""Magnus of the Tucson PD really wants you to think of him as a reformer. But while he was tweeting about how he would never allow this kind of in-custody police killing that he had witnessed in the 8:46 second killing of George Floyd, the chief’s men had done the Kenosha... Read more »

"In 1981, Israeli warplanes bombed the Iraqi reactor at Osirak and many in the U.S. cheered it on as a way of allegedly stopping Iraq from acquiring nuclear weapons. Khadduri was working at the time on the Iraqi nuclear program and says the effect was exactly the opposite. The Iraqi... Read more »

    "Israel is granted an effective green light for its illegal actions and dangerous war mongering whilst the U.S. government has time and again backed it. Just a few months ago South Africa's emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu wrote, urging incoming President Biden, to end the USA's 'pretence over Israel's... Read more »

"Within 24 hours of the defeat of the union at Amazon appearing likely, non-union workers at Amazon went on a wildcat strike in Chicago. So while it may appear that workers at Amazon were defeated, they are still on the march as the strike in Chicago shows." The post Amazon... Read more »

 As the Biden administration assesses the U.S. government's use of drones to kill people, a grassroots global campaign -- BanKillerDrones.org -- was launched on Friday, declaring its "commitment to achieving an international treaty that will ban weaponized drones and military and police surveillance." The campaign is being launched on the 12th anniversary of... Read more »

"For almost two decades the United States has been bullying (and funding) military and police forces to its south to enforce its immigration priorities, effectively turning other countries' borders into extensions of the U.S. one. In the process, Mexico's forces have regularly been deployed on that country's southern border, and... Read more »

"As the Biden administration assesses U.S. nuclear weapons policy, Colville is facing sentencing on Friday morning for entering the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia to protest such policy. Colville's sentencing -- the last one of the activists to be sentenced -- will be conducted by phone on Friday,... Read more »

"Prosecutors were compelled to bring charges against Chauvin because the whole world had seen him kill Floyd. After massive protests erupted following the horrifying video of Chauvin’s torture of Floyd -- now known to have lasted nine minutes and 29 seconds -- the MPD [Minnesota Police Department] fired Chauvin and prosecutors... Read more »

"See the letter the coalition of groups just sent to the Biden administration and news release. The letter states: "We are deeply concerned that prior to the CNN report, no U.S. official in the new administration had explicitly publicly acknowledged the six-year-old, Saudi-imposed blockade -- much less criticized it. U.S. special envoy for... Read more »

Tech giants like Google and Facebook appear to be aiding and abetting a vicious government campaign against Indian climate activists... Read more »

“The Green New Deal is a plan that could solve so many of Texas’s problems and the problems across the country, and Republicans have absolutely nothing to offer except for more deregulation, more privatization, more austerity.”... Read more »

The symbolic power of Bernie’s old pair of mittens was the work of the “us” in “not me, us.”... Read more »

A viral conspiracy theory blends together legitimate critiques with truly dangerous anti-vaccination fantasies and outright coronavirus denialism... Read more »

Republicans keep finding new ways to tell us that they don’t believe in democracy, and we should believe them... Read more »

A great many people did not vote for Joe Biden, they voted against Trump. We have to recognise how narrow this win was... Read more »

Can we imagine a better future? If we stop talking about what winning actually looks like, isn’t that the same as giving up?... Read more »

He has done nothing but campaign for reelection since he became president... Read more »

Lessons from the New Deal point the way forward in the era of Covid-19... Read more »

At last people are waking up to the fishing industry’s devastating impacts. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th April 2021 When the BBC made a film about the crisis in our oceans, it somehow managed to avoid naming their greatest cause of ecological destruction: the fishing industry. The... Read more »

I won’t be writing my Guardian column for a few weeks, as I’m trying to finish my book about feeding the world without devouring the planet. Normal service will resume in April.... Read more »

Some falsehoods about the pandemic are so dangerous that they should be banned. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th January 2021 Why do we value lies more than lives? We know that certain falsehoods kill people. Some of those who believe such claims as “coronavirus doesn’t exist”; “it’s... Read more »

Long Covid is devastating the health and lives of many thousands of people, and highlights the terrible neglect of patients with chronic conditions such as ME/CFS. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22nd January 2021 Perhaps to a greater extent than at any point since the first world war,... Read more »

It is hard to imagine how the government’s handling of the pandemic could have been more catastrophic.   By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 13th January 2021 Here’s the chilling, remarkable thing that should be inscribed on everyone’s minds: there is no plan. This week, I asked the government’s... Read more »

Brexit isn’t about Europe, and isn’t about the UK. It’s the outcome of a civil war within capitalism. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 25th November 2020 Where there is chaos, the government will multiply it. Where people are pushed to the brink, it will shove them over. Boris... Read more »

A crucial link in the food chain has been forgotten by the government, exposing us to a potential disaster after the Brexit transition. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th November 2020 A few days ago, I carried out a small experiment. I sent almost identical requests to two... Read more »

Unless Biden fights big money, he could pave the way for someone even worse than Trump. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11th November 2020 It brought a tear to the eye and a hand to the heart. Joe Biden, in his acceptance speech, called for unity and healing.... Read more »

Privatisation, outsourcing, packed classrooms and a total government failure to make them safe expose schools to deadly levels of infection. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 4th November 2020 Does anyone in power care? Shocking revelations about the government’s handling of the pandemic are either ignored or dismissed. The... Read more »

In choosing a title for his final, posthumously published book, the prominent public intellectual Tony Judt turned to a poem by Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village, published in 1770...... Read more »

