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What is the Trump administration doing with foreign aid money?
Since he returned to office, President Donald Trump’s administration has upended foreign aid. It’s labeled well-established, long-running programs as “not aligned with American interests” and slashed their budgets. Still, the billions of taxpayer dollars Congress has allocated for foreign aid programs must be spent; lawmakers have insisted the government continue to fund humanitarian aid, global […]
- By : Anna Maria Barry-Jester And Sharon Lerner
- August 13, 2026
Fraud and fascism attend installation of U.S.-aligned Colombian president
President Abelardo de la Espriella took office on Aug. 7, in the process all but completing Latin America’s return to right-wing control. Political arrangements in Colombia are now in sync with the U.S. government’s reassertion of power over the region with its National Security Strategy announced in November 2025. In second-round presidential voting on June […]
- By : W. T. Whitney, Jr.
- August 13, 2026
Titian and the crisis of Renaissance humanism
The 450th anniversary of Titian’s death on 27 August 1576 is a good opportunity to revisit the Venetian master—an artist whose long career coincides with and sheds light on the early capitalist era. Titian’s seventy-year creative life spanned nearly three-quarters of the sixteenth century, a time of profound social transformation. Titian’s art bears witness to […]
- By : Jenny Farrell
- August 12, 2026
Social Security workers: Bad situation turned worse under Trump
WASHINGTON—Closed offices. Short staffing. Long drives to get service. Even longer waits in lines. And interminable delays in having your case decided—as the boss tries to push your clients onto computerized responses that are sometimes flat-out wrong. Welcome to the world of Social Security staffers, where for the last 15 years, with one short exception […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- August 12, 2026
Democratic primary voters pick anti-MAGA candidates for November ballots
The corporate media is making much of the battles between so-called “establishment” Democrats and others who are identified with the organization Democratic Socialists of America. While the divisions are real enough, reliance on such broad categories sometimes cloud the facts. Similarly, too many commentators seem intent on pitting Black voters against white progressive voters in […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- August 12, 2026
USDA Secretary Rollins says she is proud to have kicked children off food stamps
For further reading: I served my country, but the Trump government is abandoning me Senate farm bill focuses on farm economy, keeps ‘Big Beautiful’ SNAP cuts
- By : Greg Kearney
- August 12, 2026
Republicans install anti-worker majority on NLRB
WASHINGTON—The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate voted 51-47, along party lines, to confirm James Macy and reconfirm David Prouty to the National Labor Relations Board. The move hands MAGA a 3-1 majority and clears the way for the capitalist class to dismantle several key pro-worker rulings issued by the NLRB during the Biden administration. Macy, a Republican […]
- By : Cameron Harrison
- August 12, 2026
One year on, our nation’s capital is still under military occupation
A year ago this week, National Guard troops rolled into Washington under orders from Donald Trump, who invoked crime rates that were actually at 30-year lows to justify putting soldiers on street corners in the capital of a country that has historically refused military rule at home. Twelve months later, the “temporary” deployment has become […]
- By : People’s World Editorial Collective
- August 12, 2026
65 years after Agent Orange: Vietnam still seeks justice over chemical warfare
HANOI—This month marks 65 years since the United States first began spraying the chemical weapon known as Agent Orange over Vietnam. More than six decades later, its devastating effects continue to be felt by millions of people across Southeast Asia, making it one of the longest-lasting legacies of the U.S. war against Vietnam. The significance […]
- By : Amiad Horowitz
- August 11, 2026
Trump agency under fire for blocking sexual harassment lawsuits
WASHINGTON—Given the terrible track record of the Donald Trump regime in enforcing civil rights laws—except for alleged discrimination against white men—an ongoing lawsuit by two female federal workers, their attorneys and their union is no surprise: They charge the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the leading federal civil rights enforcement agency, is blocking anti-discrimination suits covering […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- August 11, 2026