The U.S. government doesn’t want to acknowledge a Polish torture site that everyone knows about.
Supreme Court Expands Government Secrecy Powers in Torture-Related Case
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The Struggle for What’s Essential
Global mining companies have used the pandemic to push unwanted projects on vulnerable communities, who are fighting back — and sometimes winning.
Herman Daly: An Economist for Eco-Social Activists
A new book explains how an economist, in challenging the orthodoxy, has helped activists change the world.
Americans Must Demand a Credible Investigation Into Shireen Abu Akleh’s Killing
If our tax dollars are furnishing the weapons that kill journalists and other innocents, that’s not just an international crime — it’s against U.S. law, too.
ICE Probably Spied on You
A new investigation reveals the immigration agency has collected data on most Americans. It’s the latest case in a worrying trend.
Tucker Carlson’s ‘Great Replacement’ Theory Comes from an Anti-American Nazi
Why has the American far right adopted an anti-American conspiracy theory as its rallying cry?
No Victory Day
Dealing with stalemates between Russia and Ukraine, environmentalists and climate change, and COVID and humanity.
India and Pakistan Are Baking, and Every Powerful Institution Is to Blame
Indians know they can’t rely on elites to save them from catastrophe. That’s exactly what could make a climate movement there so powerful.
What Remains of the U.S. Green New Deal?
Build Back Better is on the ropes. But other parts of a just transition are moving forward.
Muslims and the War on Terror: Two-Plus Decades of ‘Othering’
Maha Hilal’s “Innocent Until Proven Muslim” lays bare the War on Terror’s toll on constitutional rights and marginalized communities.