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We just witnessed power kidnapping the law

The US attack on Venezuela and the abduction of its leader have no basis in law.

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In Mamdani’s win, New York has reclaimed democracy from those who sold it

By electing Zohran Mamdani, New York voters endorsed public duty over donor loyalty and truth over silence on Gaza.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani gestures as he attends a "New York is Not For Sale" rally at Forest Hills Stadium, in the Queens borough of New York City, U.S., October 26, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Van Jones and the moral vacancy of American commentary on Gaza

US pundit’s ‘dead Gaza baby’ joke exposes the moral vacancy that defines US media on Palestine.

A woman cradles her son, eight-month-old Muhammad Bilal Abu Salah, as residents collect the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli air raids

The US Constitution was not made to protect against Trump

The belief that the US Constitution can protect against despotism has always been an illusion.

Guards stand next to the U.S. Constitution in the newly renovated Rotunda of the National Archives in Washington Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003, during a media tour. Remounted in a newly refurbished rotunda at the National Archives, America's most important historical documents will soon be on display again in the nation's capital. And for the first time, all four pages of the Constitution will be on view, instead of just the first and last pages. The Archives opens to the public starting Thursday. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

Cheney’s policies as VP caused immense human suffering on a global scale

Framing him as a ‘defender of democracy’ simply because he endorsed Kamala Harris over Donald Trump is a moral failure.

Then US Vice President Dick Cheney addresses Marines at Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq December 18, 2005. [Lawrence Jackson/Reuters]