The OAS has to answer for its role in the Bolivian coup
We call upon the Organization of American States to retract its misleading statements about the election, which have contributed to...
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Appeals court orders Trump’s banks to turn financial records over to Congress
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that Deutsche Bank and Capital One must comply with a congressional subpoena for...
read moreChina suspends review of visits by American warships & sanctions NGOs in response to US signing of Hong Kong bill
Beijing has stopped allowing US Navy vessels to visit Hong Kong and “sanctioned” foreign NGOs after President Donald Trump signed a...
read moreTrump’s Ukraine extortion scheme began as a plot to undermine special counsel Mueller: report
A new report from the Washington Post claims that President Donald Trump’s efforts to shake down the Ukrainian government to...
read moreColombia On Strike: “This Government Has To Fall”
Colombia’s national civic strike is paving the way for a rural-urban coalition of protesters and movements that together can take on...
read more“Green Amendment” Movement Demands Constitutional Right to Clean Environment
Two states have already passed “green amendments,” and proposals are being considered in at least 13 other states. Source:...
read moreKamala Harris drops out of 2020 presidential race
It’s a surprisingly early exit for Harris, who was once seen as a top-tier candidate. Source: Kamala Harris drops out of 2020...
read moreMacron fact-checks Trump to his face for false claim on Isis fighters: ‘Let’s be serious’
Emmanuel Macron said that, while Isis fighters from Europe are “a tiny minority of the overall problem”, the majority of those...
read moreWill ICE Pull an End Run Around a New California Law?
Five days after a bill ending private prisons in the state was signed into law, the Trump administration found a way to get around...
read moreGermany is closing all its nuclear power plants. Now it must find a place to bury the deadly waste for 1 million years
When it comes to the big questions plaguing the world’s scientists, they don’t get much larger than this.Where do you...
read moreDevin Nunes tied further to Trump’s Ukraine scheme after new Giuliani phone calls revealed
As more and more details emerge in the wake of the release of the House report on their impeachment inquiry, Just Security‘s Kate...
read moreActual Nazi who got 26% of the vote in his first bid is running for Congress again as a Republican
Holocaust denier and actual Nazi, Arthur Jones, is taking another shot at a running for Congress, just two years after his first bid...
read moreKazakhstan Ends Bank Bailouts, Cancels Debt of 3 Million Struggling Poor
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Tuesday that his new government will stop bailing out private banks and write off bad...
read moreUS Navy Places $22 Billion Cyber Monday Order for Nuclear Submarines, But Who Is Asking How We Gonna Pay For It?
“$22 billion could fund a lot of kids learning,” said Albert Lee, a Democrat running for Congress in Oregon. “We...
read moreThe staggering millennial wealth deficit, in one chart
Young baby boomers owned an enormous share of the country’s wealth relative to the nation’s millennials and Gen Xers,...
read moreSupt. Eddie Johnson Fired Before Retirement, Mayor Lightfoot Announces, Citing ‘Intolerable’ Actions
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot abruptly fired the city’s top cop Monday, terminating Supt. Eddie Johnson over allegations he...
read moreNot enough babies are being born to replace the US population as birth rate plunges to 30-year low
SHOCKING statistics reveal that not enough babies are being born to replace the US population – as birth rates plunge to a 30 year...
read moreReport Details How Social Security Has Become Rigged for the Wealthy While Leaving Behind Those It Was Designed to Help
longer life expectancy among high-earners has allowed the wealthy to delay claiming their Social Security benefits, resulting in a...
read moreIncarcerated People Can Do More than Beat Harvard in a Debate
“College Behind Bars,” a new PBS documentary executive-produced by Ken Burns, shines a light on a program that every major university...
read moreBrown University Committee Votes to Divest From Companies Complicit in Human Rights Abuses in Palestine
The vote comes eight months after 69 percent of student voters supported a referendum to divest from companies profiting from...
