Joshua Scheer The shift comes amid growing criticism of the pro-Israel lobby. Senator Chris Van Hollen recently telling a Jewish audience at a J Street conference that the actions of American Israel Public Affairs Committee were “un-American.” A growing divide over the war with Iran is emerging inside Democratic politics and within AIPAC itself, and […]
Don't forget us on International Women's Day, writes Leqaa Kordia.
Janine Jackson for FAIR Janine Jackson interviewed American Prospect‘s John Lewis writing fellow Naomi Bethune about anti-Black history for the February 27, 2026, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.Audio Player Janine Jackson: A US district judge pushed back on Justice Department lawyers who were defending removing historical exhibits about slavery from Philadelphia’s Independence Mall. Assistant US Attorney […]
The beginnings: when working women paved the way for us today On March 8, we do not recall a passing memory; we recall a history of fire, struggle, and confrontation against the conditions that weighed heavily on working women. This day was shaped by the hands of women workers in factories and raised by the [...]
The United States has once again launched a war in the Middle East based on false claims about weapons of mass destruction. Like the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. assault on Iran rests on allegations that international inspectors have already debunked. But beyond the false pretext lies an even more pressing question that [...]
When the euro crisis hit in early 2010, with Greece the first domino to fall, all it took to surmise that Europe had no intention of resolving the euro crisis was one good look at the toxic finance the EU concocted in response. Today one good look at the toxic finance the EU is deploying [...]