Recovering from America’s Imperial Delusions
U.S. Army soldiers conduct a foot patrol in Afghanistan.
A New Water Source That Could Make Drought a Thing of the Past
Oceans of water are beneath our feet, and new technologies are extracting it economically without ecological damage.
More Than Half of America’s 100 Richest People Exploit Special Trusts to Avoid Estate Taxes
Secret IRS records show billionaires use trusts that let them pass fortunes to their heirs without paying estate tax. Will Congress end a tax shelter that has cost the Treasury…
Calls to Fire U.S. Postal Service Postmaster Intensify as Start of 10-Year Overhaul of Mail Service Looms
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Defenders of the U.S. Postal Service are urgently renewing their calls for the ouster of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy as his 10-year plan to…
Trump’s CIA Considered Kidnapping or Assassinating Assange
Citing conversations with more than 30 former U.S. officials, Yahoo News reports that "discussions over kidnapping or killing Assange occurred 'at the highest levels' of the Trump administration."
Opposing His Renomination, Warren Calls Fed Chair Powell ‘A Dangerous Man’
"Your record gives me grave concern," Sen. Elizabeth Warren told Jerome Powell. "Over and over, you have acted to make our banking system less safe."
Droning On: Assassins-in-Chief and Their Brood
By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch What a way to end a war! Apologies all around! We’re so damn sorry — or actually, maybe not! I’m thinking, of course, about CENTCOM…
How to Stop Private Equity From Destroying Your Job
It took greedy investors just three years to strip my employer for parts. We need to put an end to their destructive actions.
Years of Local Opposition Defeats PennEast Pipeline
Opponents in Pennsylvania and New Jersey cheer "cancellation of this unneeded, dangerous fracked gas pipeline."
The Names You’ll Never Know
Few in Washington have ever displayed the slightest sense of sorrow or remorse when it comes to the staggering death toll this country caused in so many distant lands in…
America’s Fate: Oligarchy or Autocracy
The competing systems of power are divided between alternatives which widen the social and political divide — and increase potential for violent conflict.
Stephen Davis: The British-American Lie That Started 30 Years of Carnage in the Middle East
The investigative journalist documents in detail the lead up, cover up and aftermath of a 1990 hostage crisis that few recall.
Ex-Prisoners Recall U.S. Torture at ‘Afghanistan’s Abu Ghraib’
"It is psychologically hard for me to recall all that was happening," said one former Bagram Air Base inmate. "The torture was mostly done by Afghans, sometimes the Americans. But…