In an interview, one of the leading candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination discusses his long-held opposition to war and his support for socialist leaders. By Sydney Ember, for the former Samoza Guard.

The US and its allies have fatally underestimated the religious motivation of their adversaries, and lost countless conflicts as a result. By Patrick Cockburn.

Germany becomes the first country in the world to criminalise the boycott, disinvest and sanction movement. Shir Hever, TRNN correspondent in Germany and expert on Palestine-Israel, responds in this conversation.

Australia's voters back PM Morrison's faith in fossil fuel. By Sonali Paul.

In a first for a city in the United States, San Francisco has voted to ban its government agencies from using facial recognition technology. The city’s Board of Supervisors voted eight to one to approve the proposal, set to take effect in a month, that would bar city agencies, including law enforcement, from using the tool. The ordinance would also require city agencies to get board approval for their use of surveillance technology, and set up audits of surveillance tech already in use. Other cities have approved similar transparency measures.

When the Australian security consultant Julian Gutmanis was summoned to a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia in the summer of 2017, what he found made his blood run cold. By Martin Giles. (Mar. 5, 2019)

The state's abortion ban treats women as victims of evil doctors rather than informed, willing participants. By Emily Atkin.

"Anyone who denies that we are in a human-induced extinction crisis is either lying or not paying attention." By Jon Queally.

My name is Chelsea Elizabeth Manning. I am competent to be a witness, and I possess personal knowledge of the facts set forth below... I’m not going to change my mind. Not now, not ever. So be it. [PDF]

Some 18 million barrels of oil transit through every day. The economic impact would be catastrophic. By Scott Ritter.

On the history of the second amendment, white militias, and border vigilantism… By Angelo Guisado.

Keith decided cases on some of America's most controversial issues, from school desegregation to government surveillance of citizens

A new movement is demanding solutions. They may just be in time to save the planet. By David Graeber.

After a destabilizing move by Trump, it's no longer a question of if U.S. forces will die but when. By Scott Ritter.

WikiLeaks’ publishing of the so-called 'Vault 7' trove of the CIA is what propelled the United States government to feel like it needed to take action against the organization. By William M. Arkin.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is broadening her push on the "Green New Deal," narrating an animated short film outlining the policy advocated by progressive lawmakers. By Rebecca Beitsch.

After years covering the "main battlefield in World War III," Narwani says everything you think you know is wrong. By Patrick Lawrence.

When the Defense Department flunked its first-ever fiscal review, one of our government’s greatest mysteries was exposed: Where does the DoD’s $700 billion annual budget go? By Matt Taibbi.

Bernie Sanders fires up crowd at San Francisco rally. By Casey Tolan.

Hated by politicians, speculators and money-launderers, Andy Yan's data on Vancouver housing has earned him the right to say, 'I told you so.' By Terry Glavin. (Feb. 14, 2018)

For more than a year, the Observer writer has been probing a darkness at the heart of Silicon Valley. Last week, at a TED talk that became a global viral sensation, she told the tech billionaires they had broken democracy. What happened next? By Carole Cadwalladr.

Ireland’s cervical cancer scandal, and its underlying logic of profit-driven, privatized health care, has ramifications far beyond the country’s shores. By Erica X Eisen.

Trump should not waste his opportunity to begin repairing Wahhabism’s trail of wreckage. By John Hannah.

Sophisticated digital spyware such as Pegasus can turn cellphones into secret agents to take aim at advocates, lawyers, scientists, and the media – and these programs know no borders. By John Scott-Railton, Ronald J. Deibert.

A Tale of Colonial Cover-ups, Wars, and Witch-Finding. By Equanimous Rex.

When tropical forests become firestorms and the Sahara turns green. By David Wallace-Wells.

Of the many legal challenges President Donald Trump is facing, few have forced legal experts and historians to dig deep quite like claims that his private business dealings with foreign governments violate the Constitution. By Brad Kutner.

The memoirs of White House staffers can show us how not to do politics. By Nathan J. Robinson.

Owen Bennett-Jones on the state of the BBC.

Whether its proponents are cynical or simply naive, UBI is not the patch we need. A weekly handout doesn’t promote economic equality - or empowerment. By Douglas Rushkoff.

Women in Canada, Iceland, Taiwan, Australia, and the UK talk about their universal health care systems. By Clio Chang.

The debacle that followed the Brexit referendum has its roots in moneyed nihilism at the top of the Conservative party, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty.

“He is uniquely proud of such aggressive, anti-speech tactics to suppress people of color. This is a war of personal attacks.” By Alex Kane.