As an Iraqi, I’ve spent my life fleeing, surviving, and bearing witness to wars justified by lies. In Iran, we’re seeing yet another.
Women Pay the Highest Price for U.S. ‘Wars of Liberation’
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Israel Didn’t ‘Drag’ the U.S. Into War—American Hawks Have Wanted This for Decades
Blaming Israel alone for this catastrophe lets U.S. leaders off the hook for their actions.
The Existential Crisis of Mainstream Economics
The financial crisis of 2008 should have exposed how compromised most economists are. Only a bigger crisis might make the profession more relevant to contemporary society.
Trump’s Terrifying Talent for Multitrashing
The frog of America is not in a pot of water coming to a slow boil. The frog of America is in the middle of a pile of rapidly accumulating rubble.
Boy-Gangsters in High Office
Many citizens of Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran are unhappy with their regimes. But it is not up to self-proclaimed saviors from the outside to overthrow the leaders of those countries.
Why the War in Iran Defies a Quick End
The conflict is descending into a protracted, grinding stalemate of social and civilizational endurance.
Trump, the Dying Multilateral Order, and the Global South
International law has been replaced by the principle of might makes right.
It’s Already a World War
Ruthless authoritarian leaders–Putin, Trump, Netanyahu–have declared war on international law.
Planet Palantir
How a clique of unhinged techno-optimists is putting humanity at risk.
This Is What Accountability Looks Like
Whether it’s the refusal to release all the Epstein files, the failure to punish Trump for his anti-democratic actions, or the launching of the war in Iran, the United States is becoming as unaccountable as Russia under Putin.