“This is a dangerous attack on free speech and academic freedom from Big Tech: Zoom cannot claim veto power over the content of our nation’s classrooms and public events. The threat to democracy is elevated by the fact that Zoom's decision to stamp out discussion of Palestinian freedom comes in... Read more »

“Opus Dei uses the Catholic Church for its own ends which are money and power .... Its members form a transnational elite. They seek to colonize the summits of power. They work with stealth -- ‘holy discretion’ -- and practice ‘divine deception,’” Robert Hutchison stated in the introduction to his... Read more »

As Attorney General, Barr has continued to prosecute seven Catholic activists who attempted to fulfill the Biblical calling to turn swords into plowshares. At their trial last year, they were prevented from mounting a series of defenses, including invoking the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Six of the defendants have sentencing dates currently... Read more »

“As it increasingly appears Mitch McConnell has the votes to proceed with filling Ginsburg’s seat before the election or inauguration, the Democrats must play hard ball. They should pledge that if Joe Biden wins the election and the Democrats assume control of the Senate, they will raise the number of... Read more »

"Stephen Frand Cohen was by many lights the nation's leading and at times most controversial Russia expert. He was emeritus professor of politics and Russian studies at Princeton and, later, New York University where he influenced generations of students." The post Stephen Cohen: Russia Expert Who Sought to Listen, not... Read more »

"Amy Coney Barrett, a federal appellate court judge, has emerged as one of the front-runners to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, three sources told NBC News." The post Supreme Court: After Ginsburg — Barrett? appeared first on Accuracy.Org.... Read more »

"Yesterday's attacks by the Trump administration on efforts to raise awareness about the historical and systemic nature of race and racism are not new." The post Should Negative Things About the U.S. be Taught? appeared first on Accuracy.Org.... Read more »

"Ballot access jurisprudence says the purpose of ballot access restrictions is to block candidates without a modicum of support. But they are being used for the opposite purpose, to block a candidate because he is likely to have a modicum of support." The post Democrats’ “Voter Suppression Hypocrisy” on Greens... Read more »

"Israel’s systemic and systematic violations of Palestinians’ most basic rights must be sanctioned, not rewarded, as the governments of the UAE and Bahrain have done and as the US continues to do by providing Israel with $3.8 billion per year of American taxpayer money." The post Protesting Trump’s Israeli-Gulf “Fake... Read more »

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

Interview on the lessons we're learning during this historic period, Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, and why the liberals are going to get us all killed... Read more »

The fact that a large sector of the economy, the healthcare industry, sees a potential bonanza here … that’s a win for them.”... Read more »

Under Cover of Mass Death, Andrew Cuomo Calls in the Billionaires to Build a High-Tech Dystopia... Read more »

Interview about Bernie Sanders’s historic presidential campaign and coronavirus capitalism — President Trump’s response to the pandemic... Read more »

Source: The Intercept I’ve spent two decades studying the transformations that take place under the cover of disaster. I’ve learned that one thing we can count on is this: During moments of cataclysmic change, the previously unthinkable suddenly becomes reality. In recent decades, that change has mainly been for the... Read more »

Interview on how governments and the global elite will exploit a pandemic... Read more »

Sanders faces a decision about whether to continue his increasingly uphill fight for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination... Read more »

The campaign’s animating mission — whether in the field or on digital platforms — is to convince millions of Americans that, contrary to what they have been told, their pain is not the result of a failure of character or insufficient hard work... Read more »

Full-scale participatory democracy would change everything. It has the same revolutionary potential as the universal franchise and women’s suffrage. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th September 2020 It’s…... Read more »

The UK’s economic and political life revolves around corruption. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11th September 2020 Fear, shame, embarrassment: these brakes no longer apply. The government has…... Read more »

The opaque and secretive networks on which Boris Johnson builds his power. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 2nd September 2020 To accumulate power, a government with authoritarian tendencies…... Read more »

The obsession with the birthrates of the poor has a grim history, and is used by the rich to transfer blame. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 26th August…... Read more »

Landed power, built on theft, slavery and colonial looting, crushes our freedoms. It is time to reclaim them. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th August 2020 Boris Johnson’s…... Read more »

Across the UK, our rivers are being turned into filthy, dead gutters, at astonishing, heartbreaking speed. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 12th August 2020 You can judge the…... Read more »

The great majority of people do not want to return to business-as-usual after the pandemic, but our governments are determined to make us do so. By George Monbiot, published in…... Read more »

Coronavirus deals worth billions of pounds have been awarded by the government to “unusual” companies, without advertising or competition. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th July 2020 This…... Read more »

Are Trump and Johnson paving the way for fascism, or for something different, but just as bad? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 3rd July 2020 The anger that…... Read more »

Whether you’re reading this with your morning coffee, just after lunch, or on the late shift in the wee small hours of the morning, it’s 100 seconds to midnight...... Read more »

When it rains, pieces of glass, pottery, and metal rise through the mud in the hills surrounding my Maryland home...... Read more »

It was August 2017 and Donald Trump had not yet warmed up to Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s portly dictator...... Read more »

Last year, when LeBron James described some of President Trump’s public statements as “laughable and scary,” Fox News commentator Laura Ingraham ordered the basketball superstar to “shut up and dribble...”... Read more »

In our new era of nearly unparalleled upheaval, as a pandemic ravages the bodies of some and the minds of nearly everyone, as the associated economic damage disposes of the livelihoods of many, and as even the promise of democracy fades, the people whose lives were already on a razor’s edge -- who... Read more »

