Cheney and Obama Enabled Trump’s Extrajudicial Killings
The extrajudicial murders carried out by the Trump administration in the Caribbean build on a dangerous power grab forged by Dick Cheney and expanded under Barack Obama.
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Labour Is Copying Denmark’s Shameful Anti-Refugee Policies
The UK’s Labour government wants to copy Danish measures to make refugees’ status more temporary and even confiscate their valuables. It’s a dangerous policy that will only fuel a race to the right, as it’s already doing in Denmark.
AI Price-Fixing Is Protected by . . . the First Amendment?
Tech giant RealPage filed a federal lawsuit asserting that AI companies have a free speech right to help landlords collude to raise rents, part of a broader trend of corporations advancing new interpretations of the First Amendment to protect their power.
Building Municipal Socialism in New York With DSA
Socialists’ path to supporting Mayor Zohran Mamdani will build on the strategy that socialists there have developed over the past decade, writes NYC Democratic Socialists of America cochair Grace Mausser.
Canada’s “Diversification” Trade Deal Is a Gift to Autocrats
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is touting a trade deal with the UAE. Behind the talk of investment and partnership lies a trade agenda that weakens rights protections, boosts natural gas, and reinforces one of the world’s most repressive states.
The Ruling Class Is Uncancelable
If the late Dick Cheney’s Never-Trump rehabilitation is any indication, Larry Summers’s public-facing career is far from over — despite not just his Jeffrey Epstein ties but his principal role in laying waste to America’s working class.
Palestine Is a Fundamental Moral and Political Compass
France Insoumise legislator Emma Fourreau was recently scheduled to speak about the Gaza aid flotillas at Die Linke’s Berlin headquarters, but her talk was canceled. She writes in Jacobin about why speaking up for Palestine is a duty for the Left.
When the Market Came for the Dying
In the early years of the AIDS crisis, the US government left people with HIV to fend for themselves. Desperate, they turned to a new and little-understood financial instrument: selling their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash.
Passports for Sale
A growing number of states are willing to sell citizenship and the privileges it brings — if you can afford to pay. The lucrative trade in “golden passports” exposes the dark side of capitalist globalization and its unequal valuation of human life.
Peter Thiel’s Apocalyptic Worldview Is a Dangerous Fantasy
Peter Thiel recently generated headlines with his rambling diatribes about the Antichrist. Thiel’s lurid, apocalyptic view of world politics may be ludicrous or even deranged, but his wealth and power mean that we can’t afford to ignore it.
Nativism vs. the Bottom Line
While the Trump administration’s draconian immigration policies may hurt businesses reliant on undocumented labor, the fractured capitalist class won’t stand up to the president.
Bring Back the Yugoslav Basketball Team
The breakup of Yugoslavia ended one of basketball’s greatest dynasties. A cross-border team could revive that legacy — and model internationalism in a divided world.