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In the span of roughly 10 minutes, Israel created one of the bloodiest days in Lebanon’s history. On April 8, Lebanon was the target of indiscriminate military aggression on par with the 2024 Pager Attacks, as Israeli forces conducted a series of coordinated airstrikes across southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, Dahieh, and parts of greater […]
Since the ceasefire in early October of last year, there have been attempts to restore normalcy to Gaza, including establishing security in areas not under Israeli military control, such as the central region and parts of the south and north. During the war, there were no functioning state or security systems throughout the Strip. From […]
While much of the world's focus has been on the US-Israeli war against Iran, there's another front that's receiving far less attention: Lebanon.
Israeli restrictions threaten to halt the services of the World Central Kitchen organization, which provides one million meals daily to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, warning of a worsening humanitarian crisis. The World Kitchen, which began operating in Gaza during the Israeli war of attrition, stated that the number of trucks entering Gaza is only […]
The war on Iran was decades in the making, but is finally here. Decades of US-led economic sanctions proved ineffective in toppling Iranian sovereignty. Faced with Iran’s refusal to capitulate under economic pressure, the US and Israel pursued the much riskier strategy of an unprovoked military war of choice; this war’s unstated objective, given that […]
Restoration efforts are being made at the Mamluk Pasha's Palace in Gaza City, one of hundreds of cultural heritage sites devastated and looted by the Israeli military.
Restoration efforts are being made at the Mamluk Pasha's Palace in Gaza City, one of hundreds of cultural heritage sites devastated and looted by the Israeli military.
The killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE officer Jonathan Ross on January 7th during Operation Metro Surge, ICE’s extended crackdown on Minnesota’s Twin Cities, has unleashed a wave of protests across the country. Despite the vocal public opposition, the raids themselves are intensifying. More than 3,000 federal agents have been deployed to Minneapolis and […]
Two weeks ago, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Nicole Good. Despite video of the incident circulating widely online and protests in multiple cities, no charges have been brought against Ross. In Minneapolis, a city currently under federal occupation, calls for justice are not going away. “If anybody else had murdered someone on […]
Amid the escalations by federal agents and the fear that looms heavy in the air in the Twin Cities, Minnesotans are showing up for their immigrant neighbors and each other in a multitude of ways, some old and some newfound.
Meghnad Bose, independent journalist and University of Memphis Professor of Journalism, joins the show to discuss his new BreakThrough News investigation exposing how over $1 billion in Americans’ retirement funds are funneled into private prison giants GEO Group and CoreCivic, which detain the vast majority of ICE detainees. Bose also reports from Minneapolis, where Trump’s […]
Trump ordered the massive bombing of Iran in June. Next he bombed Venezuela and kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January 2026. Is Trump now setting his imperial sights on Cuba? Brian Becker is joined by Manolo De Los Santos, the executive director of The People’s Forum in New York.
Amid the escalations by federal agents and the fear that looms heavy in the air in the Twin Cities, Minnesotans are showing up for their immigrant neighbors and each other in a multitude of ways, some old and some newfound.
A BreakThrough News analysis reveals the extent to which ordinary Americans are invested in companies operating immigration detention centers that are sites of repeated human rights violations.
We’re joined live by former UN human rights official Craig Mokhiber, whose recent Mondoweiss article, “Ushering in the age of impunity: Venezuela, Palestine, and the end of international law,” unpacks how recent U.S. aggression from Venezuela to Gaza signals a dangerous unraveling of the post-World War II legal order. We’ll discuss: • What the U.S. […]
The U.S. military raid on Venezuela on January 3 shocked the world. On Dispatches, Rania Khalek is joined by Jorge Arreaza, Venezuela’s former foreign minister, to explain what actually happened and to respond directly to U.S. media narratives about “betrayal,” regime change, and control.