The inadequate response of both the federal and state governments to the Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the United States, creating what could only be called a national security crisis...... Read more »

It’s only mid-afternoon and Army Lieutenant General Victor Constant has already had a bad day...... Read more »

The year was 1991 and the United States was suddenly the globe’s lone superpower, its ultimate hyperpower, the last and greatest of its kind, the soon-to-be-indispensable nation...... Read more »

With Covid-19 incapacitating startling numbers of U.S. service members and modern weapons proving increasingly lethal, the American military is relying ever more frequently on intelligent robots to conduct hazardous combat operations...... Read more »

Reading non-U.S. publications is an excellent way to gauge what other countries are thinking about life in the United States under the Trump Administration. But U.S. publications sometimes address that…... Read more »

In Illinois, one of the Republicans who is seeking reelection is Rep. Amy L. Grant, who has been running against Democratic challenger Ken Mejia-Beal and was first elected to the…... Read more »

Warnings that President Donald Trump is willing to go to dangerous extremes to steal the 2020 presidential election have not only been coming from liberal and progressive outlets — they…... Read more »

A top Philadelphia election official is sounding the alarm bells that a technicality in a recent state Supreme Court ruling could lead to the invalidation of up to 100,000 mail-in…... Read more »

“The graveyards are full of indispensable men,” Charles de Gaulle is reputed to have said. Despite the mordant wisdom most of us see in that statement, an alarming number of…... Read more »

Democrats in Congress have done little more than pay lip service to bipartisanship in the week since the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Even as the high court’s ideological…... Read more »

In January 2019, Finnish journalist Jessikka Aro was notified by the U.S. State Department that she would be receiving its International Women of Courage Award. But the offer was later…... Read more »

Highlights from a Republican women’s event in Waukesha, WI., have left many Twitter users appalled by the series of events that unfolded. Bulwark host Charlie Sykes took to Twitter with…... Read more »

Major news outlets failed the American people, critics say, when they chose to bury coverage of President Donald Trump’s Wednesday comment that he would not commit to a peaceful transition of power—a…... Read more »

If you were to listen to people justifying WWII today, and using WWII to justify the subsequent 75 years of wars and war preparations, the first thing you would expect to find in reading about what WWII actually was would be a war motivated by the need to save Jews... Read more »

The polarized nature of American politics often makes it difficult to address fundamental differences between the country’s two main political rivals, Republicans and Democrats. As each side is intent on discrediting the other at every opportunity, unbiased information regarding the two parties’ actual stances on internal and external issues can... Read more »

Julian Assange is not on trial simply for his liberty and his life. He is fighting for the right of every journalist to do hard-hitting investigative journalism without fear of arrest and extradition to the United States. Assange faces 175 years in a US super-max prison on the basis of... Read more »

The longstanding involvement of the United States in the conflict in Yemen is facing renewed scrutiny. On September 16, State Department officials testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about whether the State Department misled Congress – and the American people – by circumventing controls designed to limit arms sales... Read more »

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

Given that Facebook has 2.7 billion users and is the world’s largest and arguably most influential media platform, it comes as no surprise that right-wing Zionist organizations have identified it as a site to promote their agenda. Several years ago, for example, the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs alongside students... Read more »

The Washington foreign policy community is in permanent uproar over Donald Trump. There is no greater sacred cow than American troop deployments. Whenever the president proposes the slightest change – bring home some military personnel from Afghanistan, South Korea, Syria, or Germany – what Ben Rhodes called the Blob explodes.... Read more »

If the Democrats manage to push Joe Biden over the finish line in November’s election, he will find himself presiding over a decadent, declining empire. He will either continue the policies that have led the American empire to decadence and decline, or seize the moment to move our nation into... Read more »

Mark my words: an American soldier will soon die for next to nothing in Syria. Here’s a mission that takes all the absurdity of America’s post-9/11 wars of choice to their logical conclusion. As such, this muddled and aimless operation must stand forever tall in the pantheon of U.S. foreign... Read more »

Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 15  When Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers, the US Government burgled the office of his psychiatrist to look for medical evidence to discredit him. Julian Assange has been obliged to submit himself, while in a mentally and physically weakened state and in... Read more »

The post The Social “”Sciences”” appeared first on Norman G. Finkelstein.... Read more »

List of the most influential people Read More The post Academia thought it would stop me; BDS thought it would destroy me; Democracy Now! thought it would cancel me, but… appeared first on Norman G. Finkelstein.... Read more »

The post Finkelstein on the Non-Deal of the Century, South Africa, and Professor Edward Said appeared first on Norman G. Finkelstein.... Read more »

Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 15 When Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers, the US Government burgled the office of his psychiatrist to look for medical evidence to discredit him. Julian Assange has been obliged to submit himself, while in a mentally and physically weakened state and in... Read more »

Your Man in the Public Gallery: Read More The post Julian Assange (22 September 2020) appeared first on Norman G. Finkelstein.... Read more »

List of the most influential people Read More The post Finkelstein ranked 16th most influential political scientist , 4th for the years 2000-2020 in the US and 22nd in world. An interview on his life and career appeared first on Norman G. Finkelstein.... Read more »

{{unknown}}BREXIT UPDATE 60: The Internal Market Read More The post BREXIT UPDATE 60: The Internal Market Bill: the Second Reading: Guest Post by Deborah Maccoby appeared first on Norman G. Finkelstein.... Read more »

Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 12 A less dramatic day, but marked by a brazen and persistent display of this US Government’s insistence that it has the right to prosecute any journalist and publication, anywhere in the world, for publication of US classified information. This explicitly... Read more »

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Julia Conley, staff writerA new bill proposed by Republican Sen. Rick Scott is "entirely unworkable," Slate reported Thursday evening, but demonstrates the GOP's intense desire to make sure millions of votes aren't counted in the general election by restricting the time frame during which they can be tallied.... Read more »

Heather Cox RichardsonTrump’s statement is abhorrent, and we must certainly be prepared for chaos surrounding this election. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)... Read more »

Jessica Corbett, staff writer"It's unconscionable that the department would prioritize defense contractor wish lists over the health and safety of the American people."... Read more »

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Vanita GuptaThe Senate's dereliction of duty to the people in this country is reprehensible. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)... Read more »

Jake Johnson, staff writerPublic officials and commentators are sounding the alarm and urging Pennsylvania voters not to mail in "naked ballots," which the state Supreme Court ruled cannot be counted in November.... Read more »

Brett Wilkins, staff writer"We can't face a national crisis every time a vacancy occurs on the Supreme Court," says the California Democrat.... Read more »

Heidi ShierholzThis means that stimulating the economy to create jobs is crucial—both to the 33.0 million workers who are being directly harmed by the recession because they are either out of work or have had their hours and pay cut, and to the millions more who saw their bargaining power... Read more »

During the hearing of medical evidence the last three days, the British government has been caught twice directly telling important lies about events in Belmarsh prison, each lie proven by documentary evidence. The common factor has been the medical records kept by Dr Daly, head of the jail’s medical services.... Read more »

On Wednesday the trap sprang shut, as Judge Baraitser insisted the witnesses must finish next week, and that no time would be permitted for preparation of closing arguments, which must be heard the immediate following Monday. This brought the closest the defence have come to a protest, with the defence... Read more »

When Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers, the US Government burgled the office of his psychiatrist to look for medical evidence to discredit him. Julian Assange has been obliged to submit himself, while in a mentally and physically weakened state and in conditions of the harshest incarceration, to examination by... Read more »

Monday was a frustrating day as the Assange Hearing drifted deep into a fantasy land where nobody knows or is allowed to say that people were tortured in Guantanamo Bay and under extraordinary rendition. The willingness of Judge Baraitser to accept American red lines on what witnesses can and cannot... Read more »

Friday gave us the most emotionally charged moments yet at the Assange hearing, showed that strange and sharp twists in the story are still arriving at the Old Bailey, and brought into sharp focus some questions about the handling and validity of evidence, which I will address in comment. NICKY... Read more »

I have to confess that after the last court session of another tough week (and yesterday was a particularly emotional and startling court day) I went to the pub with a friend after court yesterday rather than start writing. So Friday’s report this afternoon. Although Julian’s days in court are... Read more »

A less dramatic day, but marked by a brazen and persistent display of this US Government’s insistence that it has the right to prosecute any journalist and publication, anywhere in the world, for publication of US classified information. This explicitly underlay the entire line of questioning in the afternoon session.... Read more »

Yet another shocking example of abuse of court procedure unfolded on Wednesday. James Lewis QC for the prosecution had been permitted gratuitously to read to two previous witnesses with zero connection to this claim, an extract from a book by Luke Harding and David Leigh in which Harding claims that... Read more »

The gloves were off on Tuesday as the US Government explicitly argued that all journalists are liable to prosecution under the Espionage Act (1917) for publishing classified information, citing the Rosen case. Counsel for the US government also argued that the famous Pentagon Papers supreme court judgement on the New... Read more »

‘Security, peace, stability and coexistence are not possible under occupation.’... Read more »

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) releases images of US strike group detected by an Iranian drone near the Strait of Hormuz.... Read more »

Rescue workers battle rain and cramped conditions to scour through rubble and look for possible survivors from an apartment building collapse on the outskirts of Mumbai in India.... Read more »

At a time when European economies have only just started showing signs of recovery, some economists say, new wave of Covid lockdowns may have serious consequences.... Read more »

A group of IT experts in Pakistan have launched a new social media platform as an alternative to the current ones mostly based in the West.... Read more »

Russian servicemen take part in military exercises at the Raevsky range in Southern Russia on September 23, 2020.... Read more »

The majority of a 470-strong pod of pilot whales found stranded off Australia's remote southern coast has died, officials said on Wednesday.... Read more »

The spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says Saudi Arabia and the UAE are fighting wars in the Middle East on behalf of the Israeli regime.... Read more »

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the US President Donald Trump administration has approved “covert and terrorist operations” by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Latin American country.... Read more »

Does the unexpected closure of a nightlife staple known as a place for “gentlemen” to pick up “professional” ladies, suggest that women in the Russian capital have been liberated enough to stop sleazy foreigners from running amok? Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Video of a Boston Dynamics Spot robot dog apparently wandering a city street on its own has struck terror into the hearts of social media users — though some defended the ‘bot, pointing out humans can hurt each other without help. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Donald Trump has announced the details of a ‘Platinum Plan’ of economic empowerment for black Americans. It includes big investments in black communities, as well as designating both the KKK and Antifa as terrorist organizations. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The FBI arrested and charged two Americans for plotting “Netflix worthy” terrorist attacks on high-profile targets like Trump Tower and the New York Stock Exchange in the hopes of achieving “rock star status” with Islamic State. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus have released a conversation with Hollywood star Sharon Stone in which she shared her deep respect for Vladimir Putin and criticized Donald Trump – believing she was chatting to Greta Thunberg. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

