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The Qatari-donated plane has been under scrutiny over whether it is fitted with sufficient defensive capabilities to adequately protect a U.S. president and others traveling on it. [...]
Mr. Trump, who this month referred to Spain as “hopeless,” seemingly had little choice but to exhibit diplomacy on Sunday as he handed the golden trophy to the country’s players. [...]
Troy Jackson, a progressive, solidified his clear edge in the contest to replace Graham Platner, as Shenna Bellows, Jordan Wood and Nirav Shah ended their bids. [...]
Political campaigns have something new to worry about these days: unflattering or incomplete information produced by A.I. programs when voters ask questions about candidates. [...]
American prisons today are real-life sites of body horror. In popular culture, body horror has roots in gothic literature and centers our attention on the disturbing aspects of our embodiedness [...]
Siskiyou mat (Ceanothus pumilis). Photograph by Roger Peet. I stood at the trailhead for a long time, pacing back and forth, returning to the car, getting into it, starting it, [...]
In this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with Seungjoon Lee, a maritime activist and filmmaker based on Jeju Island. Having recently returned from attempting to break the [...]
The Algiers Accords were signed at a time when Iran had the upper hand in dealing with the US. After many attempts at diplomacy failed to release the US personnel, [...]
In southern Utah, two crown-jewel landscapes have been the subject of a political tug-of-war spanning the past 25 years. On one end of the rope, Tribes, conservation groups, and the [...]