The first step, writes Monique Morrissey, is to jettison a regulatory framework that protects private-sector rivals at the expense of consumers.
Time to Revive US Postal Banking
Category: American Empire
Australian War Propaganda Goes Off the Rails
In a blatant advert for arms sales masquerading as news, 60 Minutes tries to tie Taiwan to the fantasy of China randomly invading a continent of white foreigners thousands of miles away, writes Caity Johnstone.
COP26: Will Rich Nations Allow Our Planet to Breathe?
Rather than focus on the necessary energy transition, Vijay Prashad says developed countries have taken to crude propaganda against a handful of developing states.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: CIA Torture Finally Rebuked, By Military Jury
The sentencing hearing, and Khan’s two hours of graphic testimony, marked the first time that details of the C.I.A. torture program were laid bare in public.
Mass Media Help Pentagon Exonerate Itself In Afghan Airstrike
Pro-Sandinista Social Media Accounts Blocked Days Ahead of Nicaraguan Elections
Silicon Valley’s crackdown was part and parcel of the U.S. government’s political assault on the country, writes Ben Norton.
Washington’s Unhealthy Obsession With Cuba
Public funding for the anti-Castro industry in the United States seems inexhaustible, writes Rosa Miriam Elizalde.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Manufacture of Decline
Americans suffer the same disabilities as the Europeans of 1919: They cannot think. They cannot speak plainly among themselves.
From Press Freedom to Prison Systems, Everything Assange Touches Gets Illuminated
The bombshell revelations of the imprisoned journalist were arguably small potatoes compared to the criminality Assange exposed by simply standing his ground, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
The US Appeal and CIA Plans to Assassinate Assange
The Yahoo! News revelations will put even more mental stress on the WikiLeaks publisher, writes Marjorie Cohn.