On the heels of the police killing of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, Samantha Schuyler reports on an ACLU study showing law enforcers’ incentives to punish as many people as possible.
The Pattern of Over-Policing Drivers
Category: U.S.
Biden’s Drone Wars
Talk of peace in Afghanistan, Yemen, the streets of the U.S., is not coherent while waging wars with drones, writes Brian Terrell.
How to Make a Gulf Monarchy All-American
Ben Freeman, Brian Steiner and Leila Riazi report on the Saudi lobby’s move from K Street to Main Street.
Climate Movement Applauds Coal Miners’ Demand for Green Jobs
The United Mine Workers of America’s support for carbon capture, however, leaves cause for disagreement.
The Infrastructure of Militarism in Somalia
African states are more involved in the war on terror than we may think, writes Samar Al-Bulushi.
The CIA Used to Infiltrate the Media
Now the CIA is the media. This isn’t Operation Mockingbird, writes Caitlin Johnstone. It’s much worse.
Vienna Talks Reveal Biden Team’s Attachment to Trump’s Illegal Sanctions
By enriching uranium at the 60 percent level of purity, Iran is applying its own strategy of diplomatic leverage, Gareth Porter reports.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Biden’s Banner Headlines on Afghanistan Obscure US Motives
Exceptionalism and universalism are the third rails in the U.S.: Any public figure who questions either will suffer a kind of political electrocution.
Chris Hedges: The Unraveling of the American Empire
U.S. leadership has stumbled from one military debacle to another, a trajectory mirroring the sad finales of other historical imperial powers.
Mobs Rioted in Washington 173 Years Ago Monday to Defend Slaveholders
The violence on April 18-19, 1848, which targeted the abolitionist press, followed one of the largest attempted escapes from slavery in U.S. history, Michael David Cohen recounts.