Foreign Correspondent: Police Lessons From Cuba
Contrary to the image of brutal and repressive communists, police in Cuba offer an instructive example for activists in the United States.
Plague Journal #14: The Fusion Centers Are Probably Working Overtime
It’s not just that we have no idea what their work really is, we also don’t have a clue about how much it costs.
Livin’ on Tulsa Time: Infiltrating ‘Trump Country’ to Fly a Different Flag
These antiwar veterans agree this was the mission they most believed in.
Nefarious Nostalgia: Trump’s West Point Address, by the Numbers
Our history in Latin America is marked by arrogance and aggression. Is what's happening in Venezuela any different?
Trump Willing to Kill Hundreds of Thousands of Americans in Effort to Win Election
More and more of it will be his fault if he goes around the country staging 20,000-strong rallies, as he plans to start doing soon.
The Arrested Development of Stephen Miller
He has been dreaming this sad dream of revenge for more than half of his life and now he is acting it out on a scale far grander than he…
Chris Hedges: Gaslighted by the Ruling Class
We are trapped in an abusive relationship. When we finally have enough, our abuser comes after us with flowers and apologies, promising never to do it again.
Who Should Decide When and How Schools Reopen?
Here's a hint: Not politicians, district officials, bean counters or the president.
Covid-19 May Be Accelerating a Genocide of Brazil’s Indigenous People
It is even more difficult to pin down data on infections and deaths in their communities than it is for the general Brazilian population.
A Breathless Moment in America
A man killed with his face pressed to the ground may yet shift the earth under our feet.
Vaccine at ‘Warp Speed’: When Profits and Politics Drive Science
Speculative bets with taxpayer money are being made on unproven technologies in the early stages of testing.
Plague Journal #13: Trump Plutocrats and Plunderers Confront ‘Black Lives Matter’
If he is unable to bring about civil strife as an electoral tactic, the future of organized, effective opposition is far from clear.
Kevin Cooper: Those Eyes
In the history of racist violence against Blacks, something remained the same in those oppressors, across time and place.
Plague Journal #12: This Year the ‘Tea’ Becomes ‘We’
George Floyd cannot and will not be forgotten!
Alone and Afraid: Welcome to Chickenhawk America
What sort of government continues to wage wars at home and abroad when even its soldiers and veterans balk?