The UAE, a partner in the Saudi coalition waging a war in Yemen, has demanded the U.S. re-designate the Houthis as a terrorist organization.
Saudi-Led Coalition Continues Airstrikes in Civilian Areas in Yemen
Category: U.S.
Chris Hedges: America’s New Class War
Organized workers, often defying their timid union leadership, are on the march across the United States.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Scandal of US Prisons
The head of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons was forced to step down last week as scandals swept through the vast U.S. prison system.
King Remained Hopeful to the End
Dedrick Asante Muhammad says Martin Luther King Jr. was clear-eyed that America must embrace radical change, which won’t come from the powerful but from the “naïve and unsophisticated.”
Student Debt Cancellation a Racial Justice Issue
Presidential executive action to cancel up to $50,000 in student debts would increase Black wealth by 40 percent, the authors say.
COVID-19: As Omicron Rages, US Teachers Fight for Safety
The chaos in the Chicago Public Schools has been mirrored in districts across the U.S., Barbara Madeloni reports.
Biden Tightens the Noose Around China
The term “containment” never comes up, writes Michael T. Klare. But nonetheless, here is the new 21st century Cold War on a planet desperately in need of something else.
Hoarding Welfare Funds Amid Rising Need in US
The situation shows how President Bill Clinton’s 1996 welfare reform has failed families who badly need direct cash assistance, writes Hannah Dreyfus.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: In Praise of Protest
If the Jan. 6 demonstrators defaced the Capitol in the name of one thing a year ago, Pelosi and all the other clowns rendering “commemorative” performances last week defaced it in the name of something else.
Caitlin Johnstone: The Obedient Censors at Meta
A monopolistic Silicon Valley mega-corporation deleting political speech about an important historical figure because Washington says he was a terrorist is a notably brazen act of censorship.