Sherry Buchanan:The Women Warriors Who Stopped the American War in Vietnam
The author of “On the Ho Chi Minh Trail,” discusses what she learned about the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese women who survived its frontlines.
Lee Camp: How to End the U.S. Prison State Quick and Easy
2.3 million people find themselves behind bars in the U.S. Here's the quick way to get that number down to... zero. (Give or take a few.)
Economic Study Shows Why ‘Saving the Planet Is Not a Jobs Killer’
"It's not an impossible task to make sure workers in the fossil fuel industry are provided with the skills, training, and opportunities to find other jobs," the Center for Economic…
Report: ‘Giving Pledge’ Looks Philanthropic, Acts Plutocratic
Bill and Melinda Gates joined forces with Warren Buffett as the original pledge-funders a decade ago, and now some of the benefits for benefactors of the "Giving Pledge" are becoming…
Will There Be Resource Wars in a Renewable Future?
If the two greatest greenhouse-gas emitters on this planet can’t work together, we’re all going to be living in a more or less literal hell.
WHO Chief Decries ‘Scandalous’ Vaccine Inequality
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sounded the alarm by declaring rich nations are controlling the "fate of the world."
Chris Hedges and Author Mitchell Plitnick on “Except for Palestine”
On this week’s “On Contact,” Chris Hedges discusses why American liberals refuse to speak out about the crimes the Israeli apartheid state carries out against the Palestinians, with political analyst…
John Kiriakou: A Former CIA Mideast Expert’s View of the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis
The CIA torture whistleblower offers expert insight into Israel’s most recent attacks on the Palestinian territories on this week’s “Scheer Intelligence.”
Chris Hedges and Noted Palestinian Activist Dr. Sami Al-Arian on the Gaza Crisis
On this week’s “On Contact,” Chris Hedges discusses the disputes between the Palestinians and Israelis with Palestinian political activist Dr. Sami Al-Arian. Hedges argues that nearly all the words and…
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 America Went From Mom-and-Pop Capitalism to Techno-Feudalism
The crisis of 2020 has created the greatest wealth gap in history. The middle class, capitalism and democracy are all under threat. What went wrong and what can be done?
How People in Trouble Created a Radical Health Care Movement
Scott Tucker reviews "Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987 – 1993" by Sarah Schulman, who was a rank-and-file member of one of the…
Chris Hedges: Israel, the Big Lie
Israel is not exercising “the right to defend itself” in the occupied Palestinian territories. It is carrying out mass murder, aided and abetted by the U.S.
Maj. Danny Sjursen: The Russian Bounty Story Is a Deadly Example of Fake News
The Afghanistan War veteran weighs in on U.S. intelligence agencies’ recent admission that a report that the Taliban had been paid by Russia to kill Americans is most likely false.
