Corruption • Executive Power • Global • Violence
America’s Suez Crisis
Chris Hedges
The Chris Hedges Report
Amidst the US-Iran negotiations, Alastair Crooke says, Iran is not incentivized to end the war. Instead, it seeks to upend America's hegemonic dominance of the region — and "break the paradigm."
Democracy • Disinformation • Press Freedom • Recommended
From “Fake News” to Full Control: How the GOP Trained the Media to Serve Its Narrative
Thom Hartmann
The Hartmann Report (03/25/2026)
A 30-year campaign of intimidation turned watchdogs into lapdogs, and now the consequences are impossible to ignore…
Corruption • Executive Power • Human Rights • ICE • Legal
Could a former Brazilian model be the whistleblower Melania is afraid of?
Julie K Brown
The Epstein Files by Julie K. Brown
The First Lady’s unprecedented public statement about Jeffrey Epstein yesterday raised a lot of questions about what, if anything, is about to be revealed about Donald and Melania Trump’s relationship with the late sex trafficker.
Analysis • Culture • Democracy • Fascism • Global
Trump and Netanyahu: Two Madmen Playing God
Jeffrey Sachs
Savage Minds
When deranged leaders invoke divine catastrophe as a political instrument, it is not only their enemies who are consumed. We will all be the victims of Netanyahu’s plagues and Trump’s bombing of Iran to the stone ages, unless other leaders place limits on these two madmen.
Disinformation • Human Rights • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance • Violence
Global press freedom violations during the Iran war
CPJ Staff
CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists is monitoring press freedom violations related to the ongoing military escalation between Israel, the U.S and Iran and its spillover across the Middle East, including its regional and global impact on journalists and media workers.
Democracy • Executive Power • Impacts • Safety • Violence
The $1.7 trillion military budget includes a massive slush fund for Trump’s political allies
Judd Legum and Noel Sims
Popular Information
Last week, President Donald Trump declared that the federal government cannot afford to spend “any money for day care” because “we’re fighting wars.”
Corruption • Disinformation • Executive Power • Violence
Casualty Cover-Up: The Pentagon Is Hiding U.S. Losses Under Trump in the Middle East
Nick Turse
The Intercept
The Pentagon has sent outdated statements on the number of U.S. troops killed or wounded during the Iran war, resulting in undercounts.
Analysis • Democracy • Impacts • Resistance • Social Justice and Equity
“No Kings,” No Risk, No Change. The Protest Ritual That Lets America Feel Brave Without Doing Anything
Dr Stacey Patton
Dr Stacey Patton
Every few months now, like clockwork, millions of people pour into the streets chanting the same refrains. Holding the same signs. And reposting the same slogans with a fresh coat of urgency.





