Information Crisis

On paper, Alexander Vindman’s loss in last week’s Florida Democratic Senate was a shocking upset. After all, Vindman had a 16-to-1 fundraising advantage and far more national name recognition than the winner — progressive state Rep. Angie Nixon. But the results...

Western media, by employing double standards, censorship, deceptive language, amplifying Israeli lies and dehumanizing Palestinians, facilitates the genocide in Gaza. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where...

Some of the over 56,000 returnees the Malawian government brought back home are assisted upon arrival. Credit: Thomas Kachere/IPS By Charles Mpaka BLANTYRE, Malawi, Aug 25 2026 (IPS) When the Malawian government announced the conclusion of the repatriation of its citizens trapped in...

Al Shara aka Al Jolani, Sunni Terrorist For a quarter century the United States has told the world, and itself, a simple story about its role in the Middle East. On September 11, 2001, it was attacked by Sunni jihadists, and...

From Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian to Jennifer Aniston and Lionel Messi, celebrities across the world are hiring teams of Israeli bodyguards made up of former Shin Bet, Mossad, and Israeli special forces. But how safe is it to entrust your...

This myth has helped to maintain Western support for the war but has not served Ukraine – a completely devastated country – well at all. Branko Marcetic is a staff writer with Jacobin magazine and the author of Yesterday’s Man: the...

The United States is interfering in the Brazilian presidential elections, pressuring the Brazilian electorate into voting for right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of disgraced former president, Jair Bolsonaro. If that does not work and President Lula da Silva secures...

Bethlehem / PNN / The Aida Social Youth Centre, in cooperation with Palestine News Network (PNN), has concluded a training course under the “Young Citizen for Podcasting” programme, held over two and a half months to train a group of children...

For those casually observing the war in Ukraine, the failure of Kyiv’s recent strikes on Russian territory to impact the battlefield might be disappointing, even inexplicable. For those who have paid close attention to the war, it is just the...

At a glance, the Hanover Institute for Public Policy looks like a new think tank dedicated to Israel/Palestine. The organization churns out think-tank style reports on questions such as “Does AIPAC Use ‘Dark Money in Elections?” and “Is Israel Carrying...

The Documenting Oppression against Muslims (DOAM) organization has charted a series of anti-Muslim hate crimes, harassment, and assaults over the summer of 2026 in the United States, Britain, Canada, Ireland, Italy, and Belgium. The ten weeks since the end of...

The Documenting Oppression against Muslims (DOAM) organization has charted a series of anti-Muslim hate crimes, harassment, and assaults over the summer of 2026 in the United States, Britain, Canada, Ireland, Italy, and Belgium. The ten weeks since the end of...

An open letter to the brilliant British journalist, Simon Jenkins, concerning his writings concerning the Ukraine war. Thomas Palley is an American economist who has served as the chief economist for the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission Photo: Azov/Twitter Dear Simon, Thank...

African governments can lead by requiring environmental and social impact assessments for AI infrastructure Originally published on Global Voices Advox Ibrahim says AI has the potential to support, rather than replace, Indigenous peoples’ knowledge. She gives a positive example in Chad, where...

In this Monty-Python style animation, Uncle Sam tries to use forever wars, global piracy and corporate greed to Make America Great Again . But surreal, pudgy-footed, medieval rabbit cartoons have armed themselves with hypercomic weapons and are striking back against...

Our unwillingness to think about how to change our reality may simply be the noise of capitalism speaking through us. It’s time to find value in something more than a new iPhone or pair of jeans Jonathan Cook is the author...

We are seeing today a surge in heretical media outlets including Novara, Doubledown News, Drop Site, Byline Times, Middle East Eye – and of course Declassified UK. We have emerged thanks in part to a growing appreciation that the mainstream media...

By Anis Chowdhury SYDNEY, Aug 12 2026 (IPS) Should anyone be surprised that Israel has rebuffed Donald Trump? The unconditional support of the US and its Western allies for Israel has emboldened the rogue state. Thus, Israel continues its genocide against the...

In late July, more than 30 water and wastewater systems in Minnesota were hit in a coordinated cyberattack, part of a broader campaign affecting utilities in at least seven states. Federal investigators have not formally attributed the attacks, though Iranian-linked...

Britain has used its major air base on Cyprus to move sensitive equipment without scrutiny, declassified files show. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) wrote in a formerly secret 1993 file that RAF Akrotiri plays a “key role in support of the...