A clearly phony check from billionaire investor George Soros made out to “Conrad Ann Teefa” – supposedly payment for Antifa rioting well done – has become the target of widespread derision after surfacing on social media. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

A trade group that promotes the celebration of Halloween in the US has put together a list of recommendations for celebrating it this year while keeping to Covid-19 social distancing guidelines – including tossing treats to kids. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

MMA megastar Conor McGregor has said he is returning to the boxing ring to face Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao after being frustrated in his efforts to fight in the UFC octagon. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Ukraine's military has confirmed reports of a crash involving an An-26 plane, said to have killed at least 22. Dramatic footage from the scene has surfaced online, showing the aircraft in flames as it lies by the side of the road. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

A chairman of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party Yoshihide Suga was confirmed last week as the country's new Prime Minister, after his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, stepped down from the position due to health reasons.... Read more »

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a public service warning over the “Benadryl Challenge,” a deadly TikTok trend that encourages impressionable netizens to get high and hallucinate on a deadly dose of allergy pills.... Read more »

TORONTO (Sputnik) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced that his government had entered into an agreement with British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to procure 20 million doses of its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.... Read more »

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - The US government should stop blaming Beijing for spreading the novel coronavirus and take responsibility for the way it handled the outbreak in its own nation, the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, said in a statement on Friday.... Read more »

According to files from an upcoming report, the US Navy is looking at expanding far beyond its already-ambitious goal of 355 ships, with some proposals suggesting a fleet of 530 ships, many of which would be unmanned.... Read more »

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died last week due to complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer at the age of 87. A private memorial ceremony for her was held in US Capitol Building's Statuary Hall.... Read more »

An Ohio woman has been charged with trespassing and may face additional charges after she resisted arrest and refused to adhere to a school’s mandatory mask policy during her son’s middle school football game earlier this week.... Read more »

By the end of 2020, Kazakh rail and sections manufacturer ARBZ will have organised the delivery of 50,000 tons of rails to Russian Railways according to what had been agreed.  At the beginning of September this year the first batch of rails had already been shipped to Russia.... Read more »

From the presidential inauguration in protest-hit Belarus to demonstrations against Julian Assange's extradition to the United States, from a bodybuilding championship in Russia to an NFL football game in the United States, from floods in India to storms in Greece - this past week can hardly be called uneventful.... Read more »

By Phil Miller and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 August 2020 The UK military has been quietly building links with the Belarusian armed forces, including providing urban warfare training, despite the British government’s public criticism of Europe’s last dictator, Declassified UK has found.  The revelation comes amid massive pro-democracy protests... Read more »

By Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 23 July 2020 In the two years since a British citizen died following a chemical attack by Russian military intelligence officers in southern England, the UK government has licenced £232-million worth of controlled equipment to Russia, Declassified UK has found. Former Russian... Read more »

By Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 July 2020 Eyewitnesses in Yemen tell Declassified UK’s reporter on the ground about the aftermath of an airstrike that killed a young girl and her grandmother. “At first we suddenly heard an explosion. We saw a light that filled the store... Read more »

By Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 14 July 2020 The Conservative government gave over £80,000 to a right-wing lobby group which has paid thousands of pounds in benefits to Priti Patel, now home secretary, and Michael Gove, now cabinet office minister, it can be revealed. The Henry Jackson... Read more »

By Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 4 June 2020 GCHQ, the UK’s largest intelligence agency, is enabling a company set up by the former commander of its top-secret cyber warfare unit to enter dozens of British schools, where it is teaching children how to spy on others, to... Read more »

by Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 3 June 2020 GCHQ, the UK’s largest intelligence agency, is secretively promoting arms companies involved in war crimes to British school children, apparently without the informed consent of parents, it can be revealed. Declassified UK can reveal that a secretive GCHQ programme is... Read more »

by Mark Curtis Declassified UK, 18 May 2020 Newly-discovered documents show how UK covert operations in Syria helped “shape perceptions” of the war. The British government effectively ran Syrian opposition groups’ media offices and created publicity material aimed at Syrian and UK audiences, challenging the idea the UK has played... Read more »

By Mark Curtis Declassified UK, 2 May 2020 The UK government’s failure to provide protective equipment to all health staff treating coronavirus victims prompts questions whether ministers are legally culpable for failing to prevent deaths. But UK ministers routinely act with impunity and every prime minister since 1945 has been... Read more »

by Mark Curtis Declassified UK, 29 April 2020 On the 50-year anniversary of the end of the Biafran war, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in the late 1960s, declassified British files show that Harold Wilson’s government secretly armed and backed Nigeria’s aggression against the secessionist region. The then Labour government... Read more »

In recent years, Pew Research Center has transitioned from probability-based telephone surveys to the American Trends Panel, a probability-based online panel. The transition from phone surveys conducted with an interviewer to online self-administered surveys brings with it the possibility of mode differences – differences arising from the method of interviewing.... Read more »

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 English... 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 Research Andrew Daniller, Research Associate Bradley Jones, Research Associate Hannah Hartig, Research Associate Amina Dunn, Research Analyst Hannah Gilberstadt, Research Assistant Ted... Read more »

For years, public trust in the federal government has hovered at near-record lows. That remains the case today, as the United States struggles with a pandemic and economic recession. The post Americans’ Views of Government: Low Trust, but Some Positive Performance Ratings appeared first on Pew Research Center - U.S.... Read more »

