Exclusive: President Obama refused to hold “war on terror” torturers to account but punished truth-tellers severely, a bleak legacy not erased by Chelsea Manning’s belated commutation, as Jonathan Marshall explains.
Obama’s Bombing Legacy
The Murky Future for US Health Care
It’s Not About Trump, But Us
A Demand for Russian ‘Hacking’ Proof
Trump’s Remaking of US Foreign Policy
Donald Trump v. the Spooks
Exclusive: President-elect Trump is in a nasty slugfest with U.S. intelligence agencies as they portray him as a Russian tool and he blasts their attempt to delegitimize his election, says ex-British intelligence officer Annie Machon.
Playing Politics with Terrorism List
Congressional Republicans continue to push Islamo-phobic bills, now seeking to put the mostly political Muslim Brotherhood on the foreign terrorist list, notes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
Democrats Lost in a Corporate Wilderness
America’s Self-Destructive Obsessions
The U.S. population is led from one hysteria to the next, now transitioning from the Global War on Terror to the New Cold War with Russia, a fearful madness that is infecting the collective psyche, says Michael Brenner.
The Scheme to Take Down Trump
Mainstream Media’s Russian Bogeymen
Who’s the Real Manipulator of Elections?
America in Need of ‘Democracy Promotion’
Pulling a J. Edgar Hoover on Trump
Did Trump Kill ‘Liberal Democracy’?
How Obama Spread the Mideast Fires
Obama’s Unkept Promise on Nuclear War
What DeVos Might Do to Public Schools
Donald Trump is stocking his administration with fellow rich people including “school voucher” advocate Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary, a choice that makes many public school defenders nervous, reports Dennis J Bernstein.