It's party time in the nation's capital and the Christmas spirit reigns supreme, even if the Texas Republican Party does want to secede from the Union...... Read more »

It was the end of October 2001...... Read more »

As autumn fades and winter looms, the dire predictions public-health experts made about Covid-19 have, unfortunately, proven all-too-accurate...... Read more »

Martin Luther King, Jr., offered this all-too-relevant comment on his moment in his 1967 speech "Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?"...... Read more »

As Donald Trump gave in to the demand that the transition process to the Biden years officially begin, the administration and its fossil-fuel allies doubled down on their efforts to implement destructive environmental policies that President Biden might try to reverse...... Read more »

If you have a moment, how about joining two retired officers, Bill Astore and me, Danny Sjursen, as we think about this country’s catastrophic forever wars that, regardless of their deadly costs and lack of progress, never seem quite to end?... Read more »

In the military realm, Donald Trump will most likely be remembered for his insistence on ending America’s involvement in its twenty-first-century “forever wars” -- the fruitless, relentless, mind-crushing military campaigns undertaken by Presidents Bush and Obama in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Somalia...... Read more »

By the end of this year, the White House will reportedly have finally brought home a third of the 7,500 troops still stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq (against the advice of President Trump’s own military leaders)...... Read more »

Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, one of the Trumpiest Republicans in the U.S. Senate, has been slammed by countless Democrats — as well as many Never Trump conservatives — for objecting to Congress' January 6 certification of Joe Biden's Electoral College victory in the 2020 presidential election and promoting former... Read more »

Georgia's so-called Election Integrity Act of 2021, the voter suppression bill that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law on March 25, has drawn vehement criticism from Delta Airlines, Coca-Cola and other Georgia-based companies — and Major League Baseball voiced its opposition by moving its 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta... Read more »

The defense in the murder trial of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin began building its case this week, and unfortunately but predictably attorneys seem to be trying to convince the jury that George Floyd was responsible for his own death. Barry Brodd, a use-of-force expert called by the defense on... Read more »

Props to legislature Republicans, who have found a way to make their dismissal of democracy and refusal to fund the voter-approved Medicaid expansion even worse!The party's fringe-right, emboldened by the unconstitutional anti-expansion gambit, is now trying to ban regular Medicaid recipients from using the program to purchase contraception. That, however,... Read more »

The Biden administration had until April 2 to decide whether or not it would disclose documents relating to the previous administration's family separation policy, including from a reported White House meeting where former aide and noted white supremacist Stephen Miller and other officials from that administration allegedly voted on the... Read more »

The voter suppression bills that Republicans have introduced in state legislatures all over the U.S. have been drawing a great deal of criticism for the many ways in which they propose making voting more difficult. University of Baltimore law professor Kimberly Wehle, in an article published by the conservative website... Read more »

As embattled Rep. Rick Roeber (R-Mo.) prepares to move out of state amid allegations of sexual abuse, Missouri House leaders have expressed concern about him posing a risk to other children. According to KMBC, House Speaker Rob Vescovo (R-Mo.), and the leader of Missouri's House Ethics Committee, released a joint... Read more »

Florida's Republican-led Senate introduced proposed legislation on Tuesday to push back against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) extended no-sail order blocking cruise ships from resuming operations. According to the Sun-Sentinel, Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) are proposing the Careful Resumption Under Improved Safety Enhancements, also... Read more »

A government watchdog organization on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice alleging that the federal executive department violated the government's public records law and failed to disclose non-exempt documents. According to Law & Crime, the documents focused on a probe into whether or not former President... Read more »

The Israeli government’s position regarding an impending investigation by the International Criminal Court of alleged war crimes committed in occupied Palestine has been finally declared by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "It will be made clear that Israel is a country with rule of law that knows how to investigate... Read more »

Tokyo’s boosters call Japan America’s most important ally. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe forged a close relationship with President Donald Trump, playing to the latter’s vanities. In response, Trump seemed to go easier on Tokyo, a longtime Pentagon cheap rider, than South Korea or Europe. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is... Read more »

The Biden administration risks creating a crisis with Russia with its ill-considered shows of support for the Ukrainian government. President Biden expressed his "unwavering support" for Ukraine in a phone call with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy, and there are reports that U.S. ships may be sent into the Black Sea to... Read more »

Tensions are rising again between the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over rival claims to small islands and their surrounding waters in the South China Sea. The latest incident began in late March when more than 200 Chinese "fishing vessels" arrived at Whitsun Reef, which Manila calls... Read more »

In recent days, Russian tanks, artillery, armor, trucks and troops have been moving by road and rail ever closer to Ukraine, and Moscow is said to be repositioning its 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade in Crimea. Military sources in Kyiv estimate there are now 85,000 Russian troops between six and... Read more »

In recent months it has not been just Covid that raised the temperature in Europe’s hotheads: Cold War fever has set in among the Brussels leadership, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel rallying the troops against public enemy number one, the Russian... Read more »

Nine people were killed across Iraq. The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: Nine Killed appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.... Read more »

America began a new week with Secretary of State Antony Blinken appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press with Chuck Todd. One might forgive a traveler from another land or time forming the impression that almost all U.S. television news, cable and network alike, consisted of different channels of Voice of... Read more »

More than six years ago Saudi Arabia attacked Yemen. The goal was to reinstall a friendly president to do Riyadh’s bidding. The royal regime assumed the campaign would be over in six weeks. Yet again the gods punished hubris and made the vainglorious pay a terrible price. The Kingdom of... Read more »

{{unknown}}Jerm Warfare interviews Norman Finkelstein . Read More The post Interview: Norman Finkelstein on the Holocaust Industry appeared first on Norman G. Finkelstein.... Read more »

