Pope Leo Condemns “Imperialist Occupation” as He Urges Trump to End War on Iran
“Neither in the pastoral sphere nor in the social and political spheres can good come from abuse of power,” he said. TruthOut — April 3, 2026 2:54 PM ET
Sanders Declares AI ‘A Threat to Everything the American People Hold Dear’ in WSJ Op-Ed
Brad Reed for Common Dreams Sen. Bernie Sanders has declared artificial intelligence “a threat to everything the American people hold dear” in… ScheerPost — April 3, 2026 2:30 PM ET
Trump Wages War on Working Families to Fund $500 Billion Pentagon Boost
Today, President Trump released his administration’s FY2027 budget, doubling down on an unpopular economic agenda that is raising costs and ripping… Common Dreams — April 3, 2026 2:12 PM ET
Trump’s Budget: A Moral Obscenity Wrapped in Patriotism
ScheerPost Staff In a move that is both reckless and morally indefensible, the Trump administration unveiled a fiscal year 2027 budget proposal this p… ScheerPost — April 3, 2026 2:01 PM ET
Chris Hedges: The New World Order
Gaza is just the beginning, the author said in a recent speech at Princeton in which he offered a sweeping indictment of a global order collapsing int… Consortium News — April 3, 2026 2:00 PM ET
ICE Arrests Palestinian Activist Who Leads Wisconsin’s Largest Islamic Group
Supporters of Salah Sarsour, who was brutalized by Israeli police as a teen, say his arrest is politically motivated. TruthOut — April 3, 2026 1:34 PM ET
Hegseth Says He’s Ending Ban on Troops Carrying Personal Firearms on Bases
The change in policy comes amid low morale among military members due to anxieties over the US’s war on Iran. TruthOut — April 3, 2026 1:30 PM ET
Freed After a Year in ICE Jail, Palestinian Protester Leqaa Kordia Speaks Out
“ICE dungeons are systematically ... built to break people mentally,” Kordia said. TruthOut — April 3, 2026 1:22 PM ET
No Kings Must Mean No War: Foreign Policy Is Least Democratic Space in Politics
A movement in the name of democracy must resist imperial ambition done in our name and with our money. TruthOut — April 3, 2026 1:11 PM ET
Trump’s Divine War: How Christian Nationalists Are Running U.S. Policy in Iran and at Home
ScheerPost Staff As the Trump administration deepens U.S. military involvement in Iran alongside Israel, a new The Intercept briefing examines a dimen… ScheerPost — April 3, 2026 1:10 PM ET
Progressives Urge Senate Dems to Block AG Confirmation Until Epstein Files Released
In the wake of President Trump’s removal of Pam Bondi, Our Revolution, the largest grassroots-funded progressive political organizing group in the c… Common Dreams — April 3, 2026 1:01 PM ET
Caitlin Johnstone: The Empire Exposes Itself
What was once revealed solely by whistleblowers, investigative journalists, activists and dissident media is now being shown by the empire itself, bec… Consortium News — April 3, 2026 12:00 PM ET
Experts Warned For Years That A War With Iran Would Happen This Way
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — April 3, 2026 10:47 AM ET
U.S. destroys major bridge in Iran; IRGC claims strike on Amazon data center; Trump imposes 100% tariff on brand-name drugs
Drop Site Daily: April 3, 2026… Drop Site News — April 3, 2026 10:37 AM ET
March Job Gains Mask a Volatile Labor Market as Iran War Chaos Mounts
Today’s jobs report shows the labor market added 178,000 jobs in March, and February’s losses significantly revised down, revealing a decrease of… Common Dreams — April 3, 2026 10:12 AM ET
Escalating To Catastrophe
Nate Bear Don Not Panic In his televised address last night Trump said the US was going to continuing attacking Iran for another two or three weeks an… ScheerPost — April 3, 2026 5:54 AM ET
Vijay Prashad: US Aggression Across the World
In its latest statement, No Cold War takes stock of the long history of U.S. aggression across the world and the need to reject a future of wars witho… Consortium News — April 3, 2026 5:45 AM ET
From ISIS to Iran: Joe Kent Says Washington Keeps Repeating the Same Catastrophic Playbook
ScheerPost Staff In a wide‑ranging and unusually candid conversation, former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent explains why he resi… ScheerPost — April 3, 2026 5:40 AM ET
RFK Jr. May Reverse a Peptide Ban He Calls “Illegal.” Former FDA Officials Say He Mischaracterized Their Work.
