Ellen Brown: The Case for a Central Bank Digital Currency
A question now on many economists’ minds is whether the United States should have its own CBDC. A compelling case for it is made by Prof. Saule Omarova, President Biden’s…
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…
Biden: Listen to the “Radicals” Or Risk Failure
President Biden won't find the solutions to issues that desperately need addressing in corporate media.
Dennis Kucinich to Lee Camp: I Can ‘Beat a Rigged Game’
Turns out there's a stronger force than even corrupt U.S. politics, according to Kucinich.
The Critical Lessons Biden Must Learn From FDR and LBJ
The two former presidents had domestic reform plans that were derailed by war. Will Biden learn from them that domestic and foreign policy can't help but bleed into one another?
How Biden Enabled Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians
President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have already shown their cards when it comes to Israel no matter what they pay lip service to now.
Joe Biden’s First 100 Days Were a Pentagon Prize
The saddest story of the Biden moment is that, amid proposed domestic advances, the Pentagon is still going to be funded and fed in the all-too-usual, wildly profligate fashion.
The Imperial Presidency Comes Home to Roost
The “costs” of our forever wars have come home imperially, believe it or not, in the very form of Grandpa Joe.
Joe Biden Is the Embodiment of Our Fading Empire
America's distinctly fading imperial power is reflected in our aged new president.
Reflecting the Authoritarian Climate, Washington Will Remain Militarized
The idea of troops in U.S. streets for an extended period of time—an extreme measure even when temporary—has now become close to a sacred consensus.
Lee Camp: Top 10 Executive Actions Biden Could Do But Won’t
The new president could take executive action on many of the largest problems within the United States, right away, on his own.
President Biden Must Now Put an End to ‘Centrism’
There is no middle ground between lies and facts. There is no midrange between democracy and fascism.
Don’t Let President Biden ‘Make Us the Dupes of Our Hopes’
More than being a time of hope—or fatalism—the inauguration of President Joe Biden should be a time of skeptical realism and determination.
Glenn Greenwald on the Biden Administration and Expanding Censorship
On this week’s “On Contact,” Chris Hedges talks to Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald about the incoming Biden administration and what it will mean for a country in crisis, ravaged…
Biden’s Latest Cabinet Picks and the Neocons Who Love Them
The incoming president's choice for secretary of state for political affairs is among several nominees who have ties to hawkish figures.