read moreAlert: Obama spearheads campaign against Sanders’ nomination as Democratic presidential candidate
With former President Barack Obama taking the lead, the Democratic Party is moving to ensure that issues of social inequality and...
read moreAlert: Corporate Media Wants Anybody but Warren or Sanders
Overall, in subtle and sledgehammer ways, the mass media of the United States — owned and sponsored by corporate giants —...
read moreInsurance Industry Is Clearly ‘Terrified,’ Says Sanders, As Lawmakers Admit Lobbyists Helped Them Write Attacks on Medicare for All
“We are taking on the big-money interests who have an army of lobbyists trying to defeat Medicare for All.” Source:...
read moreWarning: American Exceptionalism Is Killing the Planet
We need to stop idealizing war and its so-called warriors. At stake is nothing less than the viability of life on Earth. Source:...
read moreCapitalism’s Failures Ignited Worldwide Protests
While the spark for each protest might be different, it is not about left and right but the failure of neoliberalism Source: Article:...
read moreAlert: Democrats Aren’t Doing Impeachment Right
The impeachment of Donald Trump should have been based on issues that nobody could deny and that everybody, regardless of which party...
read moreThreat to Our Digital Rights Revealed in US-UK Trade Talks Leak
Leaked records of US-UK trade negotiations suggest the US is targeting our digital rights—and the UK seems alarmingly willing...
read moreGoldman Sachs Seeks to Rebrand as Wealth Takes Center Stage in the Democratic Presidential Race
But the effort is also a subtle rebranding exercise by a firm at the center of a knockdown political fight between Wall Street and...
read moreAs UN Climate COP launches in Madrid Activists in Chile Demand Rejection of Neoliberal Model and Removal of Chile from COP Presidency
Chilean President Sebastian Piñera Abandons Plans to Travel to Madrid for COP25 Source: As UN Climate COP launches in Madrid...
read moreState lawmakers acknowledge lobbyists helped craft their op-eds attacking Medicare-for-all
Records provided to The Washington Post show a lobbyist made extensive revisions to state lawmakers’ columns attacking...
read moreCondemning Inaction of Rich Nations, Oxfam Unveils Report Showing Climate-Related Disasters Displaced 200 Million People Since 2008
“People are taking to the streets across the globe to demand urgent climate action. If politicians ignore their pleas, more...
read moreTrump, “Absolute Immunity,” and the Supreme Court
Incredibly, even after all these centuries, the power of a state over a president remains blurry.On the one hand, we certainly don’t...
read moreCalifornia’s secretary of state on the rapidly changing role of cybersecurity for U.S. elections
While our election security has never been lower, Padilla remains optimistic because at the very least we are having the conversation...
read moreNew Study: “Russian Trolls” Did Not “Sow Discord” – They Influenced No One
Russia supposedly did this through people who worked the Internet Research Agency (IRA) in St. Petersburg, Russia .But the IRA had...
read moreNew Analysis Details ‘Aggressive’ Tax Dodging of Six Silicon Valley Giants—Totaling Over $100 Billion
Among the tech companies studied, Amazon “stands out as the business with the poorest tax conduct,” according to the...
read moreAmerica’s Darkest Secrets Are Laid Bare in ‘The Report’
A film about the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA torture brings to life the reality of crimes the agency...
read moreLatino Voters in California Are Feeling the Bern
The path to winning the Demo primary runs through California and its Latino electorate. With 495 delegates at stake, the Golden State...
read moreTrump Was Right Before He Was Wrong: NATO Should Be Obsolete
In an age where people around the world want to avoid war and to focus instead on the climate chaos that threatens future life on...
read moreThe USA PATRIOT Act – The Story of an Impulsive Bill that Eviscerated America’s Civil Liberties
‘ The USA PATRIOT Act provides a textbook example of how the United States federal government expands its power. An emergency...
read moreGreen Groups at COP 25 Warn Against Market-Driven Solutions to Climate Emergency
“Now is not the time to offer an escape route to polluting Northern country governments and big oil.” Source: Green...
read moreWe need a Human Rights and Democracy Act for the U.S., and a PROTECT Act for American Protesters
On Wednesday, Trump signed two bills meant to support the protest movement in Hong Kong. Would that domestic protest movements got a...
read moreMayor Pete Is Wrong — Free Public College Could Unite the Country
Universal public goods, such as Social Security, are widely popular. The same would likely be true for higher education. Source:...
read moreArticle: Half of America wants Trump removed from office. Why does the press keep shrugging that off?
