However inequitable its bias, capitalist democracy at least offered the possibility of incremental and piecemeal reform. Now it is a corpse.
Chris Hedges: American Requiem
The Invention of the Electoral College
Eleven delegates at the Constitutional Convention were left to decide how the country would choose a president, writes Phillip J. VanFossen.
A History of Contested Presidential Elections, from Samuel Tilden to Al Gore
If either Trump or Biden refuses to concede, Robert Speel says it wouldn’t be the first time turmoil persisted for days and weeks after an election.
CN Live! Election Coverage–Day 2
We were back on the air picking up our election coverage on Wednesday with reports, analysis and guests. We will resume later on Thursday.
Commentary, Election 2020, Media, Politics, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
100 Years Ago, First Commercial Radio Broadcast Announced Election Results
ELECTIONS 2020: Whoever Wins Faces Severe Eviction Crisis
John Buell says there are lessons to be learned from the Obama era foreclosures of 2008-2009.
WATCH: CN Live!’s Election Night Coverage
CN Live!‘s Elizabeth Vos and Joe Lauria anchored coverage of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, with results, analysis and a host of guests.
American Empire, Bolivia, Column, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Latin America, Militarism, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, Venezuela
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Talk of Another Pink Tide
Expect an orgy of U.S. subterfuge. If there’s one thing Washington cannot abide more than a working social democracy, it’s a working social democracy in Latin America.
Afghanistan, American Empire, Bolivia, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Iran, Libya, Middle East, Militarism, Saudi Arabia, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Ending Regime Change — in Bolivia & the World
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies address the illegal and destructive uses of U.S. military, diplomatic and financial coercion since Sept. 11.
ELECTION 2020: US Suburbs & Politics Have Radically Changed
These days they vary a great deal by well-being, race and ethnicity and that makes them politically dynamic, says Jan Nijman.
WATCH: CN Live! New Episode—‘A Terrible Choice’ With Jill Stein, Chris Hedges, Mike Gravel and Rick Wolff
Our all-star panel discussed troubling aspects of the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
Britain, Campaign 2020, CN Live!, Commentary, Consortiumnews.com, Election 2020, Intelligence, Legal, Media, Politics, Russiagate, Trump Administration, WikiLeaks
ELECTION 2020: Media Silence on Assange Aids Trump
By ignoring Donald Trump’s apparent abuse of power in allegedly ordering Julian Assange’s arrest, it seems the liberal media’s hatred for Assange trumps that of Trump, argues Elizabeth Vos.
WATCH: CN Live! New Episode—‘Voter Suppression’ With Greg Palast
Greg Palast appeared on CN Live! Saturday night to discuss the latest on voter suppression as we approach Tuesday’s election.
ELECTION 2020: Trump’s Failed State
In the 21st century, the United States has been visibly inching ever closer to failed-state status, writes Karen J. Greenberg.
Reclaiming Africa’s Early Post-Independence History
The authors respond to the almost permanent state of austerity that neoliberalism has imposed on much of the continent.
American Empire, Assange extradition, Campaign 2020, Civil Rights, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Protests, Racism, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, WikiLeaks
ELECTION 2020: Democracy Calls Us to Fight ‘Lesser of Two Evils’ Argument
From “Hope and Change” to “Make America Great Again, the system entices people to consume the illusion of choice, writes Nozomi Hayase.
Report Details Deadly US Drone Strikes & Raids in Yemen Under Trump
A U.K.-based watchdog group charts the escalation, mainly in 2017, of counter-terrorism operations and the toll on civilians.
Britain’s Profiteering Spymasters Ignored the Country’s Biggest Threats
While spinning the revolving doors, they have endangered the public by neglecting bigger security threats, like coronavirus and climate change, write Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis.
WATCH: CN Live! New Episode—‘Green Ticket’
The presidential and vice presidential candidates of the U.S. Green Party were interviewed on CN Live! on Thursday night.
Asia, China, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Militarism, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Key Pentagon Official Turned China Policy Over to Arms Industry & Taiwan Supporters
The triumph of corporate and foreign interests over one of the most consequential decisions regarding China is likely to bedevil U.S. foreign policy for years to come, writes Gareth Porter.
Afghanistan, American Empire, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Gulf States, Intelligence, International, Iraq, Middle East, Militarism, Pakistan, Syria, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
America’s Imperial Expenditures & Escapades Stranger Than Fiction
Danny Sjursen says that when a war-state is constantly shuffling and substituting enemies it is bound, eventually, to turn on its own citizens.
Campaign 2020, Commentary, Election 2020, Foreign Policy, International News Analysis, North Korea, South Korea, U.S.
ELECTION 2020: What Trump & Biden Get Wrong About North Korea
Christine Ahn says the two leading presidential contenders present a false dichotomy about U.S. diplomatic options with North Korea.
American Empire, Censorship, Commentary, Humor, Intelligence, Media, Propaganda, Secrecy, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Invisible 9/11s: Only the CIA Can See How US Is Attacked By Nations It Targets
Caitlin Johnstone would like to tell you a folktale about alleged attacks on American democracy that are only visible to the U.S. intelligence cartel.
American Empire, Foreign Policy, Iran, U.S., United Nations, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Iranian Foreign Minister Blames US War on Terror for ‘Countless Broken Societies’
In his speech to mark the UN’s 75th anniversary, Javad Zarif took aim at the wars Washington has initiated or joined since 2001, Andrea Germanos reports.
Commentary, COVID-19, Economy, Election 2020, Labor, Politics, U.S., United Kingdon, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
The Argument for a Maximum Wage
Could British levels of support for an income cap ever take root in the U.S.? Sam Pizzigati says the idea isn’t as un-American as it may seem.
Taking Money With One Hand & Fooling Us With the Other
The hidden costs of capitalism to human lives and the natural world are beginning to be laid bare, writes Jonathan Cook, but the Establishment is fighting back.
Advanced Technologies, American Empire, Intelligence, Russiagate, Secrecy, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, WikiLeaks, WikiLeaks Series
THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 9—Opening the CIA’s Vault
As its publisher remains in prison awaiting judgment on his extradition case, we continue our series of looking at WikiLeaks’ significant revelations contributing to the public’s right to know.
Africa, American Empire, Column, Commentary, Foreign Policy, International, Middle East, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
THE ANGRY ARAB: The US Just Blackmailed Sudan
Washington has proven that it is willing to make people suffer, and even starve, if governments don’t acquiesce to normalization with Israel, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
Campaign 2016, Campaign 2020, Commentary, Intelligence, Iraq, Media, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Russiagate
Ray McGovern Tells Aaron Maté Blaming Moscow for Hunter Biden’s Laptop is Russiagate Disinformation
Corporate media suppression of news about Hunter Biden emails bears all the hallmarks of the same Russiagate disinformation we were subjected to for four years, Ray McGovern tells Aaron Maté in this Pushback interview on the GrayZone.
Advanced Technologies, Health Reform, Legal, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
OxyContin Maker’s ‘Public Trust’ Would Still Be About Profit
WATCH: CN Live! New Episode–‘The Truth is a Joke’
A CN Live! election comedy special with Randy Credico, Lee Camp, Ron Placone & Juice Media.
Campaign 2020, Civil Rights, Commentary, Election 2020, History, Politics, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
