“Like a Stepford Wives convention” — Comedian Jimmy Dore looks back on the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
The Chris Hedges Report: Betrayal of the Liberal Class
Category: Biden Administration
US Militarism a Lead Driver of Climate Catastrophe
Washington’s military interventions are not just wars on people — they’re also wars on the climate, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Raising the Stakes in Ukraine
John Wight on the grim context of the latest escalatory development in the blood-soaked proxy conflict between Russia and the West.
Free Speech & the Department of Political Justice
The feds apparently believe that the First Amendment has some holes in it for the speech that the government hates and fears, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: ‘Vote Joy’ — a Delusion of Nostalgia
Those populating the vice president’s joy-and-vibes crowd can pretend to celebrate a state of elation while acquiescing to their candidate’s approval of mass murder.
Why Limiting Israel Arms Sales Doesn’t Absolve the UK
Each day the Labour government delays banning all arms to Israel – not just a few – the more Britain contributes to Israel’s crimes against humanity, writes Jonathan Cook.
Anti-Genocide Students Are Back
Sustained pushback against campus repression will be essential to upholding the right to protest as guaranteed by the First Amendment, writes Norman Solomon.
Biden’s Memo Invoked to Stop Arms to Israel
Rights groups this week reminded the White House of its report in May that concluded that Israel’s use of U.S. weapons were likely “inconsistent” with international law.
UK Quietly Ties Nuclear Arsenal to Washington
Richard Norton-Taylor says the Starmer government’s rewriting of a transatlantic treaty undermines persistent claims that Britain’s Trident missile system is operationally independent.
Warning of ‘Genocidal Violence’ on the West Bank
As the Israeli military’s largest assault on the West Bank in decades continued into its second week, U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said the “writing is on the wall.”