6+ hour, 11+ min ago  (351+ words) Image by Klemen Kuster. From six floors above street level, I watch the traffic move up and down Cesar Chavez, and the runners loop around the Lady Bird Lake hike and bike trail. Twenty or so years after the name…...

6+ hour, 7+ min ago  (713+ words) Image by Luis Ramirez. Xavier Becerra recently told Californians that we need to think about the future of humanity. He said it with conviction. He said it with urgency. He said it as a candidate for governor of a state…...

6+ hour, 13+ min ago  (257+ words) This graphic from Stockholm Resilience Institute depicts how humanity has breached 7 of 9 planetary boundaries that provide it a safe operating space. Most recently, the ocean acidification boundary was crossed. This demonstrates our failure to recognize the common good, the element…...

5+ hour, 39+ min ago  (603+ words) In the run-up to the 2024 election, Donald Trump promised, "We will close the border. We will stop the invasion of illegals into our country." A year later, it was a promise he claimed to have kept. But exactly who are…...

5+ hour, 15+ min ago  (191+ words) Counter Punch surpassed 2. 7 million readers in 2025 " a milestone we could not have reached without the support of our readers. The website has seen a steady uptick in readership since Jeffrey St. Clair, our long-time editor-in-chief, first built it about 25 years…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (724+ words) As World Press Freedom Day (May 3) nears, it's a good time to step back and assess how journalists and news outlets are faring in our current media climate. President Donald Trump came back to the White House and picked up…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (463+ words) Image by Akira Hojo. Our Constitution, an embodiment of Enlightenment principles, established America as a secular nation. A few generations ago, Democrats and Republicans alike honored their oath of office and recognized the Constitution as the supreme law of the…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (456+ words) In the wake of Cole Tomas Allen's alleged attempt to assassinate US President Donald Trump and/or other political officials, journalists, and general-purpose celebrities come the usual calls for "gun control" because that's just how things work. My preferred argument…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (384+ words) Image by Duncan Kidd. In all of this mayhem, it's easy to overlook new human rights violations because there are so many each day. Violations of the rule of law have become the air Americans breathe. In a matter of…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (715+ words) Counter Punch. org The most egregious breach may be found in the IDF bombings of Palestinians in Gaza that have killed more than 70, 000 people (mostly women and children). Since the so-called ceasefire of last October, Israeli forces have killed more…...