University of Wisconsin-Madison's former Middle Eastern Studies Associate Director Jennifer Loewenstein: Trump Flounders as Iran Takes Initiative in His Reckless and Destabilizing War

Jacobin Staff Writer Branko Marcetic: Progressive Democrats’ Primary Election Wins Stoke Corporate Democrat Backlash

The Sentencing Project's Senior Research Analyst Josh Rovner: Opposition to U.S. Youth Life Without Parole Sentences Drives Campaign for Reform

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• After US attack on Iran, did China's halving its oil purchases prop up global markets?
• Climate change bringing water to drought-stricken Sahel area in Sahara Desert
• Democrat wins could break GOP veto-proof supermajorities in state legislatures

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