Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair It is always dangerous to try to get into Donald Trump’s head, and there probably is not much point to the exercise, but Trump says the purpose of his tariffs is to bring down the trade deficit and move to balanced trade. Tariffs can...
The original Laguna Fire lightning strike ignition burning up against the Rincon Colorado cliffs. Photo: US Forest Service. Another fire recently escaped control in the Jemez Mountains of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF), west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness...
(Rebecca Karl, Margaret Power, Karen Miller, Prasannan Parthasarathi) Rebecca Karl is a historian at NYU specializing in modern China. She was a vocal supporter of a 2025 resolution within the American Historical Association (AHA) condemning scholasticide. Karen...
Al-Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif, left, and Mohammed Qreiqeh – Al Jazeera. After sealing Gaza off from international reporters and blocking the world’s eyes from its genocide, Israel has moved to the next phase of its blackout strategy: hunting down Palestinian journalists...
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair “Flush with newfound confidence and authority, Mr. Netanyahu seemed finally to have gained the political capital he needed to override opposition from his far-right government allies to reach a truce in Gaza.” – The New York Times,...
(Rebecca Karl, Margaret Power, Karen Miller, Prasannan Parthasarathi) Rebecca Karl is a historian at NYU specializing in modern China. She was a vocal supporter of a 2025 resolution within the American Historical Association (AHA) condemning scholasticide. Karen...
Al-Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif, left, and Mohammed Qreiqeh – Al Jazeera. After sealing Gaza off from international reporters and blocking the world’s eyes from its genocide, Israel has moved to the next phase of its blackout strategy: hunting down Palestinian journalists...
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair “Flush with newfound confidence and authority, Mr. Netanyahu seemed finally to have gained the political capital he needed to override opposition from his far-right government allies to reach a truce in Gaza.” – The New York Times,...
Image by Levi Meir Clancy. While Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) faces growing scrutiny for its role in brutally carrying out Trump’s mass-deportation agenda, another institution’s involvement has received less attention: the U.S. military. Trump’s use of...
Image by Road Ahead. A recent article published in The Hill celebrated the revival of the Monroe Doctrine under Donald Trump by suggesting that U.S. pressure is displacing China from Latin America. But this view misreads both the nature of U.S. influence and the...
Trans-oceanic cargo ship on the Columbia River. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. When an earthquake hits somewhere in the ocean, surrounding countries near and far brace for the big waves that inevitably follow. Donald Trump’s tariff announcements are just such a tectonic...
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair It is always dangerous to try to get into Donald Trump’s head, and there probably is not much point to the exercise, but Trump says the purpose of his tariffs is to bring down the trade deficit and move to balanced trade. Tariffs can...