A combat veteran says the right wing in American politics has been radicalized further than most Americans realize, and that voting out the Republicans won’t be enough. Adam G. House argues the cou…

I spent a very muddy Sunday at this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival and came home thinking about a Neil Young and Crazy Horse reunion in 2012, Willie Nelson in New York at ninety-two…

“Your 4th of July is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license . . . your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery.” — Frederick Douglass (1852)

Nick Allison I’ve been on vacation for the past two months. It was only supposed to be one month when I planned it. In a country where paid vacation is perhaps the most coveted and least distribute…

Submissions Are Currently Open Theme: Immigration Enforcement / Immigration Enforcement Brutality Submission Deadline: May 2026 (or whenever we have enough submissions)Publication Date: Fall 2026 O…

American veterans speaking on the record about Trump, authoritarianism, and the country they served

The Supreme Court just made it easier for licensed therapists to tell queer kids that who they are is a disorder that needs fixing. Cynthia Tarana has some firsthand experience with what environmen…

W.P. Kinsella wrote that the one constant through all the years has been baseball. It may be one constant, but I’m reluctantly starting to think it’s not the only one.

We can afford a billion dollars a day for another war in the Middle East, but making sure a working mother can take her sick kid to the doctor? That’s where we draw the line on fiscal respons…

I came across a Beto O’Rourke post featuring a friend of mine at a voter registration event in Austin, someone who had never once mentioned they were doing that work. It made me think about e…

If you can count on anything in aMERICA, it’s that we will buy the lie, or at the very least, “purchase a smidge of truth.” From Hilly Kristal and CBGB to Luigi Mangione and Muham…

On January 15th, 2026, Afghanistan War veteran and Murfreesboro resident Adam House signed up to address the county commission about trash in the downtown area. And that’s exactly what he did. At a…

The Trump administration wants $50 billion to fund an unauthorized war in Iran. Democrats have one tool left to stop it, and some of them are thinking about giving it away.

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Like most everything authoritarian regimes do, this latest sideshow stems from a place of fear. Trump is arguing for federal control because some states are producing outcomes that frighten him.

The federal government likely won’t reopen until at least Tuesday, when the House is expected to hold critical votes on a funding package. Follow for the latest updates

The Trump administration isn’t just enforcing the law—it’s using arrests as intimidation, and the press is the target.

The Washington state Senate voted Wednesday to ban law enforcement from covering their faces amid concerns over masked immigration agents.

Last week, I wrote an article at CounterPunch about the killing of Renee Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis. When I wrote that piece, my goal was to stay

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"I don't care about what side you're on or who you voted for, this is wrong," wrote ex-ASU star Kole Calhoun on Instagram.

The Minnesota Democrat was not injured and continued speaking after the incident. Police said the man was arrested on third degree assault.

“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.” — FBI Director Kash Patel “You can’t have guns, you can’t walk in with gu…

Alex Pretti’s death shows what happens when armed federal agents are given political cover to operate above the law and the public is told to ignore what it can plainly see. When the state kills in…

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