Yemen is not starving -- it is being starved.#HungerStrike4Yemen #YemenCantWait pic.twitter.com/ps5d8yfL0U — Hunger Strike Day 11 - Yemeni Liberation Movement (@LiberateYemen) April 6, 2021 A Hunger Strike by Yemeni American Read More The post Yemen is not starving — it is being starved. appeared first on Norman G. Finkelstein.... Read more »

The post Norman, YOU ROCK!! appeared first on Norman G. Finkelstein.... Read more »

Earlier today, five Palestinian children reportedly aged 8-12 were detained by Israeli army soldiers after picking wild flowers, at the behest of Israeli settlers whose very presence in occupied territory is illegal. info and video via @btselem pic.twitter.com/SoaiamNHL1 — Ben White (@benabyad) March 10, 2021 Earlier today, five Palestinian children... Read more »

“The man who can center his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self,” Bertrand Russell once observed, “can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life which is impossible to the pure egoist.”  It is advice that is as obvious as it is true, but still hard to... Read more »

Finkelstein comments: At the end of his classic study, Black Reconstruction, W. E. B. Du Bois meditates on what caused poor whites in the American South to unleash a reign of terror after the Civil War against the newly freed slaves.  His explanation is as if not more relevant today:How is... Read more »

SIGN THIS PETITION! Israel says God gave the whole of the Land of Israel to the Jews. Every major Israeli political party says the whole of the Land of Israel belongs to the Jews. Every major political party has pledged not to withdraw from any of the Land of Israel.  ... Read more »

‘SNL’ under fire for ‘anti-Semitic’ joke Read More The post Here are the unimpeachable facts: 1) There is one Jewish supremacist state that extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River 2) About half the population of that state is not Jewish 3) That non-Jewish half has overwhelmingly not... Read more »

Finkelstein comments:  Recently, many correspondents have wondered why I was a Maoist in my youth.  That’s not so simple to explain and, anyhow, I still have ambivalent thoughts about Chairman Mao.  But that’s for another day.  Here’s an anecdote from one of my correspondents.  As it happened, he made it to... Read more »

William JanewayWhether it is called "Build Back Better" or a "Green Industrial Policy" or, indeed, a Green New Deal, it is imperative to reject the false dichotomy of "jobs against climate."... Read more »

Jake Johnson, staff writer"Letting this tool of authoritarian control spread throughout the private sector has serious implications for worker organizing rights and heightens the risk of catastrophic biometric data breaches."... Read more »

Jake Johnson, staff writer"We have to stop choosing political expediency over human rights," said Kate Kizer of Win Without War.... Read more »

Jessica Corbett, staff writer"Should Iran be willing to return to compliance with the limitations set by the JCPOA, the United States should be willing to rejoin the deal and provide the sanctions relief required under the agreement."... Read more »

Brett Wilkins, staff writerThe event took place outside the Minneapolis courthouse where former cop Derek Chauvin is on trial for allegedly murdering Floyd last May. ... Read more »

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I am planning to travel to Spain at the weekend to give evidence in the criminal case against UC Global for spying on Julian Assange and his visitors (including me) in the Ecuadorean Embassy. It has taken me six solid hours so far to try to work out the logistics... Read more »

Discrimination against people on the grounds of their health status is not acceptable, while the ever increasing reach of the surveillance state is pernicious. The idea of people without Covid-19 antibodies being treated as second class citizens should be anathema to anybody with concern for human liberty. It is improbable... Read more »

Below is the story of my day touring Tema with Prince Philip, in this chapter from my book “The Catholic Orangemen of Togo”. You may be surprised to read that I rather liked him. The African Queen One morning I was sitting in the lounge at Devonshire House, with its... Read more »

If both Theresa May and Boris Johnson had not refused formal requests for a S30 agreement for an Independence referendum, Scotland would already be independent. Alex Salmond was absolutely right yesterday to insist that other paths of democratic legitimacy are open to Scotland, as a referendum is being unreasonably refused.... Read more »

On 24 March, two of the SNP MP’s most closely aligned to Nicola Sturgeon, Stewart MacDonald and Alyn Smith, asked for a meeting with the British internal security service MI5 to discuss cooperation against Russia. MI5 is the agency charged with countering perceived internal threats to the UK state; Scottish... Read more »

I am still frankly stunned that I was found in contempt of court. I maintain that I carefully identified nobody and, as empirically proven, the MSM did far more than I in revealing identities. I also believe that the terms of the Opinion would make it simply impossible to report... Read more »

I was pretty diffident a year ago in suggesting corrupt backhanders as a potential motive for Dominic Cummings to visit GSK in Barnard Castle, because part of me resisted the idea that even the Tories would seek to make personal profit from a pandemic. Since then, of course, we have... Read more »

I frequently find myself differing with readers who find it hard to understand that I can have personal friendships with people with politics very contrary to my own. I do not believe having a different opinion to me makes you a bad person. But there are times when I look... Read more »

Firstly I do promise that very shortly I shall get back to blogging about things that are not me. But it has been a wild week. I received intimation I had been found in contempt of court, my blog was taken down, I stood for internal election as an Action... Read more »

Iran says it has already started work to use IR-4 and IR-6 centrifuges in Natanz for enriching uranium to the level of 60 percent and that it expects the product to be ready next week.... Read more »

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani tells Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that allowing the Israeli regime a foothold in the Persian Gulf region is “dangerous,” given the fact that the regime is a “destabilizing and provocative” element.... Read more »

The Islamic Jihad movement and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine held a sit-in in solidarity with thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.... Read more »

Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency of its decision to start 60-percent enrichment as of Wednesday.... Read more »

Afghanistan is an amazing destination for international tourists.... Read more »

Michael Jones says the act of sabotage against the Iranian nuclear facility shows that Israel is the main sponsor of terrorism. ... Read more »

​​​​​​​Yemen’s army carried out one of its largest operations against Saudi Arabia using 17 drones and ballistic missiles.... Read more »

The latest round of talks on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA, ended with no tangible result in Vienna.... Read more »

The European Union, Russia and Germany warn against efforts to undermine Vienna talks to revive the JCPOA after a terrorist attack by Israel on Iran's Natanz nuclear site.... Read more »

The head of the European Commission has announced a new agreement with pharmaceuticals company Pfizer to deliver more Covid shots, adding that Brussels backs “proven” vaccine technology in the fight against the virus. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The Pakistani government has announced it will ban the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party under anti-terrorism laws after the group staged protests calling for the expulsion of the French ambassador, paralyzing Lahore. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Almost 1,800 civilians, including many women and children, were killed or wounded in the fighting between the Afghan government and the Taliban since the start of 2021, the UN said, again calling on the sides to stop the violence. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Chinese vaccine maker CanSinoBIO said it found no cases of blood clots in people who received its vaccine, as similar jabs from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson face scrutiny over the possible side effect. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

‘Bluey’, an animated series popular with preschoolers, has become the latest culture war victim after a columnist provocatively argued that the Australian show needed a more diverse range of cartoon dogs. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Northern Ireland’s women booked their spot at Euro 2022 by overcoming Ukraine on Tuesday night, but the game featured an incident which some fans have jokingly decried as among the “most cynical” football has ever witnessed. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Denmark will completely abandon the rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine due to a risk of rare blood clots. One of the country’s top drug officials passed out at a press conference delivering the news. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The French government has warned that there is still more to be done in tackling Covid-19 and overcoming the country’s third wave of infections, as the nation approaches the solemn milestone of 100,000 pandemic deaths. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that his country is now dependent on its alliance with Moscow for protection after a military defeat last year saw it concede territory under its control to neighboring Azerbaijan. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Bitcoin has been booming since last year, with the cryptocurrency making another record surging over $62,500 this week.... Read more »

Northern Ireland has been hit by social unrest of late, with loyalists showing their anger over the outcome of the Brexit agreement that introduced checks on goods arriving on the island from Great Britain. At the start of March, the UK government moved to unilaterally extend the grace period for... Read more »

Seventy-two engineering centres have opened in Russian universities since 2013, boosting the country’s academic research and development in the field.... Read more »

Tuesday's phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden was described as "businesslike" by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, with a summit meeting proposed, raising speculation over the possible venue.... Read more »

Last week, Tel Aviv indicated that it would not cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s investigation into the situation in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, saying The Hague had “no authority” to open an investigation against it. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier dismissed the probe as “pure anti-Semitism.”... Read more »

The younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, has shared her memory of Prince Philip as he swooped in “to save the day” when she had a cooking accident.... Read more »

Tokyo 2020 and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government marked 100 days until the Summer Olympic Games in the Japanese capital begin, which was postponed last year due to COVID.... Read more »

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) draws much of its support from very conservative Protestants in Northern Ireland. Extra-marital affairs and homosexuality are deeply frowned upon among DUP supporters.... Read more »

The data the new research focuses on was originally obtained by a 1978 probe mission to Venus.... Read more »

By Mark Curtis and Matt Kennard, Declassified UK, 30 March 2021 Britain’s ambassador to Bolivia, Jeff Glekin, played a personal role in events leading up to the 2019 military-backed coup that deposed the country’s democratically-elected president, Evo Morales — and strongly supported the new regime as it carried out two... Read more »

By Phil Miller and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 24 February 2021 The heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, has held 95 meetings with eight repressive monarchies in the Middle East since the ‘Arab Spring’ protests of 2011 threatened their power. Charles has played a key role in promoting £14.5-billion... Read more »

By Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 4 February 2021 New research finds that dozens of senior UK defence, foreign office and intelligence officials find employment with oil, gas and mining corporations once they leave public office, rubber-stamped by a Whitehall committee which pays little attention to potential conflicts of interest. Such... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 1 February 2021 Declassified UK’s analysis of the written outputs of three of Sky News’ principal foreign affairs journalists has found that the media outlet acts largely to amplify the views of the British Ministry of Defence and Foreign Office, while rarely offering critical, independent... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 11 December 2020 A UK government review into how the Ministry of Defence (MOD) handled relations with the organisation I edit, Declassified UK, concludes the MOD “did not have a policy” of blacklisting us, despite providing evidence that it did. It reveals a deep problem... Read more »

By Phil Miller and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 7 October 2020 Britain’s Royal Air Force has trained 25 pilots from Saudi Arabia how to fly the powerful Typhoon jet and continues to provide instruction on using missiles involved in devastating attacks on civilians in Yemen. The Royal Air Force (RAF)... Read more »

By Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 2 October 2020 One of the US prosecution’s key witnesses in the Julian Assange hearing, who claimed that Assange’s risk of suicide is “manageable” if extradited to the US, works for an academic institute that is funded by the UK Ministry of... Read more »

Phil Miller, Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 23 September 2020 UK defence minister admits that training of Saudi Typhoon pilots is continuing despite Riyadh using these British-made jets to conduct airstrikes in Yemen, a country on the brink of famine. Up to nine Saudi pilots currently training in... Read more »

By Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 4 September 2020 As British judge made rulings against Julian Assange, her husband was involved with right-wing lobby group briefing against WikiLeaks founder Westminster chief magistrate Lady Emma Arbuthnot made two key legal rulings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in February 2018,... Read more »

Overview The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. Panelists participate via self-administered web surveys. Panelists who do not have internet access at home are provided with a tablet and wireless internet connection. Interviews are conducted in both... Read more »

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals: Research team Carroll Doherty, Director, Political ResearchJocelyn Kiley, Associate Director, Political ResearchBaxter Oliphant, Senior ResearcherAndrew Daniller, Research AssociateBradley Jones, Research AssociateHannah Hartig, Research AssociateAmina Dunn, Research AnalystTed Van Green, Research AssistantVianney Gomez, Research Assistant... Read more »

Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to say prosecuting those who broke in on Jan. 6 is very important and that penalties for them will likely be less severe than they should be. The post Large Majority of the Public Views Prosecution of Capitol Rioters as ‘Very Important’ appeared... Read more »

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals: Research team Carroll Doherty, Director, Political Research Jocelyn Kiley, Associate Director, Political ResearchBaxter Oliphant, Senior ResearcherAndrew Daniller, Research AssociateBradley Jones, Research AssociateHannah Hartig, Research AssociateAmina Dunn, Research AnalystTed Van Green, Research AssistantVianney Gomez, Research... Read more »

The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. Panelists participate via self-administered web surveys. Panelists who do not have internet access at home are provided with a tablet and wireless internet... Read more »

Just under half of Americans (47%) have a favorable view of the Democratic Party, while a slightly larger share (51%) have an unfavorable view. The GOP is viewed more negatively – 38% say they have a positive view of the Republican Party, while 60% rate it unfavorably. These views are... Read more »

In the first months of his presidency, majorities of Americans say a number of positive descriptions apply to Joe Biden. And Biden draws public confidence on most issues, especially his handling of the coronavirus outbreak. About two-thirds of adults (66%) say the phrase “stands up for what he believes in”... Read more »

A majority of Republicans say the GOP should not be accepting of Republican officials who openly criticize Donald Trump. The post Biden Viewed Positively on Many Issues, but Public Is Less Confident He Can Unify Country appeared first on Pew Research Center - U.S. Politics & Policy.... Read more »

To create upper-, middle- and lower-income tiers, respondents’ 2019 family incomes were adjusted for differences in purchasing power by geographic region and for household size. “Middle-income” adults live in families with annual incomes that are two-thirds to double the median family income in the panel (after incomes have been adjusted... Read more »

Customs and Border Protection is dropping asylum-seekers in remote border towns with few resources to receive them. The post The Border Patrol’s Abdication in the Sonoran Desert appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

A change in Border Patrol policies is straining human aid networks in one of the deadliest areas along the border. The post “It’s Consumed Our Lives”: Volunteers Step In as Border Patrol Drops Migrants Off in Tiny Arizona Towns appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Mesmo que surjam novos atritos, generais estão de cabeça na missão. Conheça 4 cenários para o futuro – nenhum é bom para a democracia. The post Militares ficarão abraçados a Bolsonaro até o fim do governo appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The details of the blackout at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility are scattered — but intriguing. The post Israel May Have Destroyed Iranian Centrifuges Simply by Cutting Power appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

As the government attacks press freedom, reporters must consider their responsibility to sources — and each other. The post The Journalist and the Whistleblower appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

After the police killing of Adam Toledo in Chicago, the ShotSpotter gunfire detection system deserves serious scrutiny. The post Chicago Awaits Video of Police Killing of 13-Year-Old Boy appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Ataques começaram após o casamento. Empresa aconselhou vítima a continuar trabalhando e justificou:‘ as pessoas são ruins’. The post Áudios: Funcionário da Basf é vítima de homofobia e pressionado a trabalhar ou se demitir appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Cities are hastily imposing curfews to squelch large demonstrations — criminalizing both protest and everyday life. The post Minneapolis Curfew Sows Confusion for Those With Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Sen. Angus King, meanwhile, has been "inundated" by supporters and opponents of the sweeping labor law reform. The post Sen. Mark Kelly Is Emerging as an Obstacle to the PRO Act appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The Florida city sees new anti-protest bill as a threat to anti-racist protests.... Read more »

Following the police killing of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on April 11, community members have been gathering outside of the city’s police department to protest.... Read more »

Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson is following in the footsteps of the disgraced former Senator.... Read more »

A much different mindset is needed about border issues—one that doesn’t treat asylum seekers as criminals and instead keeps them out of detention and in communities.... Read more »

There’s a thrill that comes with voting in person, but we’re at a point where many of us will benefit from voting by mail—assuming we’re allowed to.... Read more »

The pandemic has shifted conventional wisdom by showing the limits of “small government” thinking.... Read more »

Though the organizing effort at the Alabama facility lost, the company’s workers have shown that workplace representation is essential and attainable.... Read more »

Great progressive writer dies after a long and illustrious career.... Read more »

No matter the political climate, U.S.-born Chinese people are often not recognized as “real” Americans.... Read more »

William JanewayWhether it is called "Build Back Better" or a "Green Industrial Policy" or, indeed, a Green New Deal, it is imperative to reject the false dichotomy of "jobs against climate."... Read more »

Jake Johnson, staff writer"Letting this tool of authoritarian control spread throughout the private sector has serious implications for worker organizing rights and heightens the risk of catastrophic biometric data breaches."... Read more »

Jake Johnson, staff writer"We have to stop choosing political expediency over human rights," said Kate Kizer of Win Without War.... Read more »