By treating as no big deal the fact that basically half the country supports removing the president of the United States from office,...
read moreTrump won’t send lawyers to impeachment hearing despite all his complaints about being excluded
The White House and congressional Republicans have whined for months that the impeachment process isn’t fair because Donald Trump...
read moreFacebook CEO Zuckerberg Dodges When Pressed About Details of White House Dinner With Trump
“No better example of Facebook’s power than Zuckerberg being asked here whether Trump lobbied him, rather than whether he...
read moreAudio of private Trump Tower meeting reveals the mandate Donald promised evangelical leaders he’d fulfill
“He would end the contraception mandate of Obamacare; … he would select only anti-choice judges; … he would do away with the Johnson...
read moreCIA helped shape ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ series into bigoted Venezuela regime change fantasy
Analysis by researcher Tom Secker reveals how Amazon’s regime change fantasy ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ was...
read moreSpain Might Be The World’s Most Important Climate Test
The progressive bloc set to rule Europe’s fifth-largest economy has endorsed a Green New Deal but risks fueling a resurgent fascist...
read moreRevealed: The Systematic Torture Of Palestinians In Israeli Detention
Since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, the Israeli Security Agency (ISA) has been systematically torturing...
read moreGiuliani melts down after Fox host calls him a ‘toxic chump’ and urges Trump to dump him
Rudy Giuliani lashed out at Fox News host Steve Hilton on Monday, after the media personality called on President Donald Trump to...
read moreApple CEO Tim Cook says he’s ready to ‘fight until my toes point up’ to protect DACA
“I am focused on DACA,” he told ABC News. “We have 450 folks in Apple, employed at Apple, who are employed on DACA. I want those...
read moreBezos Wants Us to Build Space Colonies – We Just Want Him to Leave the Planet
Jeff Bezos wants us to leave Earth and save ourselves by building space colonies. We want to stay on Earth, build a viable future,...
read moreThe Three-Decade Long War… You Never Heard About
The War on drugs in Bolivia wasn’t metaphorical. It was literal! Source: The Three-Decade Long War… You Never Heard...
read moreFrom Crying ‘Witch Hunt’ to a Guilty Plea, Calls for Trump Ally Duncan Hunter to Resign Immediately
The California Republican spent months claiming he was the victim of a “witch hunt” before saying Monday he would plead...
read moreAssange to Testify on Being Recorded in Embassy in London
Recordings have emerged of private conversations that Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, had while living in the Ecuadorean...
read moreMorocco and Gambia: The Unlikely Global Climate Leaders
These two small countries are the only ones that have committed to limit their greenhouse gas emissions to meet climate targets....
read moreA Top US Immigration Official’s Threat To Fire Workers Who Leak Info Was Meant To Intimidate Whistleblowers, Union Says
“USCIS’ messages to employees in the form of illegal gags and threats seek to, and likely will impede, the exercise of their...
read moreTrump campaign to blacklist Bloomberg News
President Trump’s 2020 campaign announced Monday it will no longer allow reporters from Bloomberg News to obtain credentials to...
read moreTrump, Lying, Insists Rudy Giuliani Acted Alone on Ukraine
Unfortunately for Trump, multiple witnesses have testified otherwise. Source: Trump, Lying, Insists Rudy Giuliani Acted Alone on...
read moreA corporate captured Obama is irrelevant to the progressive movement.
The problem with incrementalism is that it works in both ways. President Obama’s Hope and Change vision began its decline from...
read moreRegime Change – What are the common threads?
