The Tale of a ‘Deep State Target’ April 4, 2019 Daniel Lazare reviews George Papadopoulos’s book about his misadventures with a nest of intelligence agents. Read more →
1% Politics and the New Gilded Age April 3, 2019 Rajan Menon looks at two recent scandals and what they show about the nexus between wealth and power in America. Read more →
Pelosi and McConnell Crank Up NATO Madness March 31, 2019 Norman Solomon calls for all forms of pushback against a militarized political culture welcoming a NATO chief to Congress this week. Read more →
Anti-Semitism and Double Standards March 26, 2019 Criticizing Israel is considered bad form, writes Daniel Lazare, but keeping mum about Saudi crimes is fine as long as the donations continue to flow. Read more →
Three Lessons From ‘Failed’ Mueller Inquiry March 26, 2019 Jonathan Cook analyzes what progressives can glean from a major squabble between different wings of the same neoliberal establishment. Read more →
Intl Trade Unions Condemn Recognition of Guaidó March 22, 2019 Even a labor group currently at odds with Caracas opposes foreign interference in the matter of the presidency, reports Ivar Andersen. Read more →
Impatient for Peace on the Korean Peninsula March 22, 2019 Ann Wright reports on the launch earlier this month, in D.C. and New York, of the worldwide “Korea Peace Now” campaign. Read more →
Whose Blood, Whose Treasure? March 21, 2019 America’s senior generals find no exits from endless war, writes William J. Astore for TomDispatch. Read more →
60 Years Ago, Racists in Congress Nearly Cost Hawaii Statehood March 19, 2019 Racism in the U.S. Congress nearly derailed Hawaii becoming the 50th state, as Sarah Miller Davenport reports. Read more →
School Shooters and Drones March 15, 2019 Allegra Harpootlian links gun violence at home to U.S. wars abroad. Read more →