As the conflict in the Persian Gulf continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL’s Central Newsroom and Iranian service, Radio Farda, deliver […]
Month: September 2026
An Immigrant Socialist-in-office Returns to a Country in Crisis
New York Assemblymember Diana Moreno discusses the collapse into violence of her native Ecuador with U.S. collusion. The post An Immigrant Socialist-in-office Returns to a […]
Know Your Enemy: End Times Fascism
Matt and Sam talk to Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor about their new book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World.
Politics As Unusual
I spent my Sunday evening at the Old Labor Hall in Barre, where Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amanda Janoo appeared before a full house and held […]
Fordism’s 50-Year Hangover
The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. Why does it feel like everything is breaking down, like something is fundamentally wrong with the American […]
Trump’s Gaslighting Isn’t Working As Even His Biggest Fans Are Leaving
After more than a decade of Trump on the national political stage, America has watched Donald Trump build his own realities. Trump was born rich, […]
Treasury minister says City experience ‘not a conflict’
LIVERPOOL, England — U.K. Treasury minister Emma Reynolds said Monday that her City experience is “not a conflict” amid speculation that the government will raise taxes […]
UK Labour shouldn’t work with nationalists who want to break up UK, says Welsh secretary
LIVERPOOL, England — Welsh Secretary Stephen Kinnock said Monday that Labour would struggle to work with Welsh nationalists Plaid Cymru after the next general election […]
IEBC Addresses Claims of Smuggling New Voters From Uganda, Missing KIEMS Kits
On Saturday, a local media house teased an expose alleging that voter registration materials were being moved to Uganda to target foreigners…See More
Mike Johnson claims Chinese trickery to blame for bipartisan opposition to Trump priority
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took to Fox Business on Monday to dismiss the concerns of a majority of Americans as being the result of […]
‘Dark horse’ trips up Hegseth as ‘spousal abuse stuff’ puts pick for Army chief in doubt
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s personal choice to run the Army is running into a wall of his own making — and a little-known Pentagon budget […]
Trump rolls over for China’s panda gift
Certain obvious questions arise from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington this past week, a spectacle that one observer has described as “diplotainment” rather […]
Ofcom warns Openreach discount could hinder alt-net growth
Ofcom has instructed Openreach to withdraw its ‘Incremental New to Openreach’ offer, stating the deal is not fair and reasonable and could hurt competition between […]
Erdogan playing East and West, winning room to maneuver
Less than two months after his government hosted the NATO summit — which was framed as proof of Turkey’s pivotal role in transatlantic security — […]
Trump-Xi summit bade farewell to ‘China plus one’
President Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington, greeting him in person at Joint Base Andrews, […]
Kallas Says Russia’s Mockery Of UN Meeting Shows It’s Not Interested In Ending Ukraine War
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on September 28 that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s treatment of his German counterpart, Johann Wadephul, after […]
Ukraine Reports Deadly Russian Air Strikes On Kyiv, Kharkiv, And Dnipro
Russia continued its attacks on Ukraine, killing at least six people, including an Azerbaijani citizen, and injuring dozens others, including 10 children, in strikes on […]
UK Police Probe Possible Iran Link After Explosives Found Near RAF Fairford
As the conflict in the Persian Gulf continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL’s Central Newsroom and Iranian service, Radio Farda, deliver […]
Pope Leo urges concessions to end war in Ukraine
Pope Leo XIV encouraged compromise and urged warring parties to make concessions to secure peace in Ukraine during a closely watched speech about Europe in […]
New bill to soften Starmer-era scrapping of jury trials, justice secretary confirms
LIVERPOOL, England — Justice Secretary Alex Norris confirmed that a new Courts Bill will seek to address criticism of the Keir Starmer-era plan to scrap […]