Abusalama
On this episode of Counterpunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with Dr. Shahd Abusalama, Palestinian academic, writer, and artist, born and r…

Keystone Light Tar Sands Pipeline: Same Problems, Different Name
President Trump signed off on a key permit to construct the Bridger Pipeline Expansion project, often referred to as “Keystone Light” because it w…

New Lawsuit: Do We Have a Right to Know We're Being Surveilled?
Scarsdale, New York didn't want to share its plans for Flock surveillance cameras. A new lawsuit brought by NYCLU seeks to change that.

Livestream: Hormuz Reveals End of The Oil Age + Israel Kidnaps Peaceful Flotilla Activists
Lee Camp's livestream "Dangerous Ideas"…

“A Huge Setback”: New EPA Directive Could Weaken Hundreds of Chemical Regulations
The post “A Huge Setback”: New EPA Directive Could Weaken Hundreds of Chemical Regulations appeared first on ProPublica.

TPS Holders Fear SCOTUS Ruling Could Send Them Back to Harm’s Way
The court heard oral arguments this week on Trump’s push to strip temporary protected status from Haitians and Syrians.

Delays in US Visa Program Threaten Arrival of Doctors in Underserved Areas
The delay may send hundreds of doctors back to their home countries.

Why Iran’s Oil Infrastructure Is Not Exploding Like Trump Said It Would
Trump’s risky gamble to stop Iran from exporting oil shows no signs of succeeding, experts say.

Poll Shows Most See Iran War as “Mistake,” Earlier Than With Iraq, Vietnam
The war has almost no constituency outside of Donald Trump's biggest fans.

The US Supreme Court, Race & the Right to Vote
Marjorie Cohn on the Roberts Court’s demolition of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the law that brought an end to the Jim Crow system of post-Civil War…

I’m a Survivor Imprisoned in Texas. I’m Only Allowed to Watch Fox News.
We are force-fed “news” made by a network that uplifts white Christian nationalism and shields the predator-in-chief.

Vijay Prashad: ‘Democracy of the Strongest’
Had Thomas Sankara not been assassinated in 1987 and been allowed to advance Burkina Faso’s development, perhaps the Sahel would have followed his e…

May Day 2026; Israel kills over 30 in Lebanon; Displaced Palestinians burn tents in protest of conditions; Mali rebels call for nationwide uprising
Drop Site Daily: May 1, 2026…

Israel kills child collecting cardboard in Gaza
Israeli court extends administrative detention for Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya.

System of sexual torture targeting Palestinians exposed in new report
Survivors describe rape, genital mutilation and forced humiliation carried out with impunity and shielded by authorities.

Palestinians Observe May Day Amid a Deepening Crisis for Workers
Years of war and genocide have devastated our labor market and living standards.

Protest Laws Should Be Viewed As Efforts To Ban Criticism Of Israel
Reading by Tim Foley:…

Top CEO pay increased 20 times faster than workers’ pay in 2025
Global real worker pay fell 12 percent while real CEO pay surged 54 percent between 2019 and 2025.At least four CEOs of major corporations each pocket…

100,000+ Students to Walk Out Alongside Workers in Largest One-Day Strike in Over 80 Years
Today, more than 100,000 students across the country are walking out of their classrooms as part of the largest one-day student strike in over 80 year…

2.7 Million Readers, Only 6,663 Supporters
CounterPunch surpassed 2.7 million readers in 2025 — a milestone we could not have reached without the support of our readers. The website has seen…

Palestine Action Defendants Address Jury Directly
In a rare move, five pro-Palestine direct-action defendants dismissed their lawyers and delivered  impassioned speeches about Britain’s role in the…

8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
The post 8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections appeared first on ProPublica.

We Need a Guns and Butter Debate Over the Costs of the Iran War
Where is today’s public discussion on how much the U.S. economy will have to pay to rebuild an even vaster military-industrial complex to restock th…

Combatting and Overcoming Administrative Obstacles to Voting
2026 is the sixty-second year since Civil Rights Summer, that remarkable upsurge of practical action intended to break the grip of the political oliga…

A Country of Strangers: Death, Despair and Indifference in the US
One of the few guarantees in life is loss. The unmerciful realities of temporal existence and entropy make the pain of separation a sole constancy. Ov…

Telling It Like It Is
In a devastating blow to what John Lewis called “the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democracy,” a right-wing, illegitimate SCOTUS fin…

Will the Iran War Cause a Global Depression? (w/ Prof. Richard Wolff) | The Chris Hedges Report
The US war on Iran is leading the world to a global depression. Professor Richard Wolff places the current crisis in the context of the capitalist sys…

AIPAC backs candidates who fund and promote Gaza genocide
Mainstream media focus attention on Hasan Piker rather than ongoing Israeli military killings targeting Palestinians.

