Ralph Nader: The Power Structure for Deadly Lag
The climate crisis is the result of just one of many "deadly lags" that are evidence of the brutish power of the corporations over the innocents.
Hedges and Žižek, pt 2: Chronicles of a Time Lost
Chris Hedges continues his discussion with philosopher Slavoj Žižek about the social, political and psychological consequences of the prolonged lockdown, social distancing, and mass illness and death caused by the…
What Biden Could Really Do to Help Central America
The president’s new plan for Central America is the disappointing equivalent of ancient history when solutions are actually available.
Forever Wars Are a Cancer on Our Democracy
Who authorized America's forever wars? And why do they never end?
Nancy and Paul Pelosi Making Millions in Stock Trades in Companies She Actively Regulates
The Speaker, already one of the richest members in Congress, has become far richer through investment maneuvers in Big Tech, as she privately chats with their CEOs.
Marion Nestle: Something’s Rotten in the Science of Food
The food expert joins Robert Scheer on "Scheer Intelligence" to discuss her book “Unsavory Truths” and its surprising revelations about how the science that influences what we eat is corrupted…
The Pros and Cons of Bernie Sanders’ Bond with Joe Biden
For genuine progressives, the Sanders-Biden bond is both positive and negative, for all of the following reasons.
Democratic Senators Call for Investigation of Tax Avoidance by the Ultrawealthy
Calling ProPublica’s Secret IRS Files series a “bombshell,” Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse demanded an investigation into how the rich use “legal tax loopholes to avoid paying their fair…
Chris Hedges and Slavoj Zizek on the Pandemic’s Ramifications
On this week’s “On Contact,” in the first of a two-part interview, Chris Hedges discusses the social, political, cultural economic ramifications of the pandemic with the philosopher Slavoj Zizek. Below…
Sen. Manchin’s Energy Bill Draws Fire From Climate Justice Advocates
Yet again, a climate measure pushed by a politician as a step in the right direction is found to be full of serious problems.
The Chinese Missile Crisis of 2026
Michael Klare, founder of the Committee for a Sane U.S.-China Policy, peers into a future in which the Chinese Missile Crisis of 2024 or 2026 is anything but beyond imagining.
The Military Wasn’t a Way Out of Poverty For Me
Instead, militarism is why so many of us are poor in the first place.
The Fires This Time: A Climate View from California
The situation is pretty dire: This state is now living through an epic drought.
Hedges: Bless the Traitors
Daniel Hale exposed the widespread and indiscriminate murder of noncombatants in the global US drone war. For his heroism, he faces ten years in prison while those who oversee these…
Hedges: Kucinich Memoir Is a Moving Account of a Battle Against Corporate Power
When the 'boy mayor' of Cleveland took a stand against privatization of public power, the region's elites deployed every weapon in their arsenal against him, including attempted assassination.