1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (192+ words) The United States’ negotiations to end its war with Iran are at yet another standstill. Nearly six months after President Donald Trump announced military operations would last only a few weeks, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and Iran has…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (225+ words) This article was originally published at Barn Raiser Media. This Saturday, at their summer meeting in Austin, Texas, members of the Democratic National Committee will likely get a chance to vote on whether the party should ban the use of…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (79+ words) Truthdig There’s a simplicity to the enormous scope of “A Bend in the River.” Although it compiles footage spread across five decades, it feels like a gentle check-in, a phone call to an old pal that runs unexpectantly, pleasantly long....

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (371+ words) “We’re bringing back the airstrikes.” Espriella has made much of his plans to unleash the military in the most embattled parts of the country, such as Catatumbo. As he told Caracol TV, “We’re bringing back the airstrikes.” Espriella won his…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (13+ words) Truthdig Todd Blanche Measures Scales of Justice...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (132+ words) Jeb Lund is a former political reporter and columnist for Rolling Stone, The Guardian and Gawker, and a contributor to Esquire, GQ, The New Republic, Vice and The Washington Post, amongst others. He currently produces and co-hosts the Hallmark movies…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (392+ words) Over the course of a few short weeks, a grim new reality has taken shape in Ukraine. Russia has shown that it need not conquer and occupy Ukraine’s entire Black Sea coastline to turn that country into the equivalent of…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (631+ words) The statements seem as belligerent as Pete Hegseth on a bad hair day. “We are preparing for the next war that is coming,” says Jonathan Cowan. Cowan is president of Third Way, described by The New York Times as a…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1246+ words) Russia or China — strategic partners of Iran and two of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — could veto the whole effort, Sotoudeh acknowledged. The Security Council is the only body with the legal power to authorize international…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1271+ words) This story was originally published by Canary Media. In Wisconsin, utility Alliant Energy has called off a project meant to reduce power outages in disadvantaged and tribal communities, after the Trump administration terminated a federal grant that would have supported…...