No End to The Washington Post’s War on Whistleblowers
The nation needs more whistleblowers, particularly after the corruption of the Trump presidency.
What the New York Times Really Means When It Calls for “Moderate Policies”
The paper of record's call for Democrats to "return" to "moderate policies" essentially means they don't want them to challenge oligarchy — among other things.
HSBC: A Climate-Pledge Cautionary Tale
By Julia Conley / Common Dreams An effort by global financial giant HSBC to water down an industry climate pledge exemplifies the fact that banks and other profit-driven companies “cannot…
Reining In the Pentagon
By Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung / TomDispatch Even as Congress moves to increase the Pentagon budget well beyond the astronomical levels proposed by the Biden administration, a new report…
Virginia Chooses a Milder Face of Trumpism as Its Governor
By Kenneth Surin / CounterPunch Historically, the odds in this Virginia gubernatorial election were stacked against the Democratic candidate. Since Jimmy Carter was elected president in 1976, Virginia has almost…
A Project for Survival in These United States
Lifting from the bottom so everyone can rise.
More Than 100,000 Take to Streets on Global Day of Action for Climate Justice
On Global Day of Action for Climate Justice, over 100,000 people marched through Glasglow while 300 other demonstrations around the world took place simultaneously, all calling for climate justice.
J. Wells Dixon: Why 7 U.S. Military Officers Just Blasted the CIA
Torture victim Majid Khan’s lawyer J. Wells Dixon joins Robert Scheer to discuss his client’s shocking testimony about the CIA’s so-called “enhanced interrogation tactics.”
Ellen Brown: Wall Street’s Latest Scheme Is Monetizing Nature Itself
Just in time for the UN’s policy push for “30 x 30” – 30% of the earth to be “conserved” by 2030 – a new Wall Street asset class puts…
His Mysterious Death Made National Headlines, So Why Are the Police Ignoring the Case?
When Rey Rivera's body was found in an empty conference room of Baltimore's Belvedere Hotel, a hole in the roof prompted police to conclude he committed suicide. But TRNN reporters…
These Billionaries Received Taxpayer-Funded Stimulus Checks During the Pandemic
IRS records reveal that 18 billionaires and some 250 other ultrawealthy people received aid intended to help middle-class Americans.
Left Coalition Sees McAuliffe Campaign as an Object Lesson for 2022
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams A coalition of progressive advocacy organizations warned Wednesday that conservative Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s failed gubernatorial bid in Virginia offers a cautionary lesson for the…
Welcome to the American Century
By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch On February 17, 1941, less than 10 months before the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor and the U.S. found itself in a global war, Henry Luce,…
To Protect Fauci, The Washington Post is Preparing a Hit Piece on the Group Denouncing Gruesome Dog Experimentations
For years, the White Coat Waste Project was heralded by The Post as what they are: an activist success story uniting right and left. But now its work imperils a…
G20 Summit Deemed ‘Abysmal and Total Failure’ on Vaccine Equity, Climate Action
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Leaders of the world’s richest nations wrapped up the Group of 20 Summit in Rome on Sunday after taking virtually no concrete action to…