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Famed whistleblower Philip Agee among CIA officers who worked under State Department cover
Recently released documents as part of JFK dump show how CIA took charge of American embassies around the world operating under State Department cover.
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U.S. maternal deaths rise by 27% in 5 years
Recent research shows that the national average rate of maternal deaths is now 32.6 per 100,000 live births, with much higher rates seen for Indigenous mothers with 106.3 deaths, and Black mothers with 76.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, respectively.
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What can be passed down
How one North Carolina family fights the U.S. land policy that robs Black descendants of their inheritance—and their autonomy.
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Harvard welcomes MAGA witch hunt, becomes the hunted
The leadership of the Democratic Party nationally and especially in Massachusetts–who run the state from the U.S. Congress to its governor to Boston-area mayors and city councils–are championing the Harvard Corporation’s “standing up” to the Trump administration’s headline-grabbing attacks on Harvard.
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Trump’s NSC Director for Israel and Iran previously worked for Israeli Ministry of Defense
The story is co-reported with my Breaking Points colleague Saagar Enjeti. We’ll be covering it on the program Monday morning.
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On the brilliant Bob McChesney
Bob McChesney, that prescient seer on the subject of media consolidation and much more, died last month.
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Trump massacres Yemenis so Israel can massacre Palestinians
On April 17, U.S. airstrikes on Yemen killed 74 people and injured 171 in a dangerous escalation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s war against the poorest country in the Middle East.
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Trump is putting crucial school funding at risk by dismantling the Department of Education
See how much federal funding your school district could lose.
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U.S. revokes around 1,500 student visas, universities say they weren’t notified
Three universities Middle East Eye spoke to said they only found out after checking the student record database.
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CECOT: Bukele’s mega prison where “the only way out is in a coffin”
The alliance between Trump’s expanding deportation campaign and Salvadoran President Bukele’s carceral authoritarianism has major implications for human rights and the future of democracy.
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Tariffs, Triffin and the dollar
Trump backed down because the bond market was showing signs of severe stress that could lead to a credit squeeze, particularly for hedge funds that own a significant stock of U.S. bonds.
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A snapshot of the Global war against African People: Reflections from Ecuador
Defying Ecuador’s attempt to bar international monitors, election observers documented how Daniel Noboa’s contested victory, secured amid militarized polling stations and state violence, escalates the assault on Afro-Ecuadorian communities.
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Wiz acquisition puts Israeli Intelligence in charge of your Google data
Google recently announced it would acquire Israeli-American cloud security firm Wiz for $32 billion.
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Diego Garcia: Ethnically cleansed for U.S. forever wars
As Trump threatens war on Iran, Washington weaponizes Diego Garcia–a Chagos island in the Indian Ocean built on ethnic cleansing, British colonialism, and military adventurism.
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The myth of the Western-maintained international rules-based order
Despite liberal whining that Trump threatens the ‘international rules-based order,’ the historical record shows Western nations have repeatedly overthrown democracies, backed genocides and violated sovereignty, writes IAN SINCLAIR.
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Trump threatens to revoke Harvard University’s tax exempt status and visas for international students
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to revoke Harvard University’s tax exempt status.
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American concentration camps
Our offshore concentration camps, for now, are in El Salvador and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. But don’t expect them to remain there. Once they are normalized, not only for U.S.-deported immigrants and residents, but U.S. citizens, they will migrate to the homeland.
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How countries like India should not respond to Trump’s tariffs
DONALD Trump has put off his proposed tariffs by ninety days; but countries like India have to respond to Trump’s measures whether now or after ninety days.
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U.S. massacres civilian workers and paramedics in attack on Yemen fuel port
At least 38 people, including five paramedics, were killed by the U.S. bombing of the Ras Isa port in Hodeidah.
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Trump orders purge of Black History from Smithsonian, targets African American Museum
The executive order is chillingly titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” It declares that the Smithsonian, once a symbol of “American excellence,” has become tainted by narratives that portray “American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”