Populist economic policies grounded in the value of work and commonsense notions of fairness may be able to win over constituencies that have abandoned Democrats in recent decades. There’s a problem though: the Democratic brand is trash.

Trump Says Israel and Hamas Have Agreed to Gaza Ceasefire Deal; Israel Continues Attacks on Gaza Even as Palestinians Celebrate News of Ceasefire; Spanish Parliament Approves Israel Arms Embargo as Dutch Protesters Hold Sit-Ins for Gaza; GOP Defeats Senate…

Celebrations broke out in Gaza and Israel overnight after President Trump announced Israel and Hamas have agreed on the first phase of a hostage-ceasefire deal. Trump said the remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza would likely be released on Monday. Israel…

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of a U.S.-backed ceasefire deal for Gaza. The 20-point roadmap includes a swap of captives and a phased Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, though details on many of the planks…

Israeli forces have abducted over 500 peace activists over the past week who were sailing to Gaza in an effort to deliver humanitarian aid to the besieged territory. Organizers of the Global Sumud Flotilla say most of the participants were sent to Ktzi’ot…

Mainstream economics argues that the tax system is the best tool for reducing economic inequality. In fact, “predistributive” measures like minimum wages and collective bargaining can be equally or more effective.

During a hearing this week, the court’s theocrats made it clear that they’ll vote to end a ban on conversion therapy for minors.

Trump hates dissent.

A softball interview with Trump-appointed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett provides a glimpse of the kind of journalism we can expect from CBS News now.

Donald Trump thinks the US was constrained by “political correctness” in Vietnam and Afghanistan. But those wars were characterized by thorough dehumanization and staggering destruction. What type of war would be politically incorrect enough for Trump?

The Professional Staff Congress, the faculty and staff union at the City University of New York, is organizing against GOP attacks on higher ed — and fighting what it says are the CUNY administration’s own McCarthyist attacks on pro-Palestine professors.

Reacting to the announcement of the first stage of a ceasefire deal in Gaza, Oxfam International’s Executive Director Amitabh Behar said: “This is a desperately needed step towards ending Israel’s genocide in Gaza. We welcome the release of Israeli hostages…

More than 1 in 4 U.S. children under age 5 rely on WIC program for food assistance

Those who deny the Gaza genocide are intellectually and morally equivalent to Holocaust deniers--yet the Wall Street Journal persists in running such denial.

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, we are excited to present a panel discussion featuring Ramzy Baroud and Janene Yazzie, which took place last July

There are so many conflicts of interest around Jared Kushner that it's hard to avoid covering them--yet journalists do so remarkably well.

Attributions matter for the larger public. If a newly discovered painting is by Leonardo da Vinci or Caravaggio, then it is very valuable. But if it turns

The headlines call it a ceasefire. The diplomats call it peace. But what’s being unveiled isn’t peace — it’s colonial revival. Under the banner of

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, Fear and Joy stand with me in every enterprise; Embracing all of my emotions as if twins enjoined at my

Diary of a High-Risk Lifestyle, the new novella by Kay Buckingham, with illustrations by Martha Rosenberg, takes readers back 50 years. It is set in