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From building futuristic cities to rounding up unhoused and undocumented people, the plans send a message about who does and doesn’t belong in Trump’s America.

The post Trump’s Housing Platform Is as Absurd as It Is Cruel — and That’s the Point appeared first on The Intercept.

On the same day lobbyists for NSO met with Rep. Pete Sessions, a lawyer from the lobbying firm gave $1,000 to “Pete Sessions for Congress.”

The post Pegasus Spyware Maker Said to Flout Federal Court as It Lobbies to Get Off U.S. Blacklist appeared first on The Intercept.

Losing Black voters to Donald Trump, the Harris campaign has an idea for helping Black men. But what does it mean?

The post After Major Industry Donor Pops Up, Harris Makes Bizarre Proposal: Crypto for Black Men appeared first on The Intercept.

While the world looks on with trepidation at regional wars in Israel and Ukraine, a far more dangerous global crisis is quietly building at the other end of Eurasia, along an island chain that has served as the front line for America’s national defence for endless decades. Just as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has revitalised Continue reading »

There is no doubt that the war in Gaza has placed Australia’s multiculturalism and social cohesion under strain. Continue reading »

“Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit, and you reap a character. Sow a character, and you reap a destiny” (Charles Reade, 1814-84) ‘Culture eats Strategy for Breakfast’ is an aphorism often wrongly attributed to management guru Peter Drucker. It was more likely first coined by Apple founder Steve Jobs, or Continue reading »

The Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) has just published “The Most Moral Army”-  an excoriating review of Israel’s continuous reliance on deceitful medical imagery to disinfect its horrific abuse of power in Gaza. Continue reading »

The political and military leader of Hamas is dead. Some cheer. Some weep. History will judge the living and the dead. I wish Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar had appeared before an international tribunal of judges for their role in October 7th, rather than being murdered by the Israelis. All who committed crimes in the Continue reading »

“… the Americans in, the Russians out and the Germans down”, as Lord Ismay, NATO’s first Secretary General, is said to have put it. The end of WWII was an uneasy time for East-West relations. Grateful as they were for Stalin’s help, the U.S. and its allies remained wary, as Churchill's 1946 “iron Continue reading »

It’s ranking season again, and universities are once more fixated on their positions in global league tables. These rankings, such as those from Times Higher Education and QS World University Rankings, often shape decisions for students and funders alike. While an institution’s rise in the rankings can be celebrated as a success, a drop can Continue reading »