Millions of people are endangered by the Lone Star state’s isolated and underregulated electric grid.
Texas Becoming Failed State Amid Historic Winter Storm
Category: Commentary
Why the British Abandoned Impeachment
Its decline coincided with the rise of another, more effective process by which high officials could be held accountable, writes Eliga Gould.
John Brown, Violent Crusader, Blazed Lincoln’s Moral Path
THE ANGRY ARAB: Is Lebanon Heading to Partition?
Chris Hedges: Cancel Culture, Where Liberalism Goes to Die
Elites and their courtiers who trumpet their moral superiority by damning and silencing those who do not linguistically conform to politically correct speech are the new Jacobins.
Chris Hedges: Battling White Supremacy in the Ring
Chris Hedges reviews Gerald Horne’s book, The Bittersweet Science, on racism, racketeering and the political economy of boxing.
Government Secrecy Causes Conspiracy Theories
Due to the CIA’s refusal to be transparent about the exact nature of its involvement in Syria, people are left to fill in the knowledge gaps with their own speculation, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
The Guardian Revealed Itself in Sacking Columnist for Criticizing US Military Aid to Israel
Jonathan Cook says a long line of journalists, himself included, have run afoul of the paper’s unwritten but tightly policed constraints on the subject of Israel.
Gaza Between Occupation, Division & COVID-19: Confronting Total Collapse
Palestinians in Gaza are haunted by social misery, violence and wars every second of their lives, writes Ali Abdel-Wahab.
Troops in Washington Are Disaster Waiting to Happen
There are plenty of malevolent actors here and abroad who would relish seeing martial law declared, writes James Bovard.