The American press has been in the business of keeping readers ignorant since the Cold War—its most essential responsibility turned upside-down—and in our time it gets worse, not better.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: America the Innocent
Tag: Barack Obama
300,000 Deported in Biden’s First 100 Days
A rights group warns that the U.S. president is “well on track to repeat” Obama’s failures.
The New Cold War US-Japanese Summit
Joseph Gerson comments on the meeting that just took place in Washington between the leaders of the U.S. and Japan.
Biden’s Drone Wars
Talk of peace in Afghanistan, Yemen, the streets of the U.S., is not coherent while waging wars with drones, writes Brian Terrell.
How US Official Secrets Act Ensnared Julian Assange
If the U.S. wins its appeal, Julian Assange will face prosecution under a severe espionage law with roots in the British Official Secrets Act that is part of a history of repression of press freedom, reports Joe Lauria.
THE ANGRY ARAB: The Trump-Biden Middle East Policy
From Iran to Yemen, As`ad AbuKhalil summarizes the bipartisan consistency with which Israeli interests dominate in U.S. foreign policy.
Rahm Emanuel Under Consideration as Top Ambassador
Into the Memory Hole
Erasure or sublimation of memory makes it easier to shape the present by controlling or editing history. Doing so preserves a mythic version of a country’s identity, postulates Michael Brenner.
10 Worst Things Trump Did & 5 Things He Didn’t Do
Donald Trump has left the White House. We look back at his tumultuous four years in the Oval Office, judging the worst, and not so worst, things he did, and some things he didn’t do.
Trump Impeached Amid Efforts to Silence Him
Trump has been impeached again and this time the Republican-controlled Senate may convict to keep him from running in 2024, as Democrat-aligned big tech moves to shut him up, reports Joe Lauria.