The reason behind most regime changes have been countries which have refused UK/USA/France terms of their natural resources and...
read moreAlert: Operation Condor 2.0: After Bolivia Coup, Trump Dubs Nicaragua ‘National Security Threat’ And Targets Mexico
One successful coup against a democratically elected socialist president is not enough, it seems. Immediately after overseeing...
read moreWhy We Need a Green New Deal and Half Measures Won’t Work
It’s too late to rely on the market to solve the crisis we’ve put ourselves in. No politically acceptable tax or fee will...
read more‘An Unjust Society Is Far Costlier’: AOC Says Beware the Deficit Scolds Who Only Complain About Paying for Stuff When It Benefits People
“I see decisions made every day that cost the American public billions of dollars a year for bogus reasons and nobody asks how...
read moreAs Global Inequality Rises, So Are the Movements Fighting It
In this era of far-right populism, an internationalist movement is possible and wanted by those who need it most. Source: As Global...
read moreImpeachment is Not Enough. Why Donald Trump Must Go to Prison
The debate should not be about whether Trump can remain in office, whether to impeach or not impeach. It must be about for how...
read moreNation “Too Broke” for Universal Healthcare to Spend $406 Billion More on F-35
There is always another $27 billion lying around, it seems, when Lockheed Martin needs more money for expensive weapons system...
read moreIsrael’s Next Move: The Real Danger In US Decision To Normalize Illegal Jewish Settlements
The danger lies in the fact that the US foreign policy regarding the Israeli occupation has become a mere rubber stamp, that allows...
read moreAlert: Neoliberalism And Evangelicalism Is Teaming Up To Remilitarize Latin America
The struggle for power in Latin America is being fought by U.S. President Trump, guided by a type of neo-Monroe Doctrine that...
read moreA New Ruling Could Let Congress Haul In All of Trump’s Allies Who Have Refused to Testify So Far
There is no legal concept called “absolute immunity.” And though the Justice Department said it would appeal,...
read moreAlert: Pro-Palestinian Stance of Evo Morales, Bolivia’s Coup Government Moves to Restore Ties With Israel
Morales cut off diplomatic ties with Israel over its deadly 2009 assault on the occupied Gaza Strip and called for top Israeli...
read moreIntel Chairman Adam Schiff announces Tuesday vote on impeachment inquiry report on Donald Trump
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will hold a Tuesday vote on their impeachment committee report. The vote is...
read moreRevealed: Microsoft Funds Facial Recognition Technology Secretly Tested on Palestinians
It’s a shockingly unethical decision for a company holding itself out as the tech industry’s “moral leader.”...
read moreAlert: Corporate debt nears a record $10 trillion, and borrowing binge poses new risks
In recent weeks, the Federal Reserve, the International Monetary Fund and major institutional investors such as BlackRock and...
read moreU.S. Is Using Hong Kong For A Shakedown
The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and Placing Restrictions on Teargas Exports and Crowd-control Technology to Hong Kong...
read moreWhy We Strike Again by Greta Thunberg
After more than a year of grim scientific projections and growing activism, world leaders, and the public alike are increasingly...
read moreThe Democrats Have a Big Decision to Make About Mike Bloomberg
Bloomberg has put the DNC in somewhat of a lose-lose situation.On the one hand, other candidates would almost certainly decry the DNC...
read moreWithholding aid to Ukraine was illegal, but what Trump is doing in Lebanon could be even worse
By withholding funds, Trump is leaving the protesters open to attack by Hezbollah, and opening the nation to invasion by forces that,...
read moreGiuliani can either flip on Trump or end up in jail with criminals he locked up as federal prosecutor
Former homicide prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said Giuliani likely has much to divulge about Trump — including going back to when...
read moreHow a fight over health care entangled Elizabeth Warren — and reshaped the Democratic presidential race
The senator from Massachusetts has dropped in the polls since trying to extricate herself from a dilemma over her support for...
