Some lawmakers worry partial cancellation of student debts will harm military recruitment and they’ve written to the president and defense secretary about it.
Caitlin Johnstone: America’s Perverse Poverty Draft
UN Women & BlackRock
The U.N. agency cancelled a partnership with the hedge fund after feminists fired off a protest letter.
Chris Hedges: Strike! Strike! Strike!
The global ruling class is determined to prevent mounting protests against social inequality from employing the weapon that can bring them down.
The Cult of Positive Thinking
The late author Barbara Ehrenreich laid bare the industry of positive thinking in her book Bright Sided, writes Sonali Kolhatkar.
It Doesn’t Trickle Down
Kate Pickett touts the Club of Rome’s “Earth4All” prescription for a root-and-branch reshaping of the economy, away from neoliberal, extractive capitalism.
Biden Again Vows War With China Over Taiwan
Is it a weird new tactic in “strategic ambiguity” to have different parts of the administration saying completely different things in totally unambiguous ways? asks Caitlin Johnstone.
Help Us Cover the Julian Assange Story
With corporate media largely abandoning the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher, Consortium News has been in the forefront of chronicling his plight. But we can’t do it without you.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘The War on Journalism’
With DC Action for Assange, CN Live! screened Juan Passarelli’s film The War on Journalism in Washington Sunday, followed by discussion with Passarelli, Daniel Ellsberg, James Goodale, John Kiriakou, Stefania Maurizi, Cathy Vogan and Chip Gibbons. Watch the replay.
Craig Murray: Mass Hysteria, UK-Royal Style
The public is being whipped up to observe emotional mourning for the late queen, while those who you would expect truly to be in grief are engaged in cold, political calculation.
India Far Less Committed to Liberal Values Than Imagined, Data Shows
Age, income and wealth make no difference to regressive attitudes, the data reveals, begging the question of what will: Betwa Sharma in conversation with data journalist Rukmini S.
Rights Groups to UN: Abolish ‘Death by Incarceration’
The U.S. is a global outlier in condemning 1-in-7 prisoners to die behind bars, writes Marjorie Cohn. Over two-thirds are people of color. Under international law, this amounts to torture and racial discrimination.
Caitlin Johnstone: Just Who Values ‘Western Values’?
It’s the critics of Western empire who actually embody values such as truth, free speech, equality, accountability for the powerful and adversarial journalism.
American Empire, Biden Administration, China, Cold War, Commentary, COVID-19, Economy, Militarism, NATO, Russia, U.S., Ukraine, United Nations
War Is No Answer to Insecurity
Old habits continue to dominate in Washington, which has long sought nuclear primacy to negate the theory of détente, writes Vijay Prashad.
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Ukraine Is the New Israel
As`ad AbuKhalil says current U.S.-NATO strategic calculations are demoting Israel from its once central position and will leave the apartheid state increasingly reliant on new alliances with the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia.
Colombia & Venezuela to Reopen Border
Diplomatic relations between the two nations were broken in February 2019 after Colombia’s former president recognized Juan Guaidó, the self-proclaimed “president,” as Venezuela’s legitimate leader.
Biden Administration, Chile, Commentary, Japan, Militarism, North Korea, Pentagon, South Korea, U.S.
US-South Korea Provocations in the Pacific
The resumption of the recent joint military exercises is viewed with alarm by China, which, like North Korea, has repeatedly pointed to U.S. attempts to set up a NATO-like organization in Asia, writes Aditya Sarin.
What’s Hiking Up the Heat
Sam Pizzigati says inequality is missing from the coverage of what’s driving the mercury higher.
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Biden’s Democracies
The U.S. had close to 200 years to inculcate its biases and shape its rule of law accordingly, writes Lawrence Davidson.
Anti-Royal Protester: Even Police Doubted Arrest Legal
The Edinburgh student charged with “breaching the peace” says officers feared they would be a “laughing stock,” Adam Bychawski reports.
Who Runs the Railroads? Looming Strike Pressures Biden
Many workers remain unsatisfied with the compromise proposed last month by the U.S. president’s appointed arbitrators.