Donald Trump pours petrol on the fire as warming surges
A new UN report reveals U.S. emissions surged most in the G20 under Donald Trump, proving that political delay and fossil greed doom our planetary future.
By Sophie Naimi ·
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Pete Hegseth traded military law for a digital spectacle
By Adele Rutherford ·
US sanctions on the International Criminal Court must be resisted
Washington targets the International Criminal Court with financial penalties after Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize, but European allies must resist this imperial coercion.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Navi Pillay’s Nobel Prize honors procedure over theater
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, choosing the steady machinery of international law over the empty political theater of statecraft.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Benjamin Netanyahu uses Gaza's ruins to hide his failures
As Israelis mourn the October 7 attacks, Benjamin Netanyahu uses the ruins of Gaza to hide his security failures and shield himself from accountability.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Netanyahu evades the truth while Nir Oz survivors pay the price
As Israel marks three years since the 7 October attacks, the political class in Jerusalem continues to block an independent inquiry into the security failures that abandoned border communities.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
California bans child marriage and shatters a shield for predators
Governor Newsom signed a ban on child marriage, exposing the thirty-two states where statutory rape still hides behind parental consent and archaic laws.
By Maya Ellison ·
Houthis choke the Red Sea as Taiz burns in an old proxy war
As Houthi forces seize Mokha and shatter a fragile ceasefire, Taiz exposes how foreign patrons turn local battles into permanent levers over global shipping.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Han Zheng's UN speech exposes Trump's empty diplomatic theater
By criticizing US actions in Cuba and Iran after a White House visit, China reveals that diplomatic theater cannot mask a systemic rivalry driven by material interests.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Netanyahu buys domestic votes with United Nations defiance
Benjamin Netanyahu attacked New York's mayor at the United Nations to rally his base before elections, proving that foreign hostility remains his preferred domestic shield.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Sarandon arrest at UN exposes state power shielding impunity
Police arrested Susan Sarandon and other protesters outside the United Nations, exposing how powerful states protect impunity while civil society demands justice.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Netanyahu brings election theater to the UN General Assembly
Facing a tight vote at home, the Israeli prime minister turned the UN rostrum into a stump speech, attacking allies and embracing conflict.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Netanyahu trades international isolation for domestic survival
Facing an election and war crimes charges, Benjamin Netanyahu used the United Nations General Assembly to project defiance, trading international isolation for domestic survival.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Trump and Xi trade pageantry for a hollow AI dialogue
President Trump hosted President Xi Jinping for a state visit that extended a trade truce but failed to secure a binding AI accord, proving that supremacy outweighs safety.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Donald Trump returns to New York to swap diplomacy for theater
As the General Assembly convenes in New York during the war with Iran, Washington treats global governance as a stage for domestic theater rather than genuine diplomacy.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Trump and Xi bypass the UN while small nations pay the price
As world leaders gather in New York, the US and China prioritize bilateral deals over multilateral rules, leaving the UN as a hollow stage for a fractured world.
By Aoife Gallagher ·