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The remediation of nuclear waste has long been a classified endeavor. Accidents, exposure to radiation, and worker injuries on the job rarely, if ever, make the newspapers where they would receive public scrutiny. This is, of course, intentional.

Vampire Planet: The Time the US Nuked SpainThe remediation of nuclear waste has long been a classified endeavor. Accidents, exposure to radiation, and worker injuries on the job rarely, if ever, make the newspapers where they would receive pub...www.counterpunch.org

One of the glaring inconsistencies of American life is that the culture prides itself on “individual freedom,” but insists on blind participation in collective ritual.

All Rise…For What? Baseball, Conformity, and Violence in the USAOne of the glaring inconsistencies of American life is that the culture prides itself on “individual freedom,” but insists on blind participation in collective ritual. The inculcation of the conformis...www.counterpunch.org

Hakeem Jeffries, a seven-term representative from New York City, has received upwards of $1.7 million from pro-Israel donors. He is now third from the top of such recipients among the thousands of House members since 1990.

How Hakeem Jeffries and J Street Teamed Up for Arming GenocideWhen House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries sent out a recent “dear colleague” letter, its second sentence cited “the position articulated by… pro-peace organizations like J Street.” The congressman ...www.counterpunch.org

A hotter atmosphere holds more moisture, which means longer droughts between longer downpours, which means forests primed like kindling between floods.

BlowbackThe morning of June 27, 2021: Lytton, British Columbia, woke up and, without realizing it, set a record it never knew it was in the running for. This is,www.counterpunch.org

Not only is China’s GDP one-third larger than the US economy, it is also growing twice as fast. This means that the addition to GDP each year is far larger in China than in the United States.

China’s Is Bigger: Don’t Tell TrumpDon’t worry folks, we’re keeping our PG rating here. I’m talking about GDP. I had some people question my line in yesterday’s post that China’s economy iswww.counterpunch.org

Dissent is not its enemy of democracy but its lifeblood. The freedom to criticize those in power, expose injustice, challenge entrenched authority, and imagine a more just future is the foundation upon which a meaningful democratic society rests.

When Dissent Becomes “Terror”Every democracy worthy of the name recognizes a simple but indispensable truth: dissent is not its enemy but its lifeblood. The freedom to criticize those in power, expose injustice, challenge entrenc...www.counterpunch.org

America’s counterculture has been flipped by the Trump Administration’s Gonzo Governance.

The New CountercultureTrump and his followers promised a right-wing counterculture that challenged long-held norms and taken-for-granted assumptions about governance. They offered a Gonzo Governance agenda to upend princip...www.counterpunch.org

Much of the time, it seems as if the war machine runs on autopilot. Indeed, the U.S. has been engaged in warfare for almost the entirety of our 250-year history. It feels overwhelming to most people to attempt to intervene, yet we are all involved.

The War Machine, and the War Budget, Are Out of Control. Let’s Change That.Much of the time, it seems as if the war machine runs on autopilot. Indeed, the United States has been engaged in warfare for almost the entirety of ourwww.counterpunch.org

Under the Trump administration, so many ICE agents have shown up at farms that farmworkers have stopped showing up to work, crops have gone bad, and — no surprise — food prices have soared.

The Exploitation of America's FarmworkersFarmworkers are the backbone of America, but this country has a long history of exploiting the very people on whose labor we depend. Under the Trumpwww.counterpunch.org

The amount of materials needed to sustain an electrified future at the world’s continued pace of economic growth is as remarkable as it is troubling. By one estimate, at least 384 new mines will be needed by 2035.

Vampire Planet: Killing in the Name of ... Climate ChangeIt’s dry, hot, and windy. The dust is swirling. My buddy Colby and I are in the heart of the blazing Mojave to visit California’s most expansive open-pit mine. Owned and operated by the Australian min...www.counterpunch.org

The United States has always been divided against itself.

Stealing Democracy: Trump's Assault on Birthright CitizenshipThe assault on birthright citizenship is an attempt to steal one of Reconstruction's greatest democratic achievements. As constitutional scholar Sherrilyn Ifill reminds us, the framers of the Fourteen...www.counterpunch.org

The Venezuela earthquake’s impact spread along material and social fractures that were already carved deep by a decade of crippling sanctions and other imperialist aggressions.

Against Amnesia: The Venezuelan Earthquake, the Historical Moment and the Continental QuestionEarthquakes interrupt everyday life, but not history. Nor do they suspend politics. If anything, they compress history into a few dramatic days, revealingwww.counterpunch.org

Trump’s warnings about a ‘communist menace’ threatening American heritage are just a projection trick—it’s an inversion of reality, where the oppressors have become the oppressed, and the invaders act in self-defense against the very people they have robbed and slaughtered.

The Plot to Ruin AmericaNothing encapsulates the decline of the American project quite like the optics of its 250th anniversary. While four hundred masked neo-fascists marched through the capitol in navy-blue button-downs an...www.counterpunch.org

All bets are off.

Vampire Planet: The El Niño From HellWe’re in for it. At least that’s the dire warning from scientists about the El Niño conditions now brewing in the Pacific Ocean. What’s actually in storewww.counterpunch.org

Amal ’Ajlouni is twenty-five years old. She is a mother of four. In July 2023, Israeli soldiers stormed her home in the southern Hebron neighborhood of Khallat Al-Qaba. She testified: www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/03/m...

You know something is amiss when a World Cup referee is denied entry to the United States while Canada and Mexico appear to present no such obstacles.

The Beautiful Game Meets the Border GuardYou know something is amiss when a World Cup referee is denied entry to the United States while Canada and Mexico appear to present no such obstacles. That is what happened when Somali match official ...www.counterpunch.org

The case for letting Malibu flood:

Vampire Planet: The Case for Letting Malibu FloodThe first major swell of the year pummeled Southern California this week, and onlookers flocked to ritzy Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach to watch adrenaline junkies attack the Wedge – a mutant wave ...www.counterpunch.org

Bats move through desert night skies with a purpose that is easy to overlook and difficult to replace. As they travel from plant to plant, feeding on nectar, they are also performing one of the most important ecological services in arid landscapes: pollination.

Why Bats Matter to Desert EcosystemsBats move through desert night skies with a purpose that is easy to overlook and difficult to replace. As they travel from plant to plant, feeding onwww.counterpunch.org

If we are to understand the conditions facing vulnerable children, we have to begin with a difficult truth: poverty remains the central force shaping their lives. It is not the only factor, but it is the most consistent one.

Investing in Care: A Public-Private Model for Youth OpportunityIf we are to understand the conditions facing vulnerable children, we have to begin with a difficult truth: poverty remains the central force shapingwww.counterpunch.org

Trump, an unapologetically ignorant leader, cannot possibly imagine how Cubans over the decades have come together to help each other through crises, whether weather-caused or man-made.

Trump May Be Serious About ‘Taking Over’ CubaThe US, with Donald Trump as president, has become a bizarre place. The country is at the moment in a sort of lull in a major war that Trump and hiswww.counterpunch.org