EUGENIO GARCÍA GASCÓN The erosion of judicial independence and press freedom, often noted by Hungarian and foreign observers in recent years, has turned Viktor Orbán into a nationalist and populist leader who is increasingly removed from liberal democracy. It is not an exceptional case that the Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010 has opted for a head-on clash with the liberal idea of ​​Europe that has dominated until now, nor that from Budapest he promotes his ideas throughout the West, his main ally being the Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu.

AMY GOODMAN AND DENIS MOYNIHAN On February 3, a massive train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, blanketed the city in a toxic mix of chemicals and spilled gases, polluting the air, contaminating the tracks rivers and killing thousands of fish and frogs. Local residents suffer ailments ranging from shortness of breath, sore throat, burning eyes and rashes, all with unknown long-term consequences.

MEDEA BENJAMIN AND NICOLAS JS DAVIES Neither party in this conflict has opened up to its own people to honestly explain why it is fighting, what it really hopes to achieve and how it plans to achieve it. All parties claim to be fighting for noble causes and insist that it is the other party that refuses to negotiate a peaceful resolution. Everyone is manipulating and lying, and the complacent media (from all sides) proclaim their lies.