Chris Hedges: American Requiem
However inequitable its bias, capitalist democracy at least offered the possibility of incremental and piecemeal reform. Now it is a corpse.
Uber and Lyft Bought Their Own Labor Law With a Historic Money Dump
The companies won an expensive victory in California with the passage of Proposition 22, but it's workers who will pay the highest price.
Hundreds of Demonstrations Planned as Trump Moves to Steal Election
The president's false victory claim could be met with more than 500 protests.
How Will the U.S. Election Change the Mideast?
If Joe Biden wins the presidency, he will have a significant impact on foreign policy.
Progressive Candidates Rally the Vote with Bernie
Livestream event recording gathers many fresh, diverse and principled activists running in key competitive races including Mike Siegel, Ilhan Omar and 20 others.
We’ve Been on Trump’s Road for a Long, Long Time
Beyond Our Control: The author's first book, about the mