Once again the New York Times’ trust in sources with self-serving agendas has resulted in reporting that has tragic societal consequences—this time with respect to the treatment of depression. counterpunch.org/2024/05/08/new…

Obama's Legacy: refused to prosecute torturers & the people who lied the US into Iraq war & bailed out the bankers so they could continue to prey on homeowners. At a moment when twin crises should have reshaped the Republic for the better, he intervened to save a corrupt system.

Dozens of GW and DC students gassed and arrested in the early hours for setting up encampment to oppose genocide. Coincidentally, it happens the same day Mayor Bowser testifies in front of a congressional committee on why she *hasn’t* sent in the cops. What McCarthyism looks like

Joe Biden is older than Israel and Hamas

My colleague in Rafah said today that she woke her 6-month-old baby up in the middle of the night to play. With the heavy bombardment, she thought it would be their last night alive: 'If this would be my last night at least I got the chance to hug my daughter for the last time.'

As a tenured professor at Columbia’s Journalism School, I’ve been watching the student protests ever since the brutal Hamas attack of October 7th, and I’ve been struck by the decorum of the protesting students. counterpunch.org/2024/05/08/the…

i really love Macklemore’s Hind’s Hall💯—but let’s not forget it was a Black rapper named Redveil who was the 1st artist to name all children killed in Gaza, call for a ceasefire & say “Free Palestine!” during a live concert

he was 19 & it was nov 12th

As Biden engineers largest spasm of oil production in US history...

The most comprehensive study on forest governance finds markets are making deforestation, climate change & inequality worse.

“The evidence does not support the claim of win-wins for ecology, economy & people as a policy response to environmental problems” phys.org/news/2024-05-b…

Whoa!

Cody Roberts, the Wyoming man who ran over a #wolf with his snowmobile then paraded the disabled wolf around a bar for hours, actually worked with Wyoming Game & Fish for at least four years before the agency charged him for his handling of the animal.

gillettenewsrecord.com/news/wyoming/a…

How DJ Vlad Weaponizes Whiteness
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By forcibly evicting and arresting protesters on university campuses, a clear message is sent to sympathetic others: keep quiet, accept things as they are, don’t step out of line—or you too will suffer. counterpunch.org/2024/05/07/uni…

There are more. The actors Indya Moore and Hunter Schafer were both arrested at a JVP protest of Biden's apparence on Late Night. Jonathon Glazer, obviously, the Irish musician Hozier, the Hadid sisters, Melissa Barerra, The Weekend, Sara Ramirez, Annie Lennox, Mark Ruffalo...

Unequal distributions of income and wealth are serving to increase “the acceptability of self-interested unethical behaviors.” counterpunch.org/2024/05/07/the…

The pro-Palestine student who was deliberately hit by a car was just arrested; she is currently handcuffed to her hospital bed.

The students who leave their campus protests can and should focus on members of Congress in their Districts and in Washington. counterpunch.org/2024/05/07/the…

What a lying sack of shit this longtime blood-soaked imperialist is. counterpunch.org/2024/05/07/gen…

everything I hear and read about UCLA last week is totally surreal and terrifying lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/may/…

The point of this raid was terror. They waited for those kids to fall asleep. And then they pulled the tents from under them while they were sleeping. Shame on the University of Chicago.

We are seeing how people who dare to speak out against massive state violence—college students protesting Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza—are being beaten and arrested at the behest of university leaders, who are acting as agents of the US government. counterpunch.org/2024/05/07/uni…