Democrat Eliot Engel said the decision follows the U.S. secretary of state’s refusal to hand over records related to the impeachment proceedings.
House Committee Launches Contempt Proceedings Against Pompeo
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ELECTION 2020: Bourgeois Democracy Meets Global Governance
Diana Johnstone considers the fun and games surrounding the possibility of a disputed U.S. election result and concludes that the future is being planned elsewhere, for instance at the next meeting in Davos.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Know Your Rights. Don’t Talk to Cops at the Airport
When an ICE officer stopped me after I got off the plane I knew the harassment was about to begin. But I was ready for it.
The Public Option in Pharmaceuticals
We are now battling the public health challenge of our lifetimes without the tests, treatments and vaccines we need, writes Dana Brown.
Why Police Unions Are Not Part of the American Labor Movement
Paul F. Clark says the strain between law enforcement and labor goes back to the origins of trade unions in the mid-19th century.
US Military Robots on Fast Track to Leadership Role
It’s time for Congress to ask tough questions about automating combat decision-making before pouring billions of taxpayer dollars into the enterprise, writes Michael T. Klare.
The Triumph of Monopoly Capitalism is Hurting American Workers’ Life Expectancy
We have returned to Franklin Roosevelt’s one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished, writes John Buell.
Suffragists Used Hunger Strikes as Powerful Tool of Resistance
On the 100th anniversary today of the 19th Amendment, Victoria W. Wolcott recalls the militant women who elevated a protest tactic still in wide use today.
LEE CAMP: We Gawk at Nonsense Political Theater While the Real Enemies Go Unnoticed
Looking beyond the distractions, one can see what really matters, like detecting cancer.
Chris Hedges: How Corporate Tyranny Works
Those, like environmental lawyer Steven Donziger, who fight the corporate control of our society on behalf of the vulnerable find the institutions of power unite to crucify them.