There is no reason, in fact or in law, to erase the constitutional right to abortion, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Self-Determination Wrenched from Half US Population
‘Hardening’ US Schools
William Astore says the idea of putting students and teachers inside pseudo military bunkers represents a surrender to the notion of schools as potential sites of gun combat and mass death.
NATO Expands, Responding to War Caused by NATO Expansion
At the same NATO summit, President Biden announced plans to ramp up U.S. military presence in Europe in response to the Ukraine war, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Biden Administration, Commentary, Europe, Militarism, Russia, U.S., Ukraine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
NATO & a War Foretold
Instead of exploiting this crisis to expand even further, Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davie say the military alliance should suspend all new or pending membership applications until the current crisis has been resolved.
Column, Commentary, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Media, Middle East, Palestine, Religion, Saudi Arabia, U.S.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Iran Losing Info War
The repercussions of the open sectarian war sparked by the U.S. invasion of Iraq can still be felt throughout the region, says As`ad AbuKhalil, partly because of Iran’s inaction.
COVID-19: China’s Death Toll Puts US to Shame
The public health measures that have worked so well on the mainland should not be lightly dismissed, writes John Walsh.
Caitlin Johnstone: Ukraine Crawling with CIA & Co
The previously unthinkable idea that the U.S. is at war with Russia has been gradually normalized, with the heat turned up so slowly that the frog doesn’t notice it’s being boiled alive.
American Empire, Column, Commentary, Europe, Foreign Policy, Germany, International, Nazism, Russia, U.S., Ukraine
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Who Should Control Foreign Policy?
Proposing that foreign policy be subjected to democratic processes is a call, essentially, to revolution.
Commentary, Germany, Politics, Right Wing, Trump Administration, U.S., U.S. Supreme Courrt, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Chris Hedges: Fascists in Our Midst
In their ideal America, our “secular humanist” society based on science and reason will be destroyed. The Ten Commandments will form the basis of the legal system.
SCOTT RITTER: The Fantasy of Fanaticism
Despite what some “defense analysts” may be telling Western media, the longer the war continues, the more Ukrainians will die and the weaker NATO will become.
The Myth of Woodward, Bernstein & Watergate
The 50th anniversary this month of the Watergate break-in led W. Joseph Campbell to examine the persistence of a simplistic version of events that even Watergate-era principals at The Washington Post tried to refute.
American Dispatches: The Journalism of Robert Parry
A collection of the journalism of the late Robert Parry, a premier investigative journalist who founded this site in 1995, has just been published.
The Mexican Energy Option
Bruce Baigrie highlights AMLO’s battle against privatization and suggests it offers a model for South Africa, in particular, to follow.
Biden Administration, Cold War, Commentary, Militarism, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, U.S., Ukraine, United Kingdon
Caitlin Johnstone: A Nuclear State of Denial
For younger people, it’s hard to understand that the same nuclear Armageddon scenario their grandparents used to worry about is still here.
Assange extradition, Censorship, Human Rights, Julian Assange, Mike Pompeo, Politics, Propaganda, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdon, WikiLeaks, Yemen
Corbyn on the Establishment’s Campaign Against Him
In an interview with Matt Kennard, the former Labour Party leader speaks candidly about British media, the U.K. military and intelligence services, Israel, Keir Starmer, Julian Assange and Saudi Arabia.
The Architecture of Our Future
The anti-inflation policies driven by the U.S. and the Eurozone are not going to ease the burdens on the working class in their countries and certainly not in the debt-ridden Global South, writes Vijay Prashad.
Documenting Abuse in Illinois Prisons
Shielded from public view, “correction officers” received scant discipline, Shannon Heffernan reports.
Biden Administration, Commentary, Militarism, Military, Military Industry, Pentagon, U.S., U.S. Congress
Adding $37 Billion to Biden’s Military Budget
In a House committee vote, U.S. representatives voted 42-17 in favor of Rep. Jared Golden’s amendment to boost the president’s already gargantuan military spending request.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Robbed by Law Enforcement
People who have never even been charged with a crime can have their life savings taken away. That’s civil asset forfeiture.
Africa, Asia, Central America, China, Cold War, Commentary, International, Latin America, Russia, Ukraine, United Nations
Staying Out of Troubled Waters
Humberto Márquez reports on the new international non-alignment trend triggered by the war in Ukraine.