How student loans became America’s financial catastrophe.

Nepal’s Gen-Z uprising is about jobs, dignity—and a broken development model.

"In those first days of the onslaught, it wasn’t yet clear that wiping out Gaza’s entire healthcare system could conceivably be part of the Israeli plan...And that, of course, would be the narrative that Israeli authorities would continue to push.."

Cancer, One More Weapon in Israel’s Genocide Arsenal by @joshuafrank.bsky.social

A glaring gap exists in our collective memory of World War II—a war we call “global,” yet one where the role of the fourth allied victor, China, is consistently sidelined.

The killing of 7 Palestinian journalists and media workers in Gaza on Aug 10 and 5 more on the 25th has prompted verbal condemnations, yet little to no substantive action. This has become the predictable and horrifying trajectory of the international community’s response to the Israeli genocide.

GDP grew at a 1.2 percent annual rate in the first half of the year — that is down sharply from its 2.5 percent rate in 2024. It is not hard to identify the culprits:

The real Gaza death roll is impossible to know today, but the minimum isn’t.

It will take national single payer to save rural hospitals.

Mamdani’s opponents are clearly counting on the candidate’s steadfast criticism of Israel and his passionate support for the victims of the genocide in Gaza to drive away Jewish voters. But it’s simply not happening.

After sealing Gaza off from international reporters and blocking the world’s eyes from its genocide, Israel has moved to the next phase of its blackout strategy: hunting down Palestinian journalists inside Gaza.

Since Oct 7, 2023, Israel has killed more than 230 Palestinian media workers, the highest number killed in any world conflict.

A typical AI data center uses as much power as 100,000 households right now, but the largest centers currently being constructed will consume 20 times that amount.

An extremely important essay by @wsolol.bsky.social on the NYT's favorite genocide denier. www.counterpunch.org/2025/07/25/b...

Newsletter: This is the Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble: genAI is nothing like Uber or Amazon Web Services, there are no profitable genAI companies, agents do not and cannot exist, there is no AI SaaS story, and everything rides - and dies - on selling GPUs. www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...

I get this instinct but based on years of evidence it has just reinforced the idea that immigration is about public safety (a lie) rather than about labor and seeking refuge. Instead of arguing on their terms it's much more effective to do what Mamdani did when Trump threatened to denaturalize him..

Closing nuclear reactors means big improvements for local infant health.

In central Texas, the intensity of extreme rainfall events has increased by 19% since 1985.

Ann Coulter wants to kill Native Americans (so do some on the Left) by @joshuafrank.bsky.social

Trump’s moves have less to do with policy than power. And his use of ICE raids is the same... The chaos is the point. Having an entire nation hanging on his every word, on his ability to call off ICE raids one day and resume them the next, is what feeds his power.

"NO SLEEP FOR ICE" - the campaign to keep the Gestapo thugs up at night. A video report. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zKZ...

The gap between corporate profits and workers’ wages has never been greater.

Why lie, when you know the lie will be exposed as soon as you tell it? Because the lie is the point. The more blatant the lie, the more likely it will be repeated every time it is refuted. Repeat it enough and the libel, no matter how vile, will stick.

I just finished this beast of a book, so I blurted out some thoughts about it.

Let's take a hike to the top of one of the largest rocks in North America:

My journey into the basement corridors of corporate Portland to discover this hulking hidden gem of twisted metal:

My latest: Polarizing Brain-Rot Enshittification (and other Words of the Year) Via @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social 📸 @natstclair.bsky.social www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/20/p...

I don't write much, but I had to dust off the old keyboard after watching a few clips of these three dweebs snickering in their VIP seats at Trump's indoor inauguration.

Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk. Three of the wealthiest and most powerful men to ever exist. Yet beneath their towering tech empires lies a common truth: they are losers.

There is no justifiable explanation for lame duck President Joe Biden’s sudden turnabout decision to okay Ukraine’s use of longer-range US ATACMS ballistic missiles, which can hit targets as much as 200 miles inside Russia.

Nearly 200 nations have gathered for the 29th “Conference of the Parties” on climate change in Baku, Azerbaijan. Private jet arrivals at Baku’s international airport have doubled. Practically nothing symbolizes wanton disregard for our environment more than private jet travel.

They can’t get any legislation passed in Congress, but that shouldn't stop Senate Democrats from throwing down gauntlets to the incoming Trumpeteers by pushing bills that highlight Republican opposition to agendas people care about. www.counterpunch.org/2024/11/18/t...

The widespread rousing excitement over nuclear energy is a trap. Reactors only survive at the mercy of cool waters, and they’re seriously challenged/damaged by increasing levels of ocean surges. https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/28/the-nuclear-energy-trap/