In 1932, as in 2020, the nation experienced an explosion of civil unrest on the eve of a presidential election, writes James N. Gregory.
A Summer of Protest, Unemployment & Presidential Politics – Welcome to 1932
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Nuclear Testing, Never Again
Congress must step in and slam the door shut on the idea of resuming nuclear testing, especially if its purpose is to threaten other countries, writes Daryl G. Kimball.
UPRISING: Muslim Americans Assert Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
Trump Used Looted Venezuelan Public Money to Build Border Wall with Mexico
Unable to make Mexico pay for his $18 billion pet project, Trump has turned to other sources of financing, Ben Norton reports.
UPRISING: Cheyenne River Sioux Chair Offers to Rip Down Mount Rushmore
Ahead of Trump’s planned visit on Friday, Harold Frazier decried the iconic South Dakota mountain carving as a monument to “our molesters.”
Palestinians & Global Allies Rise Up Against Annexation
Demonstrations against the Israeli government’s plan to further its apartheid policy took place in the occupied territories and around the world Wednesday.
Demands for Senate to Slash ‘Out of Control’ Pentagon Budget
More than 60 advocacy groups are pressing senators to back a push by Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey to cut the $740.5 billion military budget by 10 percent.
LEE CAMP: Four Giant Reasons to Remove the Statues, From a Robert E. Lee Descendant
We should relocate our racist statues to museums where we can remember our racist history in the appropriate context.
COVID-19 Means Good Times for the Pentagon
While Americans are overwhelmed by the pandemic, Mandy Smithberger details how the Pentagon and its boosters are exploiting the emergency to feather their own nests.
RAY McGOVERN: Russiagate’s Last Gasp
One can read this most recent flurry of Russia, Russia, Russia paid the Taliban to kill GIs as an attempt to pre-empt the findings into Russiagate’s origins.