It was an energy crisis of sorts, writes Ernest Freeberg.
Category: U.S.
‘Pandemic Profits’ of Billionaires Could Fully Fund $3,000 Stimulus Checks for US Workers
“America’s billionaires could pay for a major Covid relief bill and still not lose a dime of their pre-virus riches.”
OPCW Execs Praised Whistleblower & Criticized Syria Cover-up, Leaks Reveal
These private admissions obtained by The Grayzone further expose the public whitewash of the Douma cover-up, and undermine the ongoing attacks on the whistleblowers who challenged it, Aaron Maté reports.
The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet
American voters should have a say on the cabinet that a presidential candidate proposes to go into power with, writes Joe Lauria.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Top UN Anti-Torture Official Again Urges Assange’s Release
The WikiLeaks founder’s “prolonged solitary confinement in a high security prison is neither necessary nor proportionate,” said Nils Melzer on Tuesday.
Trump’s Pernicious Military Legacy
Michael Klare says it’s impossible to overstate the significance of the Pentagon’s shift in posture during the term of the outgoing president.
Democracy is Not a Fact, But an Enduring Struggle
Trump has been defeated, but Ursula Wolfe-Rocca warns that his commitment to institutionalize the teaching of American exceptionalism has not.
Biden’s Young Hawk: The Case Against Jake Sullivan
Either the national security adviser-designate and other “exceptionalists” are true believers, or rank cynics driven by ambition and enough intelligence or charisma to say what’s needed to justify U.S. aggression, says Danny Sjursen.
Barack Obama & the Death of Idealism
The former president’s deception and warmongering killed the “hope and change” he promised on the campaign trail, writes James Bovard.
WATCH: Assange–The Right to a Fair Trial?
POSTPONED: Andy Worthington & Thomas Durkin, witnesses at Julian Assange’s extradition hearing, to discus his right to a fair trial in a CN Live! simulcast of a Don’t Extradite Assange production, which has been postponed.