The American Trends Panel survey methodology 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.... 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 Research Andrew Daniller, Research Associate Bradley Jones, Research Associate Hannah Hartig, Research Associate Amina Dunn, Research Analyst Hannah Gilberstadt, Research Assistant Ted... Read more »

Across a range of political values – around race, gender and family, immigration and religion – there are stark contrasts between voters who support Donald Trump and those planning to vote for Joe Biden in November. The post Voters’ Attitudes About Race and Gender Are Even More Divided Than in... Read more »

This study draws upon a rich set of existing research on democratic norms and values in the United States. This body of research includes prior studies conducted by Pew Research Center, as well as resources and articles from other academics and journalists. The studies listed below address many of the... 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 Research Andrew Daniller, Research Associate Bradley Jones, Research Associate Hannah Hartig, Research Associate Amina Dunn, Research Analyst Hannah Gilberstadt, Research Assistant Ted... Read more »

A fierce debate over Shahid Buttar’s congressional campaign has divided leftist organizations along increasingly hardened lines. The post Progressives Wrestle With How to Address Allegations of Mistreatment in San Francisco Race appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Use Signal and add a PIN code to your phone’s SIM card to help protect against spying. The post Feds Are Tapping Protesters’ Phones. Here’s How To Stop Them. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Georgetown law professor Joshua Geltzer talks about the threat Trump poses to our electoral system. The post Donald Trump Keeps Saying He Won’t Accept the Election Result. Are People Finally Starting to Listen? appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Four months of protests over police violence in Portland have boosted Mayor Ted Wheeler’s progressive challenger, Sarah Iannarone. The post How the Protests Upended Portland’s Mayoral Race appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Irmã Neném contraiu covid e teve de parar de fazer empadinhas. Com a redução do auxílio prevista, a família de seis filhos pode ser jogada na miséria. The post ‘Como vou sustentar a casa sem o auxílio?’: o relato de uma moradora da periferia do RJ appeared first on The... Read more »

A new memo spells out the myriad options available to Sen. Chuck Schumer to delay confirmation of a new Supreme Court justice. The post Memo Laying Out Supreme Court Delay Tactics Circulates Among Senate Democrats appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Após 13 pessoas morrerem em protestos no país, o debate sobre a brutalidade das forças de segurança saiu do armário. The post Colômbia se levanta contra a violência policial appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

First came the Never Trumpers, and I did not speak out, because they stood against Donald Trump. Then came the Lincoln Project, and I did not speak out, because their videos went viral. Then came the Chamber of Commerce, and by then it was too late. The post With Chamber... Read more »

The outcome of the race will say much about what kind of Democratic Party will be confronting climate change in the years ahead. The post Washington Congressional Race Lays Bare Democratic Divide on Tackling Climate Crisis appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

We'll say one thing and do the other; welcome to the Republican party!... Read more »

New book shows that, to prove once and for all that Black lives matter, Americans must stop ignoring the violence devastating Black communities.... Read more »

A new book zeroes in on Trump’s lifelong knack for being a fraud.... Read more »

Seventeen years after the U.S. Supreme Court held that laws banning same-sex activity were unconstitutional, the ACLU is fighting Idaho’s anti-LGBTQ+ sodomy law.... Read more »

A new film recounts one of the nation’s most controversial trials.... Read more »

Citizens take to the streets to protest what they see as a stolen election.... Read more »

Documentary looks at 2018 elections and the struggle to reverse the Walker era.... Read more »

My autoimmune disease symptoms are flaring uncontrollably from the smoke, and I’m not alone in my plight.... Read more »

With the industry in freefall, the artists who remain are getting radical and getting organized.... Read more »

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Julia Conley, staff writerA new bill proposed by Republican Sen. Rick Scott is "entirely unworkable," Slate reported Thursday evening, but demonstrates the GOP's intense desire to make sure millions of votes aren't counted in the general election by restricting the time frame during which they can be tallied.... Read more »

Heather Cox RichardsonTrump’s statement is abhorrent, and we must certainly be prepared for chaos surrounding this election. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)... Read more »

Jessica Corbett, staff writer"It's unconscionable that the department would prioritize defense contractor wish lists over the health and safety of the American people."... Read more »

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Vanita GuptaThe Senate's dereliction of duty to the people in this country is reprehensible. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)... Read more »

Jake Johnson, staff writerPublic officials and commentators are sounding the alarm and urging Pennsylvania voters not to mail in "naked ballots," which the state Supreme Court ruled cannot be counted in November.... Read more »

Brett Wilkins, staff writer"We can't face a national crisis every time a vacancy occurs on the Supreme Court," says the California Democrat.... Read more »

Heidi ShierholzThis means that stimulating the economy to create jobs is crucial—both to the 33.0 million workers who are being directly harmed by the recession because they are either out of work or have had their hours and pay cut, and to the millions more who saw their bargaining power... Read more »

The world around us is increasingly toxic, with 90,000 registered chemicals in the US, most of which have never been tested for their effects on human health. While regulating and banning chemicals and other hazards is ultimately a key political question, physician Ayly Cohen argues that there is a fair... Read more »

Acclaimed historian Peter Linebaugh discusses Thomas Paine's critiques of inequality and authoritarianism.... Read more »

Too many hours, erratic schedules, not enough hours -- and, of course, not enough pay: if you’re a worker in the U.S, time feels like the enemy. Yet, as sociologist Jamie McCallum argues, U.S. workers tend not to see their plight as a collective one and, in a particularly American... Read more »

