Israel Threatening to Take on Hezbollah After Cross-Border Attacks Produce Intense Wildfires
Israel desperately wants a hotter conflict with Hezbollah even though Israel is likely to lose bigly. What next?
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The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: A Review
A cogent discussion of the complex, accelerating legitimacy crisis masked by bleats about “defending our democracy”
Read more...California Becomes Latest State To Try Capping Health Care Spending
California joins the list of states trying to choke health industry profiteering via spending limits. Can it work?
Read more...Battles Brew Over Radioactive Wastewater Discharge from Shuttered Nuclear Plants
New York State is trying to bar radioactive wastewater releases from out-of-service nuclear plants, as proponents insist they are safe.
Read more...‘A Monstrosity’: Biden Blasted Over Planned Executive Order on Asylum
Biden attempts to throw big bone to the right on immigration. But will he satisfy anyone?
Read more...Scott Ritter Removed from Plane to Russia and Had Passport Seized with No Explanation
Scott Ritter was set to travel to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, a major event, and make a presentation there. I am not clear on the details, but he also mentioned regularly on his various interviews that he was planning to visit many Russian cities and meet with Russians to promote better understanding between […]
Read more...Latin America: From the Struggle for Independence (1808) to the Great War (1914)
An overview of political and economic post-colonial history in Latin America.
Read more...Israel Boosterism Keeps Israel Bonds Afloat Even as Some Top Global Investors Exit
Israel bonds, an important element of Israel’s war financing, are coming under attack.
Read more...Ready Reckoner For Killing – The Raisi Assassination
Why the death of Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi looks more and more like an inside job rather than an accident.
Read more...The Twenty-First Century Executive Branch Is a Criminogenic Environment
Alexander Hamilton’s “energy in the Executive” has a downside.
Read more...How Workers Are Revolutionizing the South
USW’s Donetta Williams says workers are educating themselves about collective action, seeing through the right-wing corporate pandering, and then shrugging off the South’s anti-labor traditions to chart a path forward for their families.
Read more...Donald Trump Conviction Open Thread
Trump was convicted on all 34 counts in his New York “hush money” trial. What next?
Read more...Will Israel Kill Public Support for America’s Bipartisan Consensus?
Could there be a tiny silver lining in the Israel genocide in Gaza?
Read more...Global South Suffering Due to Powerful Nations’ Elite-Serving Policies
The World Bank projects the worst slowdown in over four decades in 2024. This is mainly due to Western powers’ contractionary policies
Read more...Michael Hudson: Modern (Mis)interpretations of Ancient Debt Cancellation
Modern economists misrepresent how ancient debt cancellation worked, forcing it into contemporary neoliberal /creditor rights frameworks
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