Bethlehem / Battir /PNN/ Monjed jadou In the heart of the historic village of Battir, renowned for its ancient agricultural terraces and traditional irrigation system, the annual “Battir Eggplant Market Festival” has been launched, drawing senior officials and local residents in...

Diplomacy has effectively its own language, and the sum total of that language is, in theory at least, the sum total of possible interactions between states in peacetime. Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Photo licensed under the Creative...

Donald Trump’s foreign policy features chaotic decision-making and bombastic rhetoric. But some of his half-baked ideas could have lasting consequences, creating escalation pathways that his successors may be unwilling to close. West Africa provides a crucial case study. Trump ordered strikes...

Donald Trump’s foreign policy features chaotic decision-making and bombastic rhetoric. But some of his half-baked ideas could have lasting consequences, creating escalation pathways that his successors may be unwilling to close. West Africa provides a crucial case study. Trump ordered strikes...

Millions of people around the world will now find themselves even more exposed to the criminal actions of predatory states. Unlike Khan’s accuser, they are unlikely to ever get their day in court Jonathan Cook is the author of three books...

French teens are about to start the school year with access to one less vice. On July 23, France’s Parliament approved legislation that will ban children under the age of 15 from accessing social media. Under the law — which President Emanuel...

On June 26, two official delegations — one from Israel and one from Lebanon — signed a framework agreement with great fanfare in Washington. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, openly enthusiastic, framed the event as paving the way toward “lasting...

Stein‘s Law: “if a thing cannot go on forever, it will stop.“ Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Most people have heard at least a version of what is called Stein‘s Law: “if a thing cannot go on forever,...

A U.S.-backed proposal to dismantle the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is sparking fear in Gaza about the future of the agency that has shaped every aspect of refugee life for nearly eight decades. Earlier this...

The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack . This morning as I took my daily walk with my son I was listening to the latest episode of The Big Picture , the Ringer’s colossus of a movies podcast, and...

Today’s top items: 1. Wang Huning tours Tibet - Wang Huning, Politburo Standing Committee member and CPPCC Chairman, inspected Tibet from July 19 to 22, Xinhua reports. Beyond Lhasa he went to Ngari Prefecture in the far west, with stops including...

In 2025, 13.5 million ‘zero-dose’ children did not receive vaccinations in their first year. More than half of these children live in fragile, conflict-affected or vulnerable countries, where immunization may be disrupted due to a number of factors. Credit: UNICEF By...

Every bomb dropped on Gaza was, in some part, paid for by American taxpayers. The United States has provided Israel with more military aid than any other country—over $3.8 billion annually under a long-standing agreement, with tens of billions more...

Credit: Luke Dray/Stringer via Getty Images. Source IMF By Martin Schindler, Nikola Spatafora and Andrew Tiffin WASHINGTON DC, Jul 22 2026 (IPS) A farmer in Kenya gets weather and planting advice on a basic phone. A teacher in Nigeria uses a chatbot to...

The Israeli government paid a Republican Party-aligned public affairs company $9.9 million to advertise and promote content in American social media and news sites, according to a new disclosure made to the Department of Justice. The firm, Targeted Communications Global,...

While the public is encouraged to blame immigrants, Muslims, the left, or ‘Israel haters’, the UK state is racing to erect a scaffolding of control to protect itself before we wake up to the deception Jonathan Cook is the author of...

The Bunker appears originally at the Project on Government Oversight and is republished here with permission. Drones have the Pentagon turning on itself: One day, it’s seeking fleets of ever-cheaper uncrewed planes to wage war. Two days later, it’s pleading for...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the launch of the preliminary report from the UN Independent Panel on AI. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 2026 (IPS) As the international community continues to weigh the good, the bad and...

BRUSSELS / PNN / Palestinian Minister of Finance Dr. Istifan Salameh said the Palestinian government has received broad international support and praise for its reform agenda, adding that growing confidence among international partners is helping mobilize additional political and financial backing....

BRUSSELS (PNN) – By Fairoz Odeh – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa signed a new financial support agreement with the European Union on Friday during a ceremony with European Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica, on the sidelines of the High-Level...

Seventy-nine years ago this month, President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act , which quickly morphed into today’s metastasizing, often abusive, national security state. With the stroke of his pen, Truman blessed the creation of the National Security Council to...

When the Trump administration decided to "run" Venezuela through Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, the aim was to keep things quiet following its January 3 raid to snatch the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro. Stability, oil, no messy transition, no open-ended commitment. The...