Informed Comment

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

Reports of Large-Scale Killings in Iran under cover of internet blackout

Iranian diaspora communities and non-Iranians alike have used social media to share concerns about the internet blackout

One hospital in Tehran has received more than 70 corpses of demonstrators shot in the head and chest by security guards

Critical historians like William Appleman Williams played a key role in highlighting the US’s imperial record in Latin America

Not surprisingly, perhaps, the United States has over the years resisted any attempt to outlaw autonomous weapons

China imported 389,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan oil in 2025, about 4% of its total

The “Neither Gaza nor Lebanon” chant asks: What does it mean for a government to prioritize foreign conflicts over domestic welfare?

he protest was part of over a 1,000 planned demonstrations against ICE across the nation this weekend

Political slogans grew sharper, and in some places the protests shifted from economic dissent to open calls for regime change.