By Joshua Scheer Four centrist Republican members of the U.S. House broke with Speaker Mike Johnson and joined Democrats in signing a discharge petition that will compel a floor vote on extending pandemic‑era Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits for three more years. The enhanced subsidies, which help reduce monthly insurance costs for millions […]
By Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams House Republicans on Wednesday defeated a pair of war powers resolutions aimed at reining in US President Donald Trump’s airstrikes on alleged drug-running boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and his increasingly aggressive provocations that critics fear are leading to a war on Venezuela. The first resolution, introduced by Rep. […]
By Kit Klarenberg for his Substack On November 25th 1975, the 60th birthday of Chile’s CIA-installed dictator General Augusto Pinochet, high-ranking representatives of the repressive secret police forces of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay gathered in Santiago for a covert three-day summit. There, the quintet of US-sponsored Latin American fascist juntas forged an incendiary agreement. Dubbed ‘Operation Condor’ after […]
By Michael Arria for Mondoweiss Last month, activists gathered outside New York City’s Park East Synagogue to protest an event hosted by Nefesh B’Nefesh, an organization that assists Jewish individuals in relocating to Israel. The protest, which was organized by the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation (PAL Awda), was condemned as antisemitic by pro-Israel groups and leaders over chants of […]
The renowned historian joins John Harwood to discuss where the current administration lands in the US’s century-old battle between equality and racism.