From The Devil’s Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry’s Troubled History Reverberates Today, Counterpoint Press. The prosecutor at the Treblinka trials, Alfred Spiess, described his defendants to filmmaker Claude Lanzmann this way: “They weren’t SS men; they came from the euthanasia project, became accustomed to killing, were kept together during the winter of the […]
Mehdi and Owen discuss the Tommy Robinson far-right rally in London, the crackdown on pro-Palestine protesters by the unpopular Starmer government, and Owen's recent visit to the occupied West Bank.
Watch Francesca Fiorentini break down how ABC’s cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel Live is more about the bottom line for media conglomerates than 'cancel culture'.
“They started bombing the graves. There’s no safety for the dead even.” That is a message I got from my sister R., then 13 years old and living in Rafah, on May 14, 2021. Those words came from a child who, four months prior, had buried our father; a child who was for days under Israeli bombardment and who, like most kids in Gaza, survived several wars of aggression. Later that day I found this photo, showing the aftermath of Israel’s bombing of the Shejaiya cemetery.
Homebuilding giant Lennar has launched an e-marketplace, with a potential “kickback scheme,” to help corporate landlords buy up properties and raise rents.
Sixteen states have bucked new Trump restrictions and allow all residents to receive COVID-19 vaccines, but major pharmacy chains’ websites still say otherwise.
Last summer, vying for the White House, Trump hailed himself as “the best president for the Black population.” A little more than a year later, this claim has become downright unbelievable, precisely because of what he’s done. In this video, I highlight this week’s Washington Post report on the Trump administration’s decision to remove Black […]
In just eight months, Trump has overseen a more bloody, dangerous, and dumb version of what he had accurately called Biden’s 'historically horrible' foreign policy.
Former Ohio state Sen. Kevin Coughlin—a self-described “husband, father, [and] small business owner”—is running to be the Republican nominee for Ohio’s 13th Congressional District seat in the 2026 midterms. He promises to “put Ohio workers and their families first,” according to his campaign website. “Never politicians, lobbyists, or special interests.” What Coughlin doesn’t say is […]