The post RFK Jr. May Reverse a Peptide Ban He Calls “Illegal.” Former FDA Officials Say He Mischaracterized Their Work. appeared first on ProPubli… ProPublica — April 3, 2026 5:00 AM ET
Israel blocks US student protesters from entering West Bank
Officials at Allenby crossing hint they have access to American police records. Electronic Intifada — April 3, 2026 2:41 AM ET
Incubator babies saved from Gaza genocide reunited with their moms
Israeli forces shoot and kill 15-year-old child in Dheisheh refugee camp, occupied West Bank. Electronic Intifada — April 3, 2026 2:14 AM ET
The Madness of Kings – A Semi-Quincentennial
The significance of July 4, 2026, therefore, is not that it will be the semi-quincentennial of the Declaration of Independence. The basic tenets of th… CounterPunch — April 3, 2026 2:02 AM ET
Thou Shall Not Pray for Peace: the Bombing of Iran and the U.S.-Mexico Border
On March 3, in the late afternoon, Joca Gallegos arrived at the border wall in Douglas, Arizona, in a van with a small group from Phoenix. The plan wa… CounterPunch — April 3, 2026 2:01 AM ET
“Avenues to Control Human Behavior:” When the CIA Made Humans Glow
The CIA was part of the armed forces’ medical intelligence organization, created in 1948, where the Agency was put in charge of “foreign, atomic,… CounterPunch — April 3, 2026 2:00 AM ET
30,000 “Pissed off” Americans: A Photo Essay of the No Kings Protests in  Portland 
30,000 Americans, “pissed off” at the increasingly reckless and ruthless actions and policies of Trump, marched in the 3rd No Kings protest in Por… CounterPunch — April 3, 2026 1:59 AM ET
Navigating Eco-Anxiety and the Climate Crisis
The following is an excerpt from Tori Tsui’s fantastic and insightful book, It’s Not Just You: How to Navigate Eco-Anxiety and the Climate Crisis,… CounterPunch — April 3, 2026 1:57 AM ET
Is Iran the 'Leading State Sponsor of Terrorism?' (w/ John Kiriakou) | The Chris Hedges Report
As the U.S. seeks to label Iran as a mass sponsor of state terrorism, CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou looks inward, examining the decades of US-backed… The Chris Hedges Report — April 2, 2026 8:47 PM ET
Pakistan Plays Peacemaker While Bombing and Blockading Afghan Civilians
While working to mediate an end to the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, the Pakistani government is escalating its own war against civilians on the border… Drop Site News — April 2, 2026 5:33 PM ET
Suffocated on the outskirts of Jerusalem
Kufr Aqab residents face limited mobility and occupation raids. Electronic Intifada — April 2, 2026 4:34 PM ET
Trump Appointees on Planning Commission Rubber-Stamp Trump’s White House Ballroom Project
Today, the Trump Administration appointees on the National Capital Planning Commission, which provides overall planning guidance for federal land and… Common Dreams — April 2, 2026 4:24 PM ET
Advocacy Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Decision to Exempt All Oil and Gas Activities in Gulf from Endangered Species Act
Gulf and environmental groups sued the Trump Administration today over its decision to strip Endangered Species Act protection from imperiled species… Common Dreams — April 2, 2026 4:23 PM ET
Iran War Blowback: Iraqi Resistance Targets U.S. Forces in Biggest Escalation Since 2003
The U.S.–Israel war on Iran has reignited a long-simmering front in Iraq, where resistance groups like Kataeb Hezbollah and the Islamic Resistance i… MintPress News — April 2, 2026 3:59 PM ET
Global Energy Shock: Iran Turns Hormuz Into A Toll Gate Challenging Petrodollar
For years, U.S. strategy has relied on the assumption that sanctions, economic pressure, and military force would weaken adversaries and trigger inter… MintPress News — April 2, 2026 3:43 PM ET
The US Has Already Lost — Here's The Proof
Column by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — April 2, 2026 3:27 PM ET
Israel Is Conducting a Campaign to Ethnically Cleanse Southern Lebanon of Shia Residents
Residents of border villages have been abandoned by the Lebanese army as Israeli troops invade. Drop Site News — April 2, 2026 2:47 PM ET
How A Fake Iranian Terror Group Was Invented To Proscribe IRGC in Europe – The story of Ashab al-Yamin
A series of arson attacks and alleged incidents targeting alleged Jewish-linked sites across Europe have been attributed to a little-known group calle… MintPress News — April 2, 2026 2:30 PM ET
WATCH: CN Live! – ‘Escalating Madness’
Antiwar.com‘s Scott Horton joins CN Live! to provide insight into the deepening madness of Donald Trump’s and Benjamin Netanyahu’s reckless war… Consortium News — April 2, 2026 2:00 PM ET
Caitlin Johnstone: The More Murderous Israel Gets, the More We Hear About ‘Anti-Semitism’
In real life, people are being mercilessly butchered in Iran, Lebanon and Palestine by Israel and its allies. The uglier this gets, the more aggressiv… Consortium News — April 2, 2026 12:00 PM ET
U.S.-Israeli strikes target Iran’s healthcare system; Israel continues bombing of Lebanon, assassinates Hezbollah commander; Congress lands on a plan to reopen DHS
Drop Site Daily: April 2, 2026… Drop Site News — April 2, 2026 10:48 AM ET
US spends $2.1 billion a day on the Iran War
Polygraph | Newsletter n°337 | 2 Apr 2026… Polygraph — April 2, 2026 6:31 AM ET
Why We Went Looking for National Defense Areas Along the U.S. Southern Border
The post Why We Went Looking for National Defense Areas Along the U.S. Southern Border appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — April 2, 2026 5:00 AM ET
The Empire Is Losing Its Ability To Hide Its Ugly Nature
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — April 1, 2026 8:39 PM ET
Premature Babies Evacuated After Israeli Attack on Al-Shifa Returned to Gaza After More Than Two Years
“I am meeting my daughter for the first time. It’s as if today is the day of her birth. I can’t describe my feelings.”… Drop Site News — April 1, 2026 4:00 PM ET
Is this a decisive moment in the struggle against Zionism?