“Countering violent extremism” is a U.S. government program aimed at combatting homegrown terrorism. It enlists teachers, service providers, and religious leaders in U.S. communities 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... Read more »

As much of the American West burns, where should leftists struggle in order to halt the worst effects of global warming? Christian Parenti believes, since time is in short supply, that we have no choice but to use the existing institutions of the U.S. state. And to do that, he... Read more »

According to Hadar Aviram [1], the death penalty, life without the possibility of parole, and life with parole converged into a virtually indistinguishable regime of extreme punishment in California. She describes the roles played by the Manson family murder cases and the politicization of the parole process in the shift toward... Read more »

The untimely death of David Graeber, anthropologist, anarchist, and one of the initiators of Occupy Wall Street, has left an immeasurable void on the radical left. His friend and collaborator Andrej Grubacic reflects on Graeber’s wide-ranging contributions, from the long history of debt and class society, to the fundamental importance... Read more »

Healthcare under capitalism often involves 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 »

There was plenty of labor militancy in the U.S. in the early 20th century. Much of that militancy was met with violence; workers were brutalized and sometimes murdered for organizing to demand fair wages and decent working conditions. These sometimes life-and-death struggles were enshrined in song. Mat Callahan [1] talks about... Read more »

Donald Trump has announced the details of a ‘Platinum Plan’ of economic empowerment for black Americans. It includes big investments in black communities, as well as designating both the KKK and Antifa as terrorist organizations. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The FBI arrested and charged two Americans for plotting “Netflix worthy” terrorist attacks on high-profile targets like Trump Tower and the New York Stock Exchange in the hopes of achieving “rock star status” with Islamic State. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

A clearly phony check from billionaire investor George Soros made out to “Conrad Ann Teefa” – supposedly payment for Antifa rioting well done – has become the target of widespread derision after surfacing on social media. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

A trade group that promotes the celebration of Halloween in the US has put together a list of recommendations for celebrating it this year while keeping to Covid-19 social distancing guidelines – including tossing treats to kids. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The Massachusetts attorney general is pressing criminal charges against two officials for a “deadly” decision that led to a Covid-19 outbreak in a veterans’ health care facility. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

At a Friday memorial service for late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her personal trainer dropped to the floor and decided to do a few push-ups next to her casket in a tribute to the deceased judge. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

With the first presidential debate only days away, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has again suggested that Joe Biden should avoid taking to the stage with the president, arguing that he and “his henchmen are a danger.” Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

A pickup truck has hit a Black Lives Matter protester in Los Angeles, who was blocking the road. Videos of the incident show activists mobbing the vehicle and attempting to open the driver’s door before the vehicle races away. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

A Chicago man known as the ‘Census Cowboy’ faces a felony charge after riding his horse more than 7 miles down a freeway without the proper footwear, severely injuring the animal, which prosecutors say may have to be euthanized. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The next time you see a mainstream-media talking-head fawn over Woodward, just remember that if they had any backbone, any moral core, they would be fawning over Assange instead. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The London police shooting suspect had ammo on him, so why wasn’t he searched properly? Could it be incompetence, or have the attacks on the police’s treatment of ethnic minorities made officers scared to do their jobs correctly? Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

After decades of facing bigotry and intolerance, the travelling community, led by boxer Tyson Fury, are mobilising to fight for their rights. And they’ve every right to, because the discrimination they face is shocking. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

While already facing an unprecedented number of court actions, including over his tax returns and an alleged rape, President Trump now faces allegations that he defrauded his late brother’s daughter of her rightful inheritance. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The demise of Boris Johnson is hard to watch as his attempts to fend off criticism are met with derision. Barbs from Italy ridiculing his worship of Winston Churchill and mishandling of Covid are the latest blow. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

I’ve visited North Korea six times, and studied it closely for years. This is a country that never admits its mistakes, so for the North Korean leader to say sorry for his soldiers shooting a government official is a big deal. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Pop star Lizzo has suggested the body positivity movement has been hijacked by people who, frankly, aren’t large enough. This is the sort of exclusivity that brought about the idea in the first place. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

There’s a trope emerging that credits Biden with being a bona fide foreign policy expert. Alongside this delusion is the expectation that he will eat Trump’s lunch during the upcoming election debates. I wouldn’t bank on that. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Despite suffering relatively few Covid deaths, Africa is on the verge of disaster due to a perilous economic situation and other health crises. It’s time for the rest of the world to help out and show black lives really do matter. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Following the deadly shooting of an officer inside a police station in Croydon, BBC London rolled out a tribute story to “1,600 police officers” killed in the line of duty, somehow omitting the timeframe in the headline. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Britain’s royal family has been forced to cut back on luxuries due to the Covid-19 economic shutdown, which has left them short tens of millions of pounds, placing a major renovation project in jeopardy. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Cancer research charities in the UK are sounding the alarm about a potential drop of 46 percent in funding due to coronavirus. This comes as more evidence emerges that Covid-19 itself could lead to a spike in brain cancer. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The UK’s biggest supermarket chains Tesco, Aldi and Morrisons have set limits on bulk-buying of staples such as flour, pasta and toilet roll amid new government measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Fewer than one in five people in the UK displaying Covid-19 symptoms decide to self-isolate, a fresh study has revealed, and over 50 percent of Britons only have a very vague idea of how the disease manifests itself. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

An officer has been shot dead inside a police station in Croydon after their colleagues failed to find a gun hidden on a recently-arrested suspect, who then attempted to take their own life. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

