The role journalists play can be indispensable if movements are to gain legitimacy and make progress, writes Danielle K. Kilgo.
Category: Commentary
New UK Laws Could Criminalize Journalism
The British government is pursuing “espionage legislation” that could criminalise the release of public information as part of an “epidemic of secrecy,” reports Richard Norton-Taylor.
COVID-19: Trump Quits the World Health Organization; the Victim is the United States
After Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of WHO on Friday, the reputation of the agency has been damaged far less than the image of the United States, argues Barbara Crossette.
UPRISING: Mobile Phone Videos of Black People Dying are Sacred, Like Lynching Photographs
Cellphone videos of vigilante violence and fatal police encounters should be viewed like lynching photographs – with solemn reserve and careful circulation, writes Allissa Richardson.
Why the Lesser-Evil Argument for Biden Sounds Hollow
It is evident that neither candidate is actually going to do anything substantive to save us from ecological catastrophe, writes Jonathan Cook.
LETTER FROM LONDON: The Price of Boris Johnson – Britain’s Covid-19 Debacle
Alexander Mercouris takes us through the blow-by-blow of the first four months of the crisis in Britain, and it’s not a pretty picture.
COVID-19: The Great Depression & the Corona Shock
Nomi Prins compares four key factors — unemployment, the economy, the market, and the Federal Reserve’s response — in the crises then and now.
DirecTV’s Exit and the Complexities of Venezuelan Politics
Steve Ellner calls on the U.S. corporate media to apply more skepticism in their coverage of the Venezuelan opposition.
Australia & the Working of the American Imperial Hand
The paradox of Australia: a wealthy country whose complacent, U.S.-indoctrinated political elites are betraying its promise in so many important ways, writes Tony Kevin.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Abbas & His Latest ‘Threat’
As`ad AbuKhalil provides an unsparing assessment of the leader of the Palestinian Authority and his declaration of ending security coordination with the U.S. and Israel.