The facility’s colonial mindset is an ever-present reminder that “aid is dead,” writes Suhail Omar.
COVAX Isn’t Africa’s Silver Bullet
Category: Commentary
Chris Hedges: The Forged Gospel of Jesus’ Wife
Ariel Sabar masterfully dissects the dishonesty and narcissism inherent in nearly all Christian theological work in his book Veritas: A Harvard Professor, A Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife.
Bill in Congress Would Curb Predatory Private Equity Destroying More Jobs
The Hufcor plant in Janesville, Wisconsin, was profitable before investors gobbled it up, writes Elisa McCartin. The “Stop Wall Street Looting Act” might put an end to such predatory practices.
Chris Hedges: US Collective Suicide
The return of the Taliban to power will be one more signpost of the end of the American empire — and nobody will be held accountable.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Same FBI
From the Michigan kidnapping plotters to the Portland occupiers to my own brush with a sting, not much has changed since J. Edgar Hoover.
Chris Hedges: The Price of Conscience — Hale Sentenced to 45 Months
Drone warfare whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in prison on Tuesday for telling the American people the truth.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Some Cherry Garcia, Please
The apartheid state’s swoon into freak-out mode since Ben & Jerry’s took its stand tells us all we need to know about BDS’s accumulating power.
The Way Out
Caitlin Johnstone discusses what it will take for society to turn away from the path of extinction and begin working in collaboration with our ecosystem.
COVID-19 & Israel’s Strangulation of Palestinian Workers
Among other recommendations, Ihab Maharmeh says the BDS movement should further center the violation of Palestinian workers’ rights in its call for boycotts of Israeli companies.
US Regime Change Echos in the Caribbean
Today, crisis is the hour in the region, writes Vijay Prashad, with an eye on Port-au-Prince and Havana.