A London Overground passenger was removed from the train after arguing with transport police officers over a face mask. While the passenger agreed to put it on, he decided to badmouth the officers, who made him walk. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Britain’s Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a new jobs support program to help firms employ people on shorter hours amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the current furlough scheme ending this month. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

UK Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance reportedly holds a bonus of tens of thousands of shares in a pharma giant developing a Covid-19 vaccine for the government. Yet, London says there is no conflict of interest. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Florina Rodov Coronavirus and racism combined with online charters would create a plague of injustice that will never be wiped out. “Instead of going to school every morning, what if school could come to you?” an ad asks enticingly, promising students “online personalized learning”... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Prabhat Patnaik A striking aspect of the 24 percent decline in India’s GDP in the first quarter of 2020-21 compared to the previous year’s first quarter is the decline by 10.3 percent in public administration, defense, and other public services. This is a sector where... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Vijay Prashad In 2004, Dr. José Armando Arronte Villamarín was posted to head a Cuban medical brigade in Namibia. Cuban medical personnel first came to southwest Africa in 1975 alongside Cuban soldiers; the soldiers had arrived there to assist the South West African... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Guest Post “If you can’t get a Covid test or find an N95, it’s because these contractors stole from the American people to make faster jets and fancy uniforms.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) Instead of adhering to congressional intent by... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies Purported to be among Joe Biden’s top picks for Defense Secretary, the longtime supporter of endless war and limitless Pentagon budgets is exactly the wrong choice. If the Democrats manage to push Joe Biden... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Caitlin Johnstone (Caitlin Johnstone) The Kafkaesque extradition trial of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continues, with each frustrating day making it clearer than the day before that what we are watching is nothing other than a staged performance by the US and UK... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Mary Green Swig Steven L Swig David A Bergeron Richard Escow It is long past time to recognize that the cruel experiment in financing higher education through student loans has failed. The democratic principle of tuition-free education in our country pre-dates... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Thom Hartmann Donald Trump and his billionaire buddies are letting America die. The billionaires who make their money from fossil fuels have bought off Trump and Republicans so that they’re denying climate change while a dozen states in the West burn and the... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Vijay Prashad and John Ross In Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward’s new book, Rage, he reports on interviews he did in February and March with U.S. President Donald Trump about the coronavirus. Trump admitted that the virus was virulent, but he decided to underplay... Read more »

The proposed new laws will allow warrantless searches and the use of sniffer dogs.... Read more »

The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.... Read more »

The plantation companies, with the direct support of the unions, have begun imposing wage and allowance cuts and higher productivity targets.... Read more »

It is a serious mistake, a terrible irresponsibility, to treat life in this manner, to turn the social into the “natural” and inevitable.... Read more »

Communist Party of the Philippines founder Sison has accused Dr. Scalice of being a “CIA agent.” This pathetic lie is aimed at distracting workers and youth from Dr. Scalice’s exposure of the Stalinists’ support for president Rodrigo Duterte and other bourgeois politicians.... Read more »

The Democrats are determined to prevent the intervention of the broad mass of the population in opposition to Trump, which would challenge the interests of the financial oligarchy and the geopolitical interests of American imperialism.... Read more »

The insistence of European governments on fully reopening schools, workplaces and public gathering places has paved the way for a devastating resurgence of the virus.... Read more »

The education of poorer children is of as little concern for the Johnson government as the health of the working class.... Read more »

Only 18 Labour MPs defied the party whip and voted against the bill.... Read more »

Late Night Snark: Farewell, RBG Edition "This week we, like everyone, are mourning the loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ginsburg fought tirelessly for women's equality and civil rights throughout her career, including more than 27 years on the Supreme Court. Look, I know this feels terrible, but I'm going... Read more »

Multiple news sources are reporting that Donald Trump intends to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsberg on the Supreme Court, with the intention of jamming through her confirmation before the November 3 election. With, of course, an able assist by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Coney Barrett, as you may recall,... Read more »

The Trump administration is hell-bent on filling the seat of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, against her deathbed wish that she not be replaced until a new president is elected by the American people. But when it comes to honoring the rulings made by that same Supreme Court, the Trump... Read more »

The "health care plan" unveiled Thursday at a Trump rally billed as a presidential address is actually worth even less than the paper he signed to "enact" it. Nothing Trump puts forward in the orders has the force of law. You can't hand your insurance company an executive order to make... Read more »

It's no longer a matter of if, it's a matter of when. Since there's almost zero chance Donald Trump is going to bring home a decisive victory on election night, we are left with the near certainty that he is going to contest the election, make baseless claims of widespread... Read more »

In the last two days, Attorney General William Barr’s Department of Justice hasn’t done too well in court. They’ve not just lost out on motions meant to stop lawsuits from Andrew McCabe, Lisa Page, and Peter Strzok, they came just short of being laughed out of court.  But there’s a reason why... Read more »

T.V. shows I made up are still more informative than anything on Fox News.... Read more »

The U.S. economy would fare best if Democrats made a clean sweep of it in the election now underway, keeping their House majority, winning the presidency, and overturning the Republican majority in the Senate, according to “The Macroeconomic Consequences: Trump vs. Biden,” a study by two economists at Moody’s Analytics.  Economists Mark Zandi... Read more »

The radical right’s long-festering strategy of organizing gangs of armed street brawlers from out of town to invade urban liberal centers with the intent of provoking violence may reach its nadir this weekend when Proud Boys and their far-right “Patriot” cohorts gather in Portland. They are expected to draw hundreds... Read more »

