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A series of White House social-media videos turn the carnage in Iran into gleeful entertainment.

Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag - Woodstock '69 | Country Joe McDonald (1942-2026). Epstein Death Evidence Rocks Trump DOJ. The Secret Reason You Can’t Buy a House. Hegseth Iran Presser Cold Open | SNL. In Honor of Pi Day: The Pi Song 4.0.

Outdoor dining means more customers, more tables, longer shifts, the same subminimum wage. Tipped restaurant workers are the only workers left in New York State who are still paid the subminimum wage.

Reader Comments: U.S.-Israel War on Iran; Bombing Creates Toxic Chemical Warfare Black Rain Over Tehran; Kristi Noem Is Out; More on New Wave of Protest Music; Conversation with Professor Angela Davis in New York; Lots of Cartoons;

Women who wake up every morning unsure when they will see their families again. Women who hold each other up, because sometimes it is the only support we have. Pregnancy becomes a higher risk here. Here are the stories of women in ICE detention.

This is a psychotic war. One that Israel and the United States entered led by two psychopaths. Vainglorious, narcissistic, disconnected. They head the two most fundamentalist and anti-democratic governments in the history of their countries.

Why has the Middle East been so consistently wracked by war? Gilbert Achcar explains how oil, US power, and regional rivalries have shaped decades of conflict in the Middle East — and why the confrontation with Iran fits a long imperial pattern.

From city councils to Congress, homeowners have always dominated elected office. But after Mamdani’s victory, a slew of candidates want to follow in his footsteps.

Time for acceleration

This new book survey's the life and work of President Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor and foreign policy strategist.