read moreRep AOC lectures Pete Buttigieg for pushing ‘GOP talking point’ against public education in new campaign ad
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) lectured South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Thanksgiving evening for pushing Republican talking...
read moreUK National Health Service staff to lead protest against Trump visit amid rising privatization concerns
Nurses and doctors from the United Kingdom’s National Health Service are planning to lead a protest against U.S. President Donald...
read moreIraqi Prime Minister to Step Down as Human Rights Defenders Condemn Security Forces’ Attacks on Anti-Government Protesters
The country’s top Shiite cleric called for a change in leadership Friday “to preserve the blood of [Iraq’s]...
read moreUS abuses justice systems to target its enemies, like it did with Huawei – Assange’s father
The incarceration and extradition trial of Julian Assange is one of many examples of the US abusing the legal systems of other...
read moreTrump now claims he didn’t tell Giuliani to dig up dirt on Biden
Giuliani, for his part, has said he has an ‘insurance’ policy in case Trump turns on him. Source: Trump now claims he...
read moreReport confirms officials failed to track separated families, planned to steal up to 26,000 kids
A top government watchdog says in a new report that it was unable to confirm the exact number of children and parents that have been...
read moreProgressives Condemn ‘Nonsensical and Dishonest’ Pete Buttigieg Ad Attacking Free Public College
“This is such a disingenuous attack that can be used for literally any universal program.” Source: Progressives Condemn...
read moreWiping out student debt would have big upsides for the economy, economists say
Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have been criticized for their proposals to rip up millions of dollars worth of student...
read moreIraqi Prime Minister to Step Down After Weeks of Anti-Government Protests
The announcement came after at least 25 people were killed in a violent response to the protests by security forces. Source: Iraqi...
read moreNew evidence of Trump’s financial crimes emerge during an otherwise quiet holiday weekend
In the latest case, the occupancy rate of the Trump Tower’s commercial space was listed, over three consecutive years, as 11, 16 and...
read moreALERT: Neonic pesticides in tap water react with chlorine to create hazardous chemicals that are 300 times more toxic
Researchers warn that conventional methods for treating water can trigger chemical reactions in neonicotinoid contaminants....
read moreChick-fil-A faces rightwing backlash after cutting ties to Christian groups
Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee condemn restaurant chain that also donated to civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center Source:...
read moreMike Bloomberg’s media cheerleaders don’t want to talk about his scandals
The media crowing for Bloomberg’s sensible executive skills leave out several notable scandals during his mayoralty.The CityTime...
read moreNavy Judge says SEAL charged with war crimes threatened to kill teammate who turned him in
A recently-obtained judge’s ruling reveals three Navy SEALs have claimed to have seen SEAL Chief Edward Gallagher fatally stab a...
read moreMost Americans Would Pay More to Avoid Using Plastic
“Two-thirds of Americans are willing to pay more for everyday items made out of environmentally sustainable materials instead...
read moreExtinction Rebellion Celebrates Dropped Charges Against 105 Activists
Ultimately, the environmental movement expects the cases of over 1,000 activists arrested in London in October will be discontinued....
read moreRevealed: America’s wealthy are no better at giving to charity than they are at paying fair tax rates
the fabulously wealthy do not actually tend to give all that much to charity. Look, there’s a chart.Leaving out the two...
read moreIndigenous Colombians Escalate Fight to Rescue Ancestral Lands
“The community cries for its dead, its wounded, and the destroyed crops, but they return and rise up with strength to keep cutting...
read moreIlhan Omar’s Republican opponent banned from Twitter for suggesting congresswoman should be hanged
Republicans sure like to throw the word “treason” around these days. Unfortunately, they tend to throw it at everyone but our very...
read moreIn Defense of Julian Assange
The purpose of this book is to build support for Assange and prevent his extradition and delivery into the hands of the Trump administration. A wide range of distinguished contributors, many of them in original pieces, set out the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, the importance of their work, and the dangers for us all in the persecution they face. In Defense of Julian Assange is a vivid, vital intervention into one of the most important political issues of our day.
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