Yara Hawari describes the vital — and increasingly threatened — role Jerusalem has played in shaping Palestinian identity.
Destroying Palestinian Jerusalem
Category: Until This Day–Historical Perspectives on the News
Questioning America’s Warlords
Endless war is a feature of American national programming, argues William Astore.
The True Meaning of the Afghan ‘Withdrawal’
Chris Hedges: Don’t Be Fooled By Joe Biden
The New Cold War US-Japanese Summit
Joseph Gerson comments on the meeting that just took place in Washington between the leaders of the U.S. and Japan.
The Graveyard of Empires Redux
Rising Threat of Nuclear War Is Barely Noticed
Caitlin Johnstone responds to a U.S. Strategic Command posture statement that — due to widespread Western media malpractice — caught a lot of people off guard.
The CIA Used to Infiltrate the Media
Now the CIA is the media. This isn’t Operation Mockingbird, writes Caitlin Johnstone. It’s much worse.
Mobs Rioted in Washington 173 Years Ago Monday to Defend Slaveholders
The violence on April 18-19, 1848, which targeted the abolitionist press, followed one of the largest attempted escapes from slavery in U.S. history, Michael David Cohen recounts.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Jordan’s Precarious Throne
As`ad AbuKhalil analyzes the crisis besetting a king whose country has lost strategic significance under his reign.