Jessica Corbett, staff writer"Should Iran be willing to return to compliance with the limitations set by the JCPOA, the United States should be willing to rejoin the deal and provide the sanctions relief required under the agreement."... Read more »

Brett Wilkins, staff writerThe event took place outside the Minneapolis courthouse where former cop Derek Chauvin is on trial for allegedly murdering Floyd last May. ... Read more »

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KPFA turns 72 this week. We commemorate that achievement by presenting some gems from the station’s archives, about civil rights and labor struggles, nuclear radiation hazards, encounters with a shaman, and more.... Read more »

Donald Trump infamously targeted immigrants -- and many rejoiced when he left office.  But, as historian Elliott Young points out, the criminalization of immigrants has been a bipartisan affair, going back 140 years.  He discusses the intersection of mass incarceration and the detention of immigrants. Resources: Elliott Young, Forever Prisoners:... Read more »

Can an intensely private emotion like shame – for who one is, or what one has done – serve as an impetus for political engagement? Drawing on Hannah Arendt’s writings on Jewish politics, Manu Samnotra [1] ascribes a political role to shame; he argues that shame can motivate people to create political... Read more »

Racism is finally getting the attention it deserves, including the violence that people of color experience at the hands of the police. But can contemporary racism be understood outside of capitalism? Historian Touré Reed argues against artificially separating race from class -- what he terms race reductionism. Resources: Touré F.... Read more »

“Countering violent extremism” is a U.S. government program aimed at combatting homegrown terrorism. It enlists teachers, service providers, and religious leaders to monitor and report on young people deemed vulnerable to terrorist radicalization. But according to Nicole Nguyen [1], CVE asks teachers and others to take on policing functions and... Read more »

Leo Panitch, the great Marxist political economist, was one of the many losses we have suffered from the coronavirus. His frequent collaborator and lifelong friend Sam Gindin reflects on the enormous contributions that Leo Panitch made to a radical understanding of the state and capitalism on a global scale, as... Read more »

What stands in the way of the urgently needed transition to clean energy? What is energy democracy, and what role should it play in the struggle against fossil capitalism? According to Ashley Dawson [1], a decisive shift toward renewable energy is impossible without a collective struggle to take control of... Read more »

Trusted, impartial and independent? Or largely unaccountable and part of the Establishment? Sociologist Tom Mills considers the evidence on the enormously influential British Broadcasting Corporation or BBC, which is much revered by progressives in the United States and elsewhere. Resources: Tom Mills, The BBC: Myth of a Public Service [1]... Read more »

Healthcare under capitalism can involve expensive visits to trained professionals. What would a system of peer-to-peer caregiving outside the cash nexus look like? Inspired by models developed in Greek solidarity clinics, Cassie Thornton [1] has devised a radical new approach, one that involves three people focusing on the physical, mental,... Read more »

Amid ongoing sexual misconduct allegations against Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, Politico has found a new and ingenious way to describe an underage girl he supposedly dated, calling her a “former minor” even after she became an adult. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Financier Bernie Madoff, who pleaded guilty to being behind the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, passed away in a federal prison from natural causes. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe has announced that he intends to take CNN to court for making false statements about his conservative media organization. He says more sensational revelations about the network are to come. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Police officer Rusten Sheskey, who shot a black man named Jacob Blake in the back during an arrest last August, triggering a wave of protests, will not be subjected to any discipline and has returned to duty, Kenosha police said. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

A riot was declared and one person was detained after activists in Portland set the city’s police union office ablaze, amid ongoing protests following the killing of a black man, Daunte Wright, in a botched arrest in Minneapolis. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

In one of the largest meteor events of 2021 so far, more than 250 people submitted reports of a great ball of fire in the sky above Florida, believed to be a chunk of an asteroid that burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Black Lives Matter activists in Dallas, Texas marched down the streets, took over a restaurant, and picketed a hotel. One of the demonstrators, wearing a red shirt, was filmed carrying a rifle. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Police in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center once again used teargas and flash-bang grenades to disperse a crowd of Black Lives Matter activists protesting the shooting of Daunte Wright. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The US Department of Justice has allowed the FBI to infiltrate hundreds of systems affected by an exploit of Microsoft Exchange email servers and “delete malicious software.” The people affected will be notified… by email. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

By continuing to push for lockdowns to ‘protect hospitals’, authorities worldwide are denying millions of cancer sufferers and other seriously ill people essential treatment. This will lead to many unnecessary deaths. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Looting in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota is not going to fix the problems of looting across the US, but BLM protesters are slowly picking up on reality: it’s Wall Street, not ‘white people,’ that is the enemy. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

I saw a line in a recent New Yorker article about America’s endless wars, and it’s been rattling around in my head ever since. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Plans have emerged to commission a £190 million tribute to Prince Philip in the shape of a new royal yacht, funded by the UK taxpayer. But the days of gaudy luxuries built for the royal family have to be consigned to the past. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

After splurging on billions to save the airline, the French president has banned any flights on journeys that can be made in 2.5 hours by train at the behest of a citizens’ climate convention he set up to pacify the green lobby. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

China is the only major economy to introduce a blockchain-enabled, digital version of its currency, the yuan, which may someday change the entire landscape of global trade. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Scrabble has followed Mr Potato Head and Barbie in trying to impose woke values on your children. Remember when toys and games used to be fun rather than tools used to ensure kids think in what’s deemed an ‘acceptable’ manner? Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

