Laboratory for Slaughter - Truthdig The language of “precision strikes” functions as a fiction. Israel and the U.S. are deindustrializing Iran.

Four oil depots were hit in one night. Black rain fell on Tehran at dawn. Ten million people woke to an obsidian sky and the smell of brimstone.

Trump’s Iran Speech: The moment he became America, forever, in the eyes of the world Trump’s Iran speech may mark the moment he became America, forever, in the eyes of the world.

Trump’s Iran speech may mark the moment he became America, forever, in the eyes of the world.

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To Make America Healthy Again, Break up Big Ag - Truthdig The Trump administration’s unscientific dietary guidelines are a gift to the corporations driving the pesticide and factory farm crises.

The Trump administration’s unscientific dietary guidelines are a gift to the corporations driving the pesticide and factory farm crises.

Israel Institutes Death Penalty Only for Palestinians - Truthdig The new law mandates execution for Palestinians convicted in notorious military courts of killing Israelis in “acts of terrorism."

The new law mandates execution for Palestinians convicted in notorious military courts of killing Israelis in “acts of terrorism."

The Fall and Rise of Brett Kavanaugh - Truthdig How the most unpopular Supreme Court justice became Trump’s favorite.

How the most unpopular Supreme Court justice became Trump’s favorite.

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Kontinental ’25 Review: A modern fable about one woman’s moral spiral A sober satire about urban development, bureaucratic cruelty and the crushing mystery of complicity.

Shot entirely on an iPhone 15, Radu Jude’s “Kontinental ’25” is a modern fable about one woman’s moral spiral in an interconnected world.

France Was Changed by the Gisèle Pelicot Case, But Not Enough French society has been shaken by the public trial of 51 rapists — leading to an emboldened feminist movement and a clearer definition of rape. But women feel there is still a long way to go.

The 51 convicted rapists included a firefighter, a lawyer, a nurse, a factory worker and a reporter — a cross section of French society, not the "monsters" many expected.

Trump’s FTC Wages War on Media Criticism Left-leaning media watchdogs targeted by the agency accuse it of trying to censor speech it disagrees with.

Left-leaning media watchdogs targeted by the agency accuse it of trying to censor speech it disagrees with.

Pete Hegseth’s ‘Pillow Guy’ Press Corps Terrified of journalists, the secretary of defense has reshaped the Pentagon into a giant snowflake.

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April Fools An Independent, Progressive Journal of News and Opinion.

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Dolores Huerta Was Silent About Her Abuse for Years. The Farmworkers She Advocates for Understand. - Truthdig They grapple with a system where their income, housing or immigration status may depend on supervisors who perpetuate sexual violence without oversight.

Every survivor of sexual assault is forced to make a calculation: What are the repercussions if they speak out?

Uncle Scam: Trump Taps Huddled Masses of Revenue - Truthdig The U.S. government may be pocketing billions in immigration fees — with zero intention of processing the accompanying applications.

It took the Trump administration, the Edison Laboratory of fraud, to finally figure out how to steal billions from nonwhite foreigners without first bombing and landing troops around their oil refineries.

Laboratory for Slaughter - Truthdig The language of “precision strikes” functions as a fiction. Israel and the U.S. are deindustrializing Iran.

One after another, bomb after bomb, imperial fictions have burst into powder and dust.

Kontinental ’25 Review: A modern fable about one woman’s moral spiral A sober satire about urban development, bureaucratic cruelty and the crushing mystery of complicity.

Shot entirely on an iPhone 15, Romanian director Radu Jude's "Kontinental '25" follows a government bailiff whose eviction of a homeless man leads to his suicide — and her unraveling.

The Virtues of Urban Pocket Gardens - Truthdig Little bits of greenery are popping up in cities, making summers more bearable and communities more biodiverse.

Little bits of greenery are popping up in cities, making summers more bearable and communities more biodiverse.

A DNA Archive Critical to Identifying Missing Migrants Itself Goes Missing - Truthdig The database is no longer accessible after the organization that started it shut down.

The database is no longer accessible after the organization that started it shut down.

A Tougher Tehran - Truthdig The war has failed to convert military pressure into political breakdown. It has simply shifted the domestic crisis onto ground that favors the regime’s hardest institutions.

The war has failed to convert military pressure into political breakdown. It has simply shifted the domestic crisis onto ground that favors the regime’s hardest institutions.

ICE Detention Centers: The American Gulag Our concentration camps are not death camps, but people do die there.

The acting ICE director said he wants detention centers to run "like Amazon Prime for human beings." The Trump administration gave ICE $45 billion to make it happen.

Can Screen Bans Help Solve the Reading Crisis? A rural Michigan school district could be the test case for those leading the backlash against screen time in schools.

A rural Michigan school district could be the test case for those leading the backlash against screen time in schools.

Accountability and Jail, Not Hope and Change: Democrats must put powerful people behind bars Almost 20 years after Obama gave high-level criminality a pass, Democrats must be ready to put powerful people behind bars.

America’s accountability crisis has entered its terminal phase, with the rule of law itself on life support.

Pod Couldn't Save America "Resistance" culture — centered around Robert Mueller’s Russia probe — was a disaster for progressives and the Democratic party.

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Pete Hegseth Mission Creep An Independent, Progressive Journal of News and Opinion.

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The Deafening Abdication of Four Ex-Presidents on Trump - Truthdig Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden are living luxurious lives while largely AWOL from joining the existing but overwhelmed civic opposition.

The current political climate demands the powerful emergence of our four surviving previous presidents.

France Was Changed by the Gisèle Pelicot Case, But Not Enough French society has been shaken by the public trial of 51 rapists — leading to an emboldened feminist movement and a clearer definition of rape. But women feel there is still a long way to go.

One victim. Over 200 assaults. 51 men convicted. Gisèle Pelicot refused anonymity and demanded the trial be public — forcing France to confront what "ordinary" men are capable of.

Trump’s FTC Wages War on Media Criticism Left-leaning media watchdogs targeted by the agency accuse it of trying to censor speech it disagrees with.

Trump threatened Netflix with "consequences" unless it removed Democrat Susan Rice from its board — part of a broader pattern of using federal agencies to silence critics.

Russian Oil Tanker Anatoly Kolodkin Reaches Cuba The move comes amid fears of a deepening humanitarian crisis on the island and possibility of renewed diplomatic engagement.

The move comes amid fears of a deepening humanitarian crisis on the island and the possibility of renewed diplomatic engagement.

Trump’s DOJ Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration - Truthdig Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the department abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs.

Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the department abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs.

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Minnesota Sues Trump Administration Over Access to Evidence in ICE Shootings - Truthdig Though prosecuting federal agents isn’t easy, they are not immune from charges for serious misconduct.

Trump called Minnesota officials "crooked" for trying to investigate a fatal ICE shooting of a U.S. citizen. The DOJ then shut down the probe entirely.