The militarization of police departments has been a feature of U.S. domestic law enforcement since the 9/11 attacks and despite efforts to promote de-escalation as a policy, police culture appears to be stuck in an “us vs. them” mentality, writes…
WATCH: CN LIVE! New Episode—‘Pandemic Down Under’
On this episode of CN Live! we examined in detail one of the few success stories in the coronavirus pandemic, asking how Australia has been able to escape the worst of the crisis.
LEE CAMP: Nineteen Facts About American Policing That Will Blow Your Mind
Just a few facts will change everything you think you know about American police, writes Lee Camp, with pictures by Eleanor Goldfield from the streets of downtown Washington.
UPRISING: With Militarization of Cops on Full Display, Senator Plans Amendment to End Transfer of Military Equipment to Local Police
Lawmakers and activists say access to military hardware has made police behavior toward protesters even more brutal and violent, Jake Johnson reports.
Conflicting Narratives & the Distortion of Donald Trump
The U.S. president is not a populist champion of the little guy, nor a closet Nazi working to establish a white ethnostate, nor a Kremlin asset, but is in fact nothing other than a miserable rich man, says Caitlin Johnstone.
UPRISING: Riot or Resistance: Media Framing Shapes Public View
The role journalists play can be indispensable if movements are to gain legitimacy and make progress, writes Danielle K. Kilgo.
JOHN PILGER: The Forgotten Coup Against ‘The Most Loyal Ally’
John Pilger reports on a new development in the Anglo-American coup in which the CIA overthrew a democratically elected ally in Australia in a demeaning scandal in which sections of the Australian elite colluded.
25 YEARS OF CN: ‘A Distant Echo on Race and Police’—Aug. 24, 2017
This is the 8th story in our series looking back on a quarter century of reporting by Consortium News.
UPRISING: Trump Threatens to Grab Protestors By the Posse
UPDATE: Donald Trump has threatened to unleash “the unlimited power of our Military” to quell the Minnesota uprising, using the U.S. army to essentially “invade” a state without a governor’s consent, writes Joe Lauria.
New UK Laws Could Criminalize Journalism
The British government is pursuing “espionage legislation” that could criminalise the release of public information as part of an “epidemic of secrecy,” reports Richard Norton-Taylor.
COVID-19: Trump Quits the World Health Organization; the Victim is the United States
After Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of WHO on Friday, the reputation of the agency has been damaged far less than the image of the United States, argues Barbara Crossette.
25 YEARS OF CN: ‘Why US Police Are Out of Control’–Aug. 20, 2015
This is the 7th story in our series looking back on a quarter century of reporting by Consortium News.
UPRISING: Mobile Phone Videos of Black People Dying are Sacred, Like Lynching Photographs
Cellphone videos of vigilante violence and fatal police encounters should be viewed like lynching photographs – with solemn reserve and careful circulation, writes Allissa Richardson.
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Why the Lesser-Evil Argument for Biden Sounds Hollow
It is evident that neither candidate is actually going to do anything substantive to save us from ecological catastrophe, writes Jonathan Cook.
LETTER FROM LONDON: The Price of Boris Johnson – Britain’s Covid-19 Debacle
Alexander Mercouris takes us through the blow-by-blow of the first four months of the crisis in Britain, and it’s not a pretty picture.
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COVID-19: The Great Depression & the Corona Shock
Nomi Prins compares four key factors — unemployment, the economy, the market, and the Federal Reserve’s response — in the crises then and now.
DirecTV’s Exit and the Complexities of Venezuelan Politics
Steve Ellner calls on the U.S. corporate media to apply more skepticism in their coverage of the Venezuelan opposition.
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Australia & the Working of the American Imperial Hand
The paradox of Australia: a wealthy country whose complacent, U.S.-indoctrinated political elites are betraying its promise in so many important ways, writes Tony Kevin.
Covid-19: Doctors Demand Hospital Industry Stop Funding Dark Money Lobby Group
Progressive physicians are pressing the American Hospital Association to support patients and healthcare workers during the pandemic instead of wasting money on a lobby group that opposes universal coverage, Jake Johnson reports.
COVID-19 Leads to Nosedive in Remittances to Latin America
Entire families are sliding back into poverty now that relatives working abroad, who have lost work due to the pandemic, can no longer afford to send money home, Humberto Márquez reports.