I spoke to the Unfettered Speech podcast about how Israel’s violence against Palestinians is part of a widening regional war. Electronic Intifada — April 1, 2026 2:12 PM ET
Israel Just Passed The Death Penalty Only For Palestinians — But It's Not Apartheid
New column by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — April 1, 2026 11:53 AM ET
There Are No Good Zionists, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — April 1, 2026 7:48 AM ET
The Trump EPA Official in Charge of Methane Regulations Helped Write Oil Industry Argument Against Those Rules
The post The Trump EPA Official in Charge of Methane Regulations Helped Write Oil Industry Argument Against Those Rules appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — April 1, 2026 5:00 AM ET
Bemoaning death penalty, EU bankrolls merchants of death
Leonardo advocates “big bang” approach to militarization. Electronic Intifada — April 1, 2026 2:32 AM ET
Growing Up Means Realizing That None Of The Worst Villains Are In Prison
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — March 31, 2026 7:20 AM ET
Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
The post Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — March 31, 2026 5:00 AM ET
Chris Hedges Q&A at Princeton University: Iran, Gaza and the Future of American Foreign Policy
The Chris Hedges Report is a reader-supported publication. The Chris Hedges Report — March 30, 2026 7:21 PM ET
Making the Film 'Palestine 36' (w/ director Annemarie Jacir) | The Chris Hedges Report
The Palestinian epic, "Palestine 36," is more than a dramatization of the past. It maps the early blueprint for Palestine’s occupation, and captures… The Chris Hedges Report — March 30, 2026 7:05 PM ET
After 2.5 Years, Can We Handle The Truth About Oct 7th?
Connecting The Dots - column by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — March 30, 2026 9:32 AM ET
A Nursing Home Owner Got a Trump Pardon. The Families of His Patients Got Nothing.
The post A Nursing Home Owner Got a Trump Pardon. The Families of His Patients Got Nothing. appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — March 30, 2026 5:00 AM ET
The More Murderous Israel Gets, The More We Hear About "Antisemitism"
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — March 29, 2026 8:27 PM ET
I Went To China To Argue This One Topic.
Watch the full episode (for free)… Lee Camp Substack — March 28, 2026 5:20 PM ET
Iran War: Cost of the first week
Polygraph | Newsletter n°336 | 27 Mar 2026… Polygraph — March 27, 2026 8:59 PM ET
'Iran and Gaza are Only the Beginning' (Chris Hedges at Princeton)
The Chris Hedges Report is a reader-supported publication. The Chris Hedges Report — March 27, 2026 8:17 PM ET
Trump’s Iran Gamble Is Spiraling Out of Control: From Shock & Awe to Strategic Failure
In this week’s episode of the MintCast podcast hosted by MintPress director Mnar Adley, we are joined by Iranian political analyst Ali Alizadeh to t… MintPress News — March 27, 2026 2:40 PM ET
Failing to Defeat Hezbollah, Israel & US Pressure Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa to Join War
 Openly declaring its intent to illegally occupy southern Lebanon, Israel finds itself in a costly ground battle with Hezbollah, from which there are… MintPress News — March 27, 2026 2:37 PM ET
Trump Has No Soul
Trump is dangerous not simply because of his imbecility and unbridled narcissism, but because he lacks the core attributes of empathy and understandin… The Chris Hedges Report — March 26, 2026 2:57 PM 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
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