Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “To study the economic structure of this country, to know which hands control the wealth, and to which end, seems an academic exercise–and yet it is... Read more
Marina Vance had an E.P.A. grant to help homeowners counter the impact of wildfire smoke, until the agency deemed the research “no longer consistent” with its priorities. [...]
President Trump has driven illegal crossings at the border to record lows, helped bring about an uneasy cease-fire in Gaza and upended the global trading system. [...]
On June 12, 2025, for the first time after more than twenty years, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors passed a resolution declaring that Tehran was breaching its non-proliferation [...]
Donald Trump often doesn’t know what he’s talking about and no one else does either. But when he talks, people still listen, trying to make sense out of streams of [...]
Another Lucy with the football moment has occurred in the United States. Less than 1% of the Epstein file information has been released, and what was offered to the public [...]
President Trump has put forward a tricontinental geopolitical vision for the world’s major powers — with Russia dominant in the old Soviet sphere, China acting as an Asian hegemon, and [...]
Evita Duffy-Alfonso, the pregnant daughter of Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, tore into TSA last week after a recent flight. Writing on X, she called for abolishing TSA: “I nearly [...]