Renowned Canadian Constitutional lawyer Rocco Galati characterizes the COVID Operation as “the biggest example of misinformation and lies on a global scale that we’ve seen.” “The Constitutional challenge that he has filed with the Ontario Superior Court seeks to pull … The post Video: Covid-19 and the Derogation of Fundamental... Read more »

“Scientists are doing an awful lot of damage to the world in the name of helping it. I don’t mind attacking my own fraternity because I am ashamed of it.” –Kary Mullis, Inventor of Polymerase Chain Reaction In the US, … The post Does the PCR Test Detect the Virus?... Read more »

This article was originally published on Asia Times. It took one minute for President Trump to introduce a virus at the virtual 75th UN General Assembly, blasting “the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world”. And then … The post Sinophobia, Lies and Hybrid War”: The Nation which Unleashed This Plague…” according... Read more »

The lion’s share of today’s Old Bailey proceedings in Julian Assange’s extradition trial was spent on battles over mental health and dire risk.  The prosecution continued its attempt to minimise the dangers facing Assange were he to be extradited to … The post Assange’s Thirteenth Day at the Old Bailey:... Read more »

With strict pressure from the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the August coup leaders have installed an interim government that will run state affairs until next elections. Plucked from obscurity, the former Defense … The post Mali Opens Its Doors to Russia appeared... Read more »

If you look to Global Research as a resource for information and understanding, to stay current on world events, or to experience honesty and transparency in your news coverage, please consider making a donation or becoming a member . Your … The post Selected Articles: The RT-PCR Test is Totally Unreliable, It Does... Read more »

“If the world is upside down the way it is now, wouldn’t we have to turn it over to get it to stand up straight?” – Eduardo Galeano, Upside Down, 1998 For decades, Andre Vltchek, an old-school journalist and … The post The Death of Andre Vltchek, a Passionate Warrior... Read more »

Executive Summary Evidence presented in this paper indicates that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic as an event in the UK is essentially complete, with ongoing and anticipated challenges well within the capacity of a normalised NHS to … The post Covid-19: How Likely Is a Second Wave?... Read more »

Nothing remotely like what’s gone on since January ever happened before in the US. For the 27th straight week, over one million working-age Americans filed claims for unemployment insurance (UI). Numbers for the past week include 870,000 who applied for … The post Mounting Unemployment in America: Over One Million... Read more »

A new data visualization series illustrates how the pandemic and flawed policy responses have widened long-standing economic, racial, and gender divides. The post Inequality and COVID-19 in 13 Charts appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Why we need to shove inequality onto America's political center stage. The post Let’s Start Debating What Deeply Dooms Democracy: Concentrated Wealth appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Even if Trump loses, his administration may have permanently damaged our standing abroad. But there’s a silver lining: it makes Trumpism an ideological dead-end. The post America’s Global Reputation Isn’t Bouncing Back Anytime Soon appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The late justice dedicated her career to women and other marginalized Americans, and we owe her the same faith she had in us. The post Ginsburg Would Want Women to Fight, Not Despair appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

He believed the estate tax was an "economic opportunity recycling program." The post Remembering Bill Gates Sr. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The reporters behind the Panama Papers and the Paradise Papers gave more to share. We should pay attention. The post FinCen Files Shine Spotlight on Suspicious Bank Transfers appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Global mining companies are turning to international arbitration to strong-arm governments into bending to their interests. The post When Police Repression is Not Enough: A U.S. Corporation is Suing Guatemala to Crush Local Mining Opposition appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Trump is making false claims about his record in struggling states like Ohio and Michigan. The jobs haven't come back. They've been offshored to China. The post Trump Trade Wars Have Led to Lost US Jobs and Factories. We Need a Worker-Centered Recovery. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Former president Dwight Eisenhower deserves his new memorial. We deserve the greater economic equality he worked to help achieve. The post Remembering Ike, Our Unexpected Egalitarian appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Laura Flanders, the original host of CounterSpin and the former director of the Women's Desk at FAIR, practices a kind of journalism that's meant to encourage engagement, not just in the stories it tells, but in the people who tell them. ... Read more »

While we welcome the demise of an oil industry that does such harm, we have to remember that a creature can do tremendous damage in its death throes, and that a better way forward isn't guaranteed, unless we fight for it.... Read more »

"Most Americans believe that they have a very robust right to protest...but the courts haven't felt that way necessarily."... Read more »

"If we can't deal with the problem of pharmaceutical monopolies, if we can't deal with the problem of politics influencing health criteria, before there is a safe and effective vaccine, then we can see that we're in for a world of hurt."... Read more »

"It’s a health problem, it’s an environmental problem, it’s a racial justice problem at this point, because of the way it’s distributed throughout the country and the world."... Read more »

  Independent journalist Chris Hedges (ScheerPost, 8/25/20) wrote: The flagrant corruption and misuse of the legal system to abjectly serve corporate interests in the Donziger case illustrates the deep decay within our judiciary and democratic institutions. One of those deeply decayed institutions is the corporate media, as a review of... Read more »

There is a connection—underexplored —between brutish police responses to peaceful protests and a history of Supreme Court rulings around the First Amendment.... Read more »

"The Black athlete is the most important and most influential and most visible Black employee in the 20th century, because they’re the ones who were allowed to integrate the society."... Read more »

"Foreign policy has to be grounded in global cooperation, human rights...respect for international law, privileging diplomacy over war."... Read more »