As some politicians try to shackle educators with restrictive laws, Raphael E. Rogers recommends using historical records to show the role that slavery played in the forming of a nation.
Covering Up Slavery in the Birth of the US
Caitlin Johnstone: Making Kissinger Look Sane
This blood-soaked empire manager is not warning about Washington’s pursuit of planetary hegemony because he has gotten saner. It’s because the war machine has gotten crazier.
Column, Commentary, Egypt, Gulf States, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Religion, Saudi Arabia, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
THE ANGRY ARAB: Repressive Secularism in the Arab World
The war on Islamists has been, for all intents and purposes, a war on democratic rule, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
Books, Cold War, Commentary, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Soviet Union, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
SCOTT RITTER: Sometimes Humanity Gets it Right
Disarmament in the time of Perestroika spotlights the pivotal contributions of U.S.-Soviet inspectors in helping to complete the 1988 INF treaty, which took effect after a period of bilateral tensions that could be considered more severe than those of today.
Ancient World, Climate Change, Commentary, Environment, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Chris Hedges: The Final Collapse
The more insurmountable the crisis becomes, the more we, like our prehistoric ancestors, will retreat into self-defeating responses, violence, magical thinking and denial.
Pompeo Sued Over Surveillance of Assange Visitors
Guests who visited WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange in the Ecuador embassy have sued the C.I.A., former C.I.A. Director Mike Pompeo and Spanish security firm UC Global for allegedly violating their 4th Amendment rights.
Biden Administration, Civil Rights, Column, Commentary, Intelligence, U.S. Congress, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
JOHN KIRIAKOU: J Edgar Hoover’s Evil Brainchild
All of COINTELPRO should be declassified. Bobby Rush’s legislation — now at high risk of getting lost in Congress — would do that.
The Gross Inequality of US Pastime
Sam Pizzigati says the intense concentration of wealth in the U.S. over the past 50 years has fundamentally altered the sport’s landscape.
Biden Administration, China, Climate Change, Commentary, Taiwan, U.S., U.S. Congress, United Nations
US-China Climate Talks in Tatters
With an eye on a major climate gathering in November, Marcy Winograd says a veterans’ group wants the White House to apologize for the way Pelosi unnecessarily escalated tension in the Asia Pacific.
Facebook Shares Abortion-Related Chats With Police
In response to a mother-daughter case in Nebraska, digital rights groups are calling for end-to-end encryption of all conversations conducted on the social media giant’s platform.
Caitlin Johnstone: Ukraine Gets CBS to Retract Critical Report
It’s not just critical commentators who see the Western press as propagandists. It’s how they see themselves.
UK Energy Workers Plan More Walkouts
Should the actions develop into full blown strikes, they could have the capacity to shut down much of the U.K. economy, Adam Ramsay reports.
A Rational Conversation about China
The U.S. is provoking a conflict due to its own anxieties about Beijing’s economic advances, writes Vijay Prashad. We should not let ourselves be drawn in.
The Renewables Rush in Texas
Many of the beneficiaries of the state’s program have parent companies with high carbon emissions and a history of fighting climate policies, write Nathan Jensen and Isabella Steinhauer.
Detained Immigrants Go on Strike
The labor action against $1 a day pay and work conditions is taking place at two facilities in California operated by the GEO Group, one of the largest for-profit prison companies in the U.S., Alejandra Quintero reports.
Zimbabwean Journalists Arrested Under Cybersecurity Law
The crackdown on journalists is escalating in the run-up to elections next year, Ignatius Banda reports.
Biden Administration, Climate Change, Commentary, Cuba, Environment, Obama Administration, Trump Administration, U.S.
US Watches as Cuban Fire Rages
The Biden administration is not offering meaningful assistance to contain a potential ecological disaster 90 miles from the U.S. coastline, write Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan and Medea Benjamin.
American Empire, Column, Commentary, Gulf States, Israel, Middle East, Middle East, Palestine, Qatar, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates
THE ANGRY ARAB: Tunisia’s New Constitution Cements Autocracy
As`ad AbuKhalil says a true Arab democracy would restrain U.S. influence and criminalize normalization with Israel.
Young Americans Who Go Hungry
The authors’ survey shows a significant portion of Gen Z – 30 percent – has relied on free groceries from a pantry, church or other charity.
Caitlin Johnstone: Lady Gaga & ‘Everything China Fears’
Freedom of thought and freedom of speech only exist on the fringes of Western society, in such small numbers that they make no difference.