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First US sale of Venezuelan oil goes to Trump megadonor company
The first US sale of Venezuelan oil since the Trump administration illegally attacked the South American country earlier this month went to the company of a trader who donated millions…
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Trump ‘piracy’ continues, 7th Venezuela-linked oil tanker hijacked
US forces on Tuesday seized a seventh oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea linked to Venezuela as President Donald Trump’s military campaign to control the source of the world’s largest…
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Billionaires win big under Trump, working class not at all
The first year of President Donald Trump’s second White House term made abundantly clear who he and his Republican allies in Congress serve—and who they don’t.
That’s the argument of a…
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When Martí met King: A conversation across empires
(Editor’s Note: Today, Jan. 15, is the birthday of slain civil rights leader and philosopher-prophet Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Later this month, we celebrate José Martí’s birthday.…
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America under siege: Fear and the unchecked presidency
There are moments when the danger facing a nation is not announced by sirens or declarations of war, but by something quieter and more corrosive: fear—abroad and at home—paired with the…
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A new template for conflict, but Cuba poses the same old questions
Let's examine the recent United States military strike on Venezuela not only as a spectacle but as a test case. What happened in Caracas in early January was not simply the removal of…
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The machinery of terror
Terror is the engine that empowers dictatorships. It eliminates dissidents. It silences critics. It dismantles the law.
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Marco Rubio and the narco-terrorist elite
(Editor’s Note: This article summarizes an article first published in The American Prospect and written by Maureen Tkacik. To see the original article, click here.)
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Marco Rubio…
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Broke, or broken?
We’re told Social Security is running out of money.
We’re told food stamps are for lazy people who don’t want to work—even though many recipients hold two or more jobs and still can’t…
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