A hard-hitting report by a Chinese group has slammed the US for its history of “humanitarian disasters” under the guise of human rights. The accusation fuels an escalating war of words between Beijing and Washington. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The well-rehearsed reaction to the death of the Duke of Edinburgh has been a slick exercise in elite propaganda and a depressing reminder that the hierarchical nature of our society results in deep inequality across the world. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The person tasked with ensuring diversity at the BBC has been accused of harboring narrow-minded views about race after reportedly dismissing a TV character played by actor Idris Elba for not being sufficiently ‘black’. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

In roughly a quarter of deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales, people actually died ‘with’ the coronavirus rather than ‘from’ it, new weekly data from the government reveals. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Boris Johnson is facing heavy criticism after telling weary Brits that the reduction in Covid-19 cases and deaths was not due to the UK’s massive vaccination program, but the restrictive lockdowns endured for months. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

After receiving an invitation to book their Covid-19 vaccinations online, England's over 45s found themselves unable to make an appointment, as the NHS website suffered technical problems. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The UK government has announced a remarkable Supreme Court challenge to two pieces of legislation passed by the Scottish parliament over concerns they may impinge on Westminster's governance. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The UK government will launch an independent inquiry into lobbying by former PM David Cameron, who allegedly held secret talks with current ministers in a bid to get work for a firm he advised, Boris Johnson’s office has said. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

An update to the UK’s NHS ‘Track and Trace’ app set to go live on Monday was blocked by Apple and Google due to concerns it violated a privacy rule prohibiting health authorities from collecting location data from users. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Brits braved cold weather, rain, and snow in their rush to the shops and pubs on Monday, as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions were loosened in the government’s stage 2 plan. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Considering stars of TV show Bridgerton or the Kardashians to be attractive and wanting mixed-race people to be sterilized are two sides of the same coin of white supremacy, a mixed-race author is arguing in a column. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by April Short An interview with anthropologist Douglas P. Fry on how societies that operate within peace systems avoid war and create positive intergroup relationships—and what this might mean for humanity’s future. We live in a time in which we face many... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Prabir Purkayastha Cybersecurity threats are emerging as one of the most serious challenges of the 21st century. The U.S. and its NATO allies have turned down every attempt within the UN framework for banning cyberweapons. Two major cyberhacks—of SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange Server—have affected... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Vijay Prashad On March 11, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote on Twitter that his government has “approved the Strategy for Deoccupation & Reintegration of Crimea.” What he referred to is a new strategy driven by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to retake Crimea—including... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by CT Staff   Citizen Truth’s Zach Beauchemin speaks with author of “The United States of War” and professor of political anthropology at American University David Vine about America’s imperialistic foreign policy. Transcript coming soon. Read more at Interview: Citizen Truth Speaks... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Reynard Loki Wet markets are perfect breeding grounds for pathogens that can jump from animals to humans. The exact origin of the coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, which started the COVID-19 pandemic, is still unclear. Early reports suggested that the virus jumped from... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Vijay Prashad Sentiments in Bolivia for and against the coup d’etat of November 2019 are predictably along class lines. Those from more affluent sections felt that the socialist policies of the government of President Evo Morales (which was in power from... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by David Swanson (David Swanson) The U.S. House of Representatives (in February and again in April, 2019) and the Senate (in December 2018 and March 2019) have each voted twice with strong bipartisan majorities to end the war on Yemen (vetoed by... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies It is a sign of hope that Biden and Blinken are turning to legitimate, multilateral diplomacy in the case of Afghanistan, even if only because, after 20 years of war, they finally see diplomacy as a... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Vijay Prashad and E. Ahmet Tonak Significant developments are underway in Turkey. Most ominously, the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has moved toward the banning of one of the country’s main opposition parties,... Read more »

New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, lead author of the Times ’s “1619 Project,” was paid $25,000 for an online Zoom lecture given to the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication.... Read more »

A comparative study of brain impressions from early and later members of the genus Homo demonstrates a correlation between a major reorganization of the brain and the development of Acheulean tool technology.... Read more »

The two US agencies issued a statement yesterday that they were recommending a pause in the use of Johnson and Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine because of six recently reported cases of “rare and severe” blood clots in people after receiving it.... Read more »

A worker’s lengthy protest and the unhappy, restless fate of a punk singer-musician.... Read more »

The lie that American corporations would not be able to reap profits from the National Health Service has been stripped bare.... Read more »

The new skilled trades work schedule at Sterling Heights Assembly has been in effect over a week with anger simmering over the impossible hours, inadequate changing and management harassment.... Read more »

While the strategic importance of Taiwan in any conflict between the US and China is evident, not so obvious is the role that the country plays in the manufacture of semiconductor chips.... Read more »

The ex-president insisted he did nothing wrong in instigating the fascist mob attack on Congress on January 6.... Read more »

The “herd immunity” policy of the Socialist Party-Podemos government fits the British Medical Journal’s characterization of the ruling elites’ pandemic policy as “social murder.”... Read more »

The Capitol Police absolutely did know that the crowd of Trump supporters on Jan. 6 was threatening violence, and that “Congress itself is the target,” a new inspector general’s report confirms. But the agency’s leadership not only failed to act on that, it did the reverse, not allowing the Civil Disturbance Unit to... Read more »

We’ve known for awhile that there has been a measurable “Trump Effect” regarding right-wing violence, particularly in the form of hate crimes and domestic terrorism, both of which rose to new levels after his election in 2016. But new data shows that it reached unprecedented heights in the last two... Read more »

The Biden administration has its hands full just undoing the damage of the Trump years, but it is doing the work. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is moving to roll back two key Trump-era housing discrimination policies, emphasis on discrimination. To do so, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge is in the... Read more »

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Leading Off ● OH-Sen: The Republican field for Ohio's open Senate seat swelled... Read more »

