For these five artists, creation is an act of resistance, and anti-colonialism is the methodology.
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As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years.
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The aid group oversaw relief in Gaza during a period defined by the killings of Palestinians seeking food during famine.
The post Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Calls It Quits After Thousands Die Seeking Its Aid appeared first on The Intercept.
Australia’s racist Aunty, Pauline Hanson, has been sent home from work early after hitting the Christmas sherry a little hard at lunch and then heading to work dressed up in a burqa. ”Aunty went to lunch with Uncle Barnaby and... Read More ›
One of the predictions I made many years ago was that Long Covid would slowly cripple workforces. Covid still exists, and that we deliberately don’t try to count cases any more doesn’t change that. This is typical of our handling of all problems. We just pretend they don’t exist and won’t have serious consequences if […]
Can home videos help us to know someone who’s gone? A filmmaker searches for her late mother through archival family footage
- Directed by Natalie A Chao
In this mesmerising short from 1991, thousands of Japanese newspaper clippings form a prescient vision of our digital world
- by Aeon Video
Sartre’s phenomenology reveals how a shift from subject to object (and back) is not merely a matter of grammar
- by Tris Hedges
Who belongs to our moral community? The Greek philosopher Empedocles had an answer: all life, from humans to the laurel bush
- by Tristan Moyle
Officials at the University of Houston used Dataminr to surveil students, while University of Connecticut administrators voiced concerns over protests against a military contractor and major donor.
The post How Corporate Partnerships Powered University Surveillance of Palestine Protests appeared first on The Intercept.
Beamish Street (above, top left to bottom right) cuts across Campsie like a knife wound, only instead of blood, a spurt of discount stores, fresh produce markets and newsagents has erupted into the populace. A news-hungry populace. Seriously, there are no fewer than three newsagents active in a very small area here, with at least […]
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 23, 2025 by Tony Wikrent Trump not violating any law ‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law’ Trump Stuns By Saying ‘I Don’t Know’ When Asked Directly NBC’s Kristen Welker ‘Don’t You Need to Uphold the Constitution?’ Joe DePaolo, May 4th, 2025 [mediaite.com] “Riots […]
Wall Street is icing out your kids, food poisoning in the shutdown deal, and more from The Lever this week.
Although discounting empirical evidence cannot be the right way to solve economic issues, there are still, in my view, a couple of weighty reasons why we perhaps shouldn’t be too enthusiastic about the so-called ‘empirical revolution’ that behavioural economics has brought about in mainstream economics. Behavioural experiments and laboratory research face the same fundamental problem […]
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
The post The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine appeared first on The Intercept.
The Democratic congresswoman was an early believer in Zohran Mamdani. His win showed her it was “the right time to pass the torch.”
The post Nydia Velázquez Hears Calls for Generational Change, Setting Up a Fight on the Left in New York appeared first on The Intercept.
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Landlords are defanged, another candidate wins on affordability, and oil changes stay cheap.
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