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‘We have to burn down the world.’ Will Europe follow Trump and the US into the geopolitical abyss?

“Europeans are really reluctant to accept that, after 80 years, they are now on the outside. There’s no collective hegemony with the US [anymore].”

Trump admits war would be disastrous for ordinary Iranians as he weighs military assault

“The stakes are clear,” said the National Iranian American Council. “There’s a chance to avert war and disastrous outcomes for the people of Iran, but time may be running out.”

by Jake Johnson February 24, 2026February 24, 2026

Manifest Destiny never ended: the domestic war for white supremacy

The US operates in a perpetual state of internal war, and the white supremacist legacy of domestic warfare has reached terrifying new heights in the Trump era, says scholar and author Dylan Rodríguez.

by Mansa Musa February 23, 2026February 24, 2026

America’s toxic future looks like East Palestine, Ohio, today

Three years since one of the worst industrial disasters in US history, politicians, the media, and the public have forgotten about East Palestine. But we haven’t.