is-the-us-still-at-war-with-iran-—-or-not?

It’s no stretch to say Americans are confused and upset over the war in Iran. Polling throughout the war has shown broad dissatisfaction with President Traitor 47’s handling of the conflict and a strong feeling that the administration never adequately explained why the U.S. was attacking Iran to begin with.Continue Reading

why-a-weakened-starmer-will-worry-the-eu

After bruising local election losses, Sir Keir Starmer is preparing a renewed push for closer ties with the European Union — but Brussels worries that his political weakness could stall or derail any meaningful post-Brexit reset.Continue Reading

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Players’ union challenges French state’s failure to protect professional footballers from risks to health and safety., Players’ union challenge French state’s failure to protect professional footballers from the health and safety risks. Football players’ union ‌FIFPRO is hailing a “landmark” legal win after a European rights ⁠body agreed to ⁠investigateContinue Reading

america’s-mining-future-echoes-its-colonial-past

This investigation was reported in collaboration between  Inside Climate News  and  Columbia Journalism Investigations . This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter  here . BLACK HILLS, S.D.—Trina Lone Hill wasn’t surprised that miningContinue Reading

kenya’s-goon-economy

In the socio-economic underclasses around Nairobi, Kenya—a certain kind of market opens for business each day. It’s not a market for food or clothing, but for violence. The currency is desperation, and the commodities are young men whose bodies and futures are traded for quick cash. The brokers are politicians,Continue Reading

meet-the-future-of-the-democratic-party

Last Thursday, populist Democratic candidate Graham Platner shook up the Democratic establishment when his primary competitor, Maine Governor Janet Mills, suspended her Senate campaign amid polls showing her badly trailing Platner, an oyster farmer who had come out of nowhere to win a national following. Platner is the latest exampleContinue Reading

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The pollution spreading across southern Russia exposes environmental collapse under Putin’s system., Southern Russia is facing one of the largest environmental disasters in its modern history. In April, repeated Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil infrastructure in Tuapse triggered massive refinery fires and oil spills along the Black Sea coast, includingContinue Reading