The best antidote to hot takes is hard data, and the latest Daily Kos/Civiqs poll is here with your cure. This survey of 1,541 registered voters was conducted online from Apr. 9-12 and reveals that 54% of Americans support raising the corporate tax rate and eliminating certain industries’ tax breaks to help fund... Read more »

WaPo: What you should do if you’ve received the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine Problems are so far very rare, but there are symptoms to watch for and questions to ask if you’re worried So what should you look for if you are one of the 6.8 million people who... Read more »

On the latest episode of The Brief, our hosts Markos Moulitsas and Kerry Eleveld trained their sights on the road to 2022 and 2024 and electoral strategy, especially when it comes to states that Democrats are hoping to flip. Turning new states reliably blue would have severe repercussions for the GOP—for instance, making... Read more »

The defense in the murder trial of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin began building its case this week, and unfortunately but predictably attorneys seem to be trying to convince the jury that George Floyd was responsible for his own death. Barry Brodd, a use-of-force expert called by the defense on Tuesday, aided... Read more »

Amongst the latest Republican panics—and there are always several bubbling at once, because the Republican base is easily bored and Fox News hosts have a lot of airtime to fill—is over what have been awkwardly called "vaccine passports." The idea that certain venues or means of travel may require you... Read more »

All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). *** Against all expectations, right-wing Guillermo Lasso won the Ecuadorean presidential election … The post Washington Could Not be Happier with Ecuador’s New President... Read more »

All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). *** The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working on … The post Video: DARPA Is Working on COVID Vaccine, Implantable Microchip to... Read more »

All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). *** Israeli researchers found people who received two doses of the Pfizer … The post Pfizer Vaccine May Put People at Higher Risk for... Read more »

All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). *** In some areas of the world, including Florida, where I live, … The post Fearmongering Goes Nuclear — ‘We’re in Brand-New Pandemic’ appeared... Read more »

All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). *** For once, just for once, US President Joe Biden got something … The post The Plot Against Jordan’s King Abdullah appeared first on... Read more »

All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). *** Major Russian officials today have warned of military threats posed by … The post Russia Deploys Two Armies, Three Airborne Units to Counter... Read more »

All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). *** On 11 April 2021, Guillermo Lasso (52,4%), the right-wing candidate, defeated… The post Ecuador: From Rafael Correa to Guillermo Lasso via Lenin Moreno... Read more »

All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). *** Yemen’s Ansar Allah give the impression that it has an endless … The post Video: Saudi Arabia’s War on Yemen is Failing. Houthi... Read more »

All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). *** On April 9th, Ramsey Clark passed away at his … The post Ramsey Clark, Former Attorney General of the United States and Principled... Read more »

"This increase will only feed contractor greed and increase the likelihood of more military conflicts in more places." The post Pouring Money into the Pentagon Can’t Prevent Another Pandemic appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The Biden administration lifted sanctions against the International Criminal Court. It's not enough. The post International Law Uncanceled appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

By supporting quality home care, the plan will help seniors avoid dangerous, for-profit nursing facilities. The post Biden’s Jobs Plan Will Help Seniors Get Care At Home appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

My faith teaches me to stand with the marginalized, whose voting rights are now under sustained assault. The post Voter Suppression Is An Attack On Democracy — And My Faith appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The factors that drive displacement are often complex, but welcoming refugees isn't. The post If Impoverished Countries Can Host Millions of Refugees, the U.S. Can Welcome a Few Thousand appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

A major UK urban center takes on the most ambitious of goals: a fairer future for all. The post A Manchester Boldly United for a More Equal Metropolis appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Para que México despierte de la pesadilla neoliberal y poder garantizar la soberanía nacional, es imperioso reformar sus TLC y TBI. The post La 4T y los Derechos de los Inversionistas Extranjeros appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

New research reveals nursing homes owned by private equity investors have higher death rates. The post Biden’s Plan Invests in Quality Home Care, Not Dangerous For-Profit Nursing Homes appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

A Warren-Jayapal style wealth tax on global billionaires would raise $345 billion in its first year. The cost of vaccinating the world is estimated at $141.2 billion. The post Global Billionaire Wealth Surges $4 Trillion Over Pandemic appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Daniel Hale stands convicted of revealing things the US government didn't want known about its drone warfare programs—the ones elite media have often presented as precise in separating "bad guys" from "innocents."... Read more »

Western news outlets have deceptively omitted the centrality of media-promoted Sinophobia to the latest spike in hate crimes toward anyone perceived to be Chinese.... Read more »

If we don't learn from this pandemic that none of us can be healthy unless all of us are healthy, how many chances will we get?... Read more »

"The idea that they were invading Iraq based on faulty intelligence has it exactly backwards. They had already decided they wanted to invade Iraq. So the intelligence was then used to justify a pre-existing policy."... Read more »

"Regurgitating claims that the Second Amendment somehow impedes us from doing anything about this problem is a real hindrance, I think, to the kind of conversations we have publicly about this issue."... Read more »

At local and national levels, the initial media response focused primarily on the gunman’s story and police statements.... Read more »

Many are simply fed up with the idea that change is too hard. Will media conversation shift to keep up with them?... Read more »

  Increasing numbers of migrants are attempting to cross the US/Mexico border, and unaccompanied children and teenagers are exceeding the capacities of government-run detention facilities. The right has declared a crisis, and national corporate media have largely followed suit. Department of Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas appeared on five of... Read more »

It's almost as if the corporate press accepted the existence of information haves and have-nots, because that's how goods get divided in this country—even if it doesn't make technological, economic or humanitarian sense.... Read more »