Electoral politics is about power, leverage and quid pro quo, writes Wilmer J. Leon, III. What are Black supporters of Kamala Harris getting in exchange?
You’re With Her, But Is She With You?
Category: U.S.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: The CIA & the 9/11 Plea Deals – UPDATED
If you didn’t like the outcome of this odyssey through uncharted legal territory before Lloyd Austin reversed it, blame the C.I.A., Mitch McConnell and almost every other member of Congress who served in 2009 and 2015.
Middle East a Tinderbox After Assassinations
Phyllis Bennis says the killing of Haniyeh in Tehran was a deliberate provocation that matches Netanyahu’s longstanding goal of drawing the U.S. into a potential Israel-Iran war.
Iranian-American Group: Biden Must Avert War With Iran
The U.S. must make clear that “military assistance to Israel will be leveraged to secure an end to the conflict,” said the president of the National Iranian American Council.
US Hate Against Muslims & Palestinians Surges
As Israel’s U.S.-backed war on Gaza continues, university administrators, employers, and federal agencies are contributors to rising complaints of Islamophobia.
US Veterans Tell Harris: End Siege of Gaza
In an open letter, Veterans For Peaces asks the vice president to call for a permanent ceasefire and emergency food and medical aid now, while she is campaigning for president.
A Very Undemocratic Democracy
Nat Parry reflects on a Democratic theme — which Biden raised in his withdrawal announcement last week — that their party will protect democracy from Donald Trump.
Venezuela: As US Leaders Call Fraud, US Observers Endorse Results
Western media appeared as eager as the U.S. government to undermine the elections in Venezuela and agitate for political strife, writes Alan MacLeod.
Big Lie: Biden & Harris Hate Israel; Trump Loves Russia
On the fantasy worlds of Democrats trying to free Palestine from the river to the sea and Republicans trying to turn the White House into a puppet regime of Moscow, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Vijay Prashad: Rust Belt & Broken Road
From the 1942 “American century” to Trump’s “American carnage,” the U.S. has shifted from a post-WW2 boom to decline and is now facing political divides, economic crisis, poverty and social decay.