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China’s economic challenges — in Chinese experts’ eyes
We surveyed Chinese economists and analysts for the year ahead. Here’s what they told us.
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Democracy Now Video • Jan 8, 2026
Top U.S. & World Headlines — January 8, 2026
Scheer Post • Jan 8, 2026
Trump Abandonment of Global Treaties, Including Landmark Climate Deal, ‘Threatens All Life on Earth’
“Trump cutting ties with the world’s oldest climate treaty is another despicable effort to let corporate fossil fuel interests run our government."
Scheer Post • Jan 8, 2026
The New German Warfare State
Boundless militarization has become the key project of Germany and the European Union to halt their decline.
Scheer Post • Jan 8, 2026
Ushering In the Age of Impunity: Venezuela, Palestine, and the End of International Law
The recent sound of explosions over Venezuela, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, and Nigeria are not merely the spasms by a declining U.S. empire. They are something much more terrifying — the dawning of the age of impunity.
Scheer Post • Jan 8, 2026
The Narco-Trafficking Elite Set to Run Venezuela (w/ Maureen Tkacik) | The Chris Hedges Report
Marco Rubio’s personal ties to drug trafficking underscore a deep irony in the Trump administration’s attempts to use the drug war as a means of achieving their imperialist goals in Latin America.
Scheer Post • Jan 8, 2026
Genocide in Gaza, Apartheid in the Palestinian West Bank: UN Report
“The report warns that Israel is violating international law requiring States to prohibit and eradicate racial segregation and apartheid.”
Zeteo • Jan 8, 2026
*4pm ET TODAY* Congressional Candidate Cameron Kasky Discusses His 'Devastating' Palestine Visit
‘It’s so much worse than you think,' says Kasky, who is a young progressive Jewish Democrat. He'll be taking your questions in an exclusive Town Hall Q&A, moderated by Mehdi.
Democracy Now • Jan 8, 2026
Trump Vows to "Indefinitely" Control Venezuela's Oil as U.S. Seizes Two More Oil Tankers
U.S. forces have seized two more oil tankers with links to Venezuela, days after the U.S. attacked Venezuela and abducted President Nicolás Maduro along with his wife, making former Vice President Delcy Rodríguez the new leader of the country. “This is a decapitation without regime change,” says Venezuelan economist Francisco Rodríguez. “The political system in Venezuela remains intact.” In Caracas, former Venezuelan diplomat Carlos Ron says Maduro is a “prisoner of war” and that Venezuelans “are angry and are upset about this incursion from the United States.” This comes as the Trump administration has announced plans to control sales of Venezuela’s oil “indefinitely.”
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The new era of Israeli expansionism and the war economy that fuels it
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NASA’s Artemis II plans to send a crew around the Moon to test equipment and lay the groundwork for a future landing
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How Human Rights Watch Shattered Yugoslavia
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Kidnapping a President: Leonardo Flores on Trump’s War Against Venezuela
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The Grammys Actually Acknowledged What’s Going on in the World
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Ignoring China’s Poverty Alleviation Success Is Costing Us All
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