When corporations sense a threat, they often frame the free market as the optimal venue for Americans to enjoy individual autonomy, writes Burton St. John III.
Health Insurance Industry’s Attack on ‘Medicare for All’ Relies on Old Playbook
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SCOTT RITTER: The ‘Whistleblower’ and the Politicization of Intelligence
The whistleblower complaint has opened a window into the politicization of the intelligence community, and the corresponding weaponization of the national security establishment, argues Scott Ritter.
Elizabeth Warren Endorses Trump’s Economic War on Venezuela, Soft-Pedals Far-Right Bolivia Coup
The Democratic contender parroted neocon regime-change myths in an interview on “Pod Save America,” writes Ben Norton.
CN Live! Episode 18: Impeachment, Assange, Brazil and Bolivia
Watch the Season Finale of CN Live! in which we discussed Assange, Bolivia, Brazil and Trump’s impeachment with a great lineup of guests.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Impeachment Pantomime
The political theatrics that begin Wednesday raise several questions. For starters, will Joe Biden be investigated for mounting evidence of corruption? And why is the corporate media turning the CIA “whistleblower” into a phantom in plain sight?
WATCH: CN Live! Episode 17–The DNC and Corruption
Episode 17 of CN Live! explores the corruption of the Democratic National Committee in the 2016 election and looks forward to next year’s presidential race.
Iowa’s Farmers & American Eaters Need a National Discussion on Transforming US Agriculture
Lisa Schulte Moore sees the Iowa caucuses as an opportunity to spotlight innovative and “regenerative” farming methods that produce goods and services while also improving soil and water resources, unique habitats and pastoral countrysides.
The Greening of the New Deal
Charges that the Green New Deal will crash the budget and serve as an antechamber to socialism are just as bogus as similar arguments against its Depression-era predecessor, writes Steve Fraser.
It’s the DNC, Stupid: Democratic Party, Not Russia, Has Delegitimized the Democratic Process
With the U.S. presidential cycle gearing up, Elizabeth Vos takes stock of lessons from 2016.
WATCH: Episode 16 of CN Live!–Special on Artificial Intelligence and Democracy
Watch the replay of Episode 16 right here on Consortium News as we delved into the troubling issue of how Artificial Intelligence is undermining what’s left of Western democracy.