Connecticut Senate Approves More Towing Reforms, Expanding on Landmark 2025 Legislation
The post Connecticut Senate Approves More Towing Reforms, Expanding on Landmark 2025 Legislation appeared first on ProPublica.

AFGE Urges Passage of the Shutdown Fairness Act
Today, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee union, celebrated the end of the Department of Homeland Se…

Israel Attacks Gaza Flotilla Near Greek Waters
Israeli military boats travelled more than 700 miles on Wednesday night to attack a 54-ship flotilla that was headed for Gaza to attempt to break the…

House passes FISA renewal; Maine Gov. Mills suspends Senate campaign; Supreme Court weakens Voting Rights Act
Drop Site Daily: April 30, 2026…

Croatian right-winger leads efforts to rekindle EU-Israel romance
Dubravka Šuica wants Palestinian Authority to play by Trump’s rules.

Podcast: Gaza, Cuba, Global Sumud Flotilla, And More
Caitlin and Tim discuss the Israeli abduction of Global Sumud Flotilla activists hundreds of miles away from their territorial waters, US war plans fo…

Podcast: Gaza, Cuba, Global Sumud Flotilla, And More
Caitlin and Tim discuss the Israeli abduction of Global Sumud Flotilla activists hundreds of miles away from their territorial waters, US war plans fo…

Why We Are Suing the Department of Education
The post Why We Are Suing the Department of Education appeared first on ProPublica.

Montreal provides a model for student activism
Universities have been forced to disclose investments.

The Revolutionary Spirit of Iran (w/ Behrooz Ghamari) | The Chris Hedges Report
Throughout its long war on Iran, every tactic used by the United States has backfired. Professor Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi explains why Iran’s revolut…

Livestream: The Shooter Is Not Who They Say / Biden Official ADMITS Gaza Genocide & More
Lee Camp's Dangerous Ideas livestream…

A Growing Rat Infestation Plagues Tent Cities in Gaza
“We are suffering from two wars,” Majd Sukar, the head of the Preventive Health Department in Gaza City, said. “The war of bombs, and the war of…

Our Rulers Take So Very Much And Give Us So Very Little
Reading by Tim Foley:…

It's Official — Trump Wants $1.5 Trillion For Our War Machine!
Column by Lee Camp…

Three Recent Examples Of AI Being Used For Empire Propaganda
Reading by Tim Foley:…

Proof Trump's Brand of Fascism Will Flame Out Quickly
New column by Lee Camp…

What $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon could fund instead
Polygraph | Newsletter n°340 | 27 Apr 2026…

Sorry To Say Goodbye
The Final Episode of Unredacted Tonight…

Dr. Marandi: Washington Post Assassination Orders, Iran Refuses Negotiations & UAE Complicity
As Washington shifts from threats to negotiations, Iran is signaling it no longer sees talks as credible. Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi explains why Tehr…

Trump the God - Read by Eunice Wong
Trump’s portrayal of himself as Jesus, or anointed by Jesus, is typical of cult leaders.

UAE Launches Muslim Shia Crackdown Under Cover of “Iran-Linked Terror” Claims
Despite labeling the arrests of 27 individuals as part of an “Iran-linked terror threat”, UAE authorities have not brought terrorism charges — r…

Interview: Bombs in the Name of “Liberation”: Iranian Women Lead Resistance to U.S.-Israeli War
As Western leaders claim to “liberate” Iranian women, millions are taking to the streets to defend their country — directly challenging long-sta…

Is There a Way out of the Iran War? (w/ John Mearsheimer) | The Chris Hedges Report
With Zionist pressure pushing Trump to escalate on one side, and catastrophic economic consequences pressuring him into a deal on the other — can th…

Trump the God
Trump’s portrayal of himself as Jesus, or anointed by Jesus, is typical of cult leaders.

Not Neutral: Inside The UAE’s Shadow Role In the US-Israeli War on Iran
Behind claims of neutrality, the UAE has emerged as a key player in the war on Iran — providing surveillance, hosting operations, enabling strikes f…

From Dunks To Drones: The NBA Has an Israel Problem
As the NBA playoffs tip off this weekend, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Stephen Curry are under growing scrutiny — not just for their play, but fo…

Trump’s budget for 2027, a breakdown
Polygraph | Newsletter n°339 | 13 Apr 2026…

Trump proposes largest military budget ever
Polygraph | Newsletter n°338 | 3 Apr 2026…

US spends $2.1 billion a day on the Iran War
Polygraph | Newsletter n°337 | 2 Apr 2026…

Iran War: Cost of the first week
Polygraph | Newsletter n°336 | 27 Mar 2026…