As we bump up against the end of the Biden administration, here’s a look at this president’s final year in office and his criminal-justice legacy.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: US System of Prison Injustice
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Donate and Get a Copy of ‘Den of Spies’
Author Craig Unger built off the reporting and archives of Consortium News founder Robert Parry to nail down the October Surprise scandal in his new book available to you for supporting CN.
Biden & Make-Believe Democracy
If a large chunk of the public can be persuaded that a man who is incapable of finding the door is “sharp as a tack,” they can be made to believe a lot of other things too, writes Jonathan Cook.
Chris Hedges: Don’t Deify Jimmy Carter
The late U.S. president may have done good works out of office, but in power he fomented a series of domestic and foreign policy disasters.
Office Pool 2025
Andrew P. Napolitano offers 20 multiple-choice predictions concerning the Trump team, the U.S. government, the Supreme Court, popular culture, an array of politicians — and more.
An Ignored US Diplomat’s Warning on Russia
In an interview with Natylie Baldwin, E. Wayne Merry reflects on his 1994 State Department telegram concerning Western relations with post-Soviet Russia.
Caitlin Johnstone: Empire & Homelessness
The U.S. empire is up to its elbows manipulating events in the Middle East while homelessness among its own citizens has taken another record-shattering leap.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Six Scenarios for Syria
The situation of Syria is like the chaos of Libya but there are many more actors (local and external) operating, making it difficult to foresee what will happen.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Nuked’
CN Live! speaks to Andrew Fowler about his new book Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia’s Sovereignty, how Australia deceived France, undermined its independence and helps threaten war with China. Watch the replay on demand.
Deception & Politics From Washington to Tel Aviv
U.S.-Israeli supremacist intentions, papered over and buried for decades, are now clear for all to see, writes M. Reza Behnam.