Mnar Adley

Mnar Adley is an award-winning journalist and editor and is the founder and director of MintPress News. She is also president and director of the non-profit media organization Behind the Headlines. Adley also co-hosts the MintCast podcast and is a producer and host of the social media video series Behind The Headlines.  Adley is a recipient of the Women's Institute for the Freedom of the Press Award and the Serena Shim Award for independent journalism. Adley is a regular speaker on responsible journalism and Big Tech censorship. She started her career as an independent multimedia journalist covering Midwest and national politics while focusing on civil liberties and social justice issues posting her reporting and exclusive interviews on her blog MintPress, which she later turned MintPress into the global news source it is today. In 2009, Adley also became the first American woman to wear the hijab to anchor/report the news in American media. Contact Mnar at [email protected]. Follow Mnar on Twitter at @mnarmuh In 2009, Adley also became the first American woman to wear the hijab to anchor/report the news in American media. Contact Mnar at [email protected]. Follow Mnar on Twitter at @mnarmuh

Lebanon Burns: Israel Expands Genocide Beyond Gaza with Marwa Osman and Batool Subeiti

Journalists Marwa Osman and Batool Subeiti break down Israel’s brutal bombings that killed over 500 in Lebanon. As Netanyahu threatens to push Lebanon “to the edge of the abyss,” resistance groups prepare for a confrontation that could reshape the Middle East.

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Lebanon Crisis & the Resistance Axis

Not only is Israel bombing and committing genocide in Gaza, but it is now ramping up its violence against Lebanon. In the past few days, massive Israeli strikes have killed more than 500 people, constituting the country’s bloodiest day in decades. Over 100,000 people have fled the south of the country, fearing a potential Israeli ground

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BRICS, the Dollar, and the End of US Empire, with Ben Norton

In this episode of MintCast, Ben Norton dives into the global shift away from the dollar, the petrodollar’s collapse, and America’s unwavering support for Israel.

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The United States is socially, politically and economically in crisis. As an increasingly large number of people are priced out of the economy, fewer and fewer buy into the sham of electoral politics. On the world stage, too, the U.S. is suffering. Countries everywhere are beginning to drop the dollar as the standard unit of exchange, and

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How the Democrats and Labour Party Protect the Status Quo in the West

In this episode of The Watchdog, Lowkey is joined by co-host Mnar Adley and former Labour Shadow Cabinet member Chris Williamson and his communications officer Ammar Kazmi to discuss the limitations of the political systems in the US and UK.

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The MintPress podcast “The Watchdog,” hosted by British-Iraqi hip-hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public interest to know—including intelligence, lobby and special interest groups influencing policies that infringe on free speech and target dissent. “The Watchdog” goes against the grain by casting a light

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Scott Ritter: Israel’s Collapse is Imminent Amid Escalation in Lebanon

Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter warns that Israel is unraveling from within after its latest attack on Lebanon, as its military weakens and society fractures.

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It sometimes feels like the world is on the brink of war. Israel has just escalated the conflict in the Middle East with a massive attack on Lebanon, implanting bombs in hundreds of pagers and other electronic devices, killing many and injuring thousands. Around the world, the action has been condemned as an act of terror. Today’s guest,

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Israel’s Short-sighted Political Assassinations with Sharmine Narwani

Sharmine Narwani shares her insights on the targeted killings of Fuad Shukr and Ismail Haniyeh, which have sent shockwaves through the Middle East and raised the specter of a broader regional conflict.

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No matter how bad the attack on Palestine gets, Israel seems to find a way to make it worse. With a series of high-profile assassinations that threaten to spark a regional war, Israel has raised the stakes once again. On July 30, it targeted Hezbollah leader Fuad Shukr in Beirut. One day later, it killed Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ lead ceasefire

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Whitney Webb: Trump, JD Vance bankrolled by CIA and Mossad backed Peter Thiel

Investigative journalist Whitney Webb breaks down Peter Thiel’s influence on Trump and JD Vance and how a Trump administration would advance a CIA-Mossad backed plan to expand the technocratic surveillance state.

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It is election season once again, and that means that the world’s eyes are drawn to our corrupt two-party duopoly. With a rapidly aging Biden decaying in front of us, Donald Trump is now a heavy favorite to become Commander-in-Chief of the US empire once more. Trump has chosen JD Vance as his running mate, a character made and financed by

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American Military Crisis: Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson Speaks Out

Former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, Lawrence Wilkerson, exposes the crumbling facade of U.S. global power and the consequences of its aggressive foreign policy in Gaza and beyond.

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It is clear to at least half the world, some four billion people, that the United States is not the power that it once was… Our reputation is in tatters in the world.” That is what retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson told MintCast host Mnar Adley today. “When you talk about history and the history of empire in particular, what you find

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