Join a Loyalty Club for Highter Education—While You Still Can!
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/higher-education-compact-mcmahon-trump/
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/higher-education-compact-mcmahon-trump/
The Nation
Join a Loyalty Club for Highter Education—While You Still Can!
Another way to show devotion to the nation and to truth.
Cornell Drops Its Discrimination Case Against a Pro-Palestine Professor After Public Outcry
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/cornell-pro-palestinian-professor-discrimination-case-dropped/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/cornell-pro-palestinian-professor-discrimination-case-dropped/
The Nation
Cornell Drops Its Discrimination Case Against a Pro-Palestine Professor After Public Outcry
After around 160 faculty members signed a resolution condemning the university, Cornell closed a disciplinary case against Dr. Eric Cheyfitz on the condition that he retires.
Sébastien Lecornu Wants to Cut Everything but the Military
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/france-lecornu-military-defense-macron/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/france-lecornu-military-defense-macron/
Jacobin
Sébastien Lecornu Wants to Cut Everything but the Military
France’s new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has had a rocky start. Yet as armed forces minister, he has already proved himself where it counts: loyally defending Emmanuel Macron’s austerity plans while pushing for ever higher military spending.
Raging Against Vladimir Putin’s War Machine
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/putin-ukraine-dissent-political-prisoners/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/putin-ukraine-dissent-political-prisoners/
Jacobin
Raging Against Vladimir Putin’s War Machine
In Russia and occupied Ukraine, many thousands of civilians have been jailed or forcibly disappeared for speaking out against the invasion. The numbers reflect a crackdown on dissent worse than at any point since the 1950s.
Headlines for October 14, 2025
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/14/headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/14/headlines
Democracy Now!
Headlines for October 14, 2025
Israeli Military Forces Kill at Least 5 Palestinians Despite Ceasefire Agreement; Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank Celebrate Return of Nearly 2,000 Prisoners; Families Demand Hamas Return Bodies of 24 Israeli Hostages; Trump Co-Chairs Summit…
"Recognize Palestine": Israeli Knesset Member Ofer Cassif on Protesting Trump, Netanyahu Speeches
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/14/ofer_cassif
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/14/ofer_cassif
Democracy Now!
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As President Trump addressed the Israeli Knesset on Monday, he was briefly interrupted by two lawmakers who waved signs reading “Recognize Palestine.” The two Knesset members, Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif with the Hadash-Ta’al alliance, were expelled from the…
Free Dr. Abu Safiya: Calls Grow for Israel to Release Imprisoned Gaza Healthcare Workers
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/14/naji_abbas
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/14/naji_abbas
Democracy Now!
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Pressure is mounting for Israel to release many more detainees as part of the U.S.-backed Gaza ceasefire deal, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been held under harsh conditions without charge since December…
Will Gaza Ceasefire Last? Trump's Plan "Short on Details" Beyond Release of Captives
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/14/khaled_elgindy
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/14/khaled_elgindy
Democracy Now!
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As President Trump celebrates his Gaza ceasefire deal, major questions remain over what happens next. Democracy Now! speaks with Khaled Elgindy, visiting scholar at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, who breaks down the U.S.-backed…
Juan González on Chicago's Grassroots Movement to Protect Immigrants from ICE
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/14/juan_chicago
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/14/juan_chicago
Democracy Now!
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As Trump threatens to send more federal troops to Chicago, grassroots movements have mobilized to protect immigrants from ICE raids. Democracy Now!’s Juan González, who is based in Chicago, reports that there have been “meetings all around the city, at college…
The Used Car Market Is Imploding
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/used-car-market-wall-street/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/used-car-market-wall-street/
Jacobin
The Used Car Market Is Imploding
Huge bankruptcies for used car firms have exposed Wall Street’s entanglement with the sector. Far from derisking after the Great Recession, banks rebuilt the economy on obscure financial intermediaries that are now sinking.
What Is Going on in the Grocery Industry?
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/grocery-industry-walmart-mamdani-schweizer/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/grocery-industry-walmart-mamdani-schweizer/
Jacobin
What Is Going On in the Grocery Industry?
Will Amazon disrupt groceries? How did Walmart take over food sales? Is Zohran Mamdani’s public grocery plan too small? Why is the market increasingly polarized between Erewhons and dollar stores? An ex–Whole Foods vice president gives us an industry tour.
How to Save the Internet From “Enshittification”
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/internet-enshittification-antitrust-tech-doctorow/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/internet-enshittification-antitrust-tech-doctorow/
Jacobin
How to Save the Internet From “Enshittification”
The activist and writer Cory Doctorow spoke to Jacobin about the steady decline of the “enshittified” internet and what we can do to save it.
How María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize Could Lead to War
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/nobel-peace-prize-venezeuala-war/
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/nobel-peace-prize-venezeuala-war/
The Nation
How María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize Could Lead to War
Machado’s record makes a mockery of the idea she is a committed champion of peace, promoter of democracy, or unifying figure.
New Mexico Is Providing Free Childcare for All. It’s Time for Others to Do the Same
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/childcare-for-all-progressivism-new-mexico/
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/childcare-for-all-progressivism-new-mexico/
The Nation
New Mexico Is Providing Free Childcare for All. It’s Time for Others to Do the Same
The state is setting a powerful example with its first-in-the-nation plan. But the policy has support across the US.
Freedom is a Constant Struggle
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/freedom-is-a-constant-struggle-2/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/freedom-is-a-constant-struggle-2/
CounterPunch.org
Freedom is a Constant Struggle
I’d read and heard loads about One Battle After Another and invited a friend who came through the long Sixties to see it with me. She has studied the kind
László Krasznahorkai’s Grand Tales of Alienation Speak to Our Times
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/laszlo-krasznahorkais-grand-tales-of-alienation-speak-to-our-times/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/laszlo-krasznahorkais-grand-tales-of-alienation-speak-to-our-times/
CounterPunch.org
László Krasznahorkai’s Grand Tales of Alienation Speak to Our Times
Awarding the Nobel prize for literature to László Krasznahorkai today, the Swedish Academy commended the author’s “compelling and visionary oeuvre that,
When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/when-maria-corina-machado-wins-the-nobel-peace-prize-peace-has-lost-its-meaning/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/when-maria-corina-machado-wins-the-nobel-peace-prize-peace-has-lost-its-meaning/
CounterPunch.org
When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning
When I saw the headline Maria Corina Machado wins the Peace Prize, I almost laughed at the absurdity. But I didn’t, because there’s nothing funny about
Worlds Extinguished: Hostage Returns, Central Casting and the Gaza Ceasefire
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/worlds-extinguished-hostage-returns-central-casting-and-the-gaza-ceasefire/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/worlds-extinguished-hostage-returns-central-casting-and-the-gaza-ceasefire/
CounterPunch.org
Worlds Extinguished: Hostage Returns, Central Casting and the Gaza Ceasefire
Depending on which source you consult, the twenty-point peace plan of President Donald Trump for securing peace in Gaza shows much exultance and