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After 20 Years of Failed War, Corporate Media Still Give Wars of Empire a Pass
When Taliban fighters swept across Afghanistan in a little over a week and entered the capital city of Kabul on August 15, 2021, they surprised the US media, the Biden White House, and the military. Desperate to get out of the country, those who had worke ...[Read more]
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House Dems remove Iron Dome funding from spending bill amid pressure from progressives
In an unprecedented show of strength by House progressives, Democratic leadership strips $1 billion in funding for an Israeli arms system from a government spending bill. ...[Read more]
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An angry dispute breaks out between Republicans ‘roiling the final Arizona audit report
The angry debate centers on what claims and evidence about the accuracy of the election results from Maricopa County will be included in the much-delayed report. Maricopa is Arizona's most populous jurisdiction and home to Phoenix. Joe Biden defeated Dona ...[Read more]
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Trump abruptly deletes message praising ‘highly respected’ Arizona auditors’ after they confirm Biden’s win
Trump issued a statement late Thursday night, after news about the report's conclusions had already broken, that expressed confidence that Friday's press conference would show that he really won Arizona. But on Friday, that message was removed from his si ...[Read more]
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How the US is facing its greatest political and constitutional crisis since the Civil War
"The United States is heading into its greatest political and constitutional crisis since the Civil War, with a reasonable chance over the next three to four years of incidents of mass violence, a breakdown of federal authority, and the division of the co ...[Read more]
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UN Chief Warns Humanity Is ‘Unacceptably Close to Nuclear Annihilation’
"Now is the time to lift the cloud of nuclear conflict for good," United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said ahead of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. ...[Read more]
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Conspiracist Thinking Is the Result of 40 Years of Social Atomization
Amid a disorienting explosion of crises and social shifts, there are worrying signs that some parts of the Left are becoming more susceptible to conspiracist ways of thinking. It’s a symptom of social atomization in the neoliberal era — but we don’t ...[Read more]
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EU lorry drivers will not help Britain ease its fuel crisis, union says
Official from Dutch-based FNV criticises visa plan as ‘dead end’ due to poor working conditions ...[Read more]
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Don’t the Rich Deserve to Keep Their Money?
Wealth is socially created — redistribution just allows more people to enjoy the fruits of their labor. ...[Read more]
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Republicans warned their self-destructive COVID behavior is ‘killing off their voter base’
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 75% of U.S.-based adults have been at least partially vaccinated for COVID-19. But vaccination rates can vary considerably from one state to another. The Mayo Clinic reports that rates for at le ...[Read more]
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Democrats Will Probably Lose the Midterms. But They Don’t Have To.
There’s no natural law that says the Democrats have to lose next year’s midterm elections. But if Democrats can’t fundamentally improve the quality of life for working-class voters, there’s good reason to think they will lose. ...[Read more]
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