The UN special rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer; journalist Aaron Maté and former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Mike Gravel were among the guests for the premier edition of CN Live! Watch the replay at this updated and now permanent…
Consortium News announces the launch on Friday of a weekly webcast news show as a successor to the Vigils for Assange that will also delve into other pressing issues of the day.
The presidential hopeful’s record in California undermines her claim to progressive credentials, says Marjorie Cohn.
The aerial parade of military aircraft was a chilling display of rampant killing machinery, write Medea Benjamin and Ann Wright.
Sam Husseini takes a look at some some of the candidates who will be getting national TV attention.
Marjorie Cohn reports on a more complete U.S. definition of human rights that, as Sanders urges, picks up where FDR left off.
Human minds are very hackable, writes Caitlin Johnstone, and that causes a major problem for democracy.
Russia-gate has shed any premise of being about Russian interference, writes Daniel Lazare, but the idea that America may in anyway be responsible for its own fate is of course unthinkable.
Trump doesn’t give a farthing about Venezuela and is letting his underlings let slip the dogs of war in so long as it secures Florida’s electoral votes for Trump 2020, says Lawrence Wilkerson.
Riyadh finds it outrageous that American lawmakers are trying to meddle in Saudi Arabia’s succession, writes Giorgio Cafiero.