Maureen Tkacik, investigations editor at The American Prospect, joins the show to discuss her new article, “The Narco‑Terrorist Elite: Why is Marco Rubio so hell‑bent on making Iran‑Contra again?” She discusses Rubio’s central role in pushing Trump’s attack on Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro, a campaign sold to the public through a […]
Giorgio Cafiero, CEO of Gulf State Analytics, discusses the escalating proxy war in Yemen, which has sparked “an unprecedented crisis in the Saudi-UAE alliance.” As the UAE and Israel seek to fragment Yemen, Cafiero explains how the war reveals a growing “axis of fragmentation” reshaping the region, with the UAE and Israel working together to […]
Venezuelan journalist Andreína Chávez Alava reports from Caracas, cutting through U.S. media disinformation to explain the mass mobilizations defending Venezuela’s sovereignty after Washington’s attack. As she makes clear, “This attack by American imperialism did not defeat the Venezuelan government. It did not defeat the Bolivarian project. The government remains in place.” Chávez explains why Venezuelans […]
Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear discuss Wednesday’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Video of the incident shows she was attempting to drive away and posed no obvious threat when an agent began shooting, though Trump administration officials claim it was self-defense. Khalek says […]
Rania Khalek is joined by journalist and political economist Ben Norton, editor of the Geopolitical Economy Report, to break down why the Trump administration attacked Venezuela—and what comes next. Norton explains how Trump’s bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro are not isolated acts, but part of a broader U.S. imperial offensive […]
Rania Khalek is joined by journalist and political economist Ben Norton, editor of the @GeopoliticalEconomyReport to explain Trump’s threat to colonize Greenland.
Rania Khalek is joined by Zoe Alexandra of People’s Dispatch and special guests for a live episode of Dispatches examining the Trump administration’s unprecedented attack on Venezuela. The US has invaded and bombed Venezuela, kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and is openly threatening to expand its campaign against Venezuela’s neighbors and allies. We […]
As Christmas approaches, Gaza’s historic Christian community is preparing for the holidays. Yet for the third consecutive year, Israel is preventing Gaza’s Christians from making their religious pilgrimage to Bethlehem, regarded in the Bible as the birthplace of Christ. Only two churches are currently operating in Gaza, the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius, and […]
A DSA member just won one of the most significant left-wing electoral victories in recent memory with Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York — despite red-baiting, anti-Palestinian smears, and a full-on campaign to demonize socialism. But that victory has raised big questions: Why keep Jessica Tisch as NYPD commissioner? Why discourage a primary against […]
When Rahmanullah Lakanwal allegedly shot two National Guard officers stationed near the White House on the morning of November 26, he had only been in the United States a few years. But his history with the country that occupied his homeland of Afghanistan began long before. Lakanwal came to the U.S. as an evacuee from […]
Mahmoud Al-Ardah, from the town of Arraba in Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, was born on November 8, 1975. First arrested in 1992, and then again in 1996, Al-Ardah has spent most of his life in Israeli prisons. On September 6, 2021, he and five other prisoners escaped from Gilboa Prison by digging […]
On Oct. 28, Maher Tarabishi, 62, of Arlington, Texas was arrested upon arrival at his local ICE office, where he had gone for a routine check-in. Now, the Department of Homeland Security is accusing Tarabishi of “terrorist” connections through the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), threatening deportation and permanent separation from his family – specifically, his […]
Every year, tens of millions of people descend on Philadelphia to walk the streets that helped launch a nation. Philadelphia is a city of “firsts” and “oldests” from the cobblestone streets of Elfreth’s Alley, to the first lending library and first public hospital. The region drew a record-breaking 46 million visitors in 2019 alone to […]
After the recent massacre in El Fasher, the eyes of the world have shifted to Sudan, but the conflict remains little-understood by outsiders. The country’s civil war, between the internationally recognized Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has directly killed over 150,000, displaced 10 million people, and starved half a million […]
On September 30th, in the middle of the night, hundreds of men dressed in tactical military gear descended upon an apartment building in Chicago’s South Shore. Blackhawk helicopters were circling above. The agents threw flashbangs and began kicking down front doors. When residents looked out their windows, they saw masked men holding guns with lights […]
This Sunday, November 2, over 55,000 runners will traverse all five boroughs of New York City in the TCS New York City Marathon. For the twelfth consecutive year, India’s Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)—a multinational information technology company headquartered in Mumbai, India—will function as the event’s title sponsor, channeling millions into its global brand infrastructure. Behind […]
As the New York City mayoral race intensifies, bail reform has become a defining issue for some of the city’s most influential donors. A network of billionaires and corporate figures has rallied behind former governor Andrew Cuomo, now running as an independent, while portraying his opponent, Democrat Zohran Mamdani, as “soft on crime.” Among Cuomo’s […]
Marwan Marouf, a Palestinian American community leader In Dallas, faces deportation by ICE, which has accused him of potential ties to terrorism. His crime? Fiscal sponsorship of an orphan in Palestine. Marouf, who serves as director of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Muslim-American Society, was put in handcuffs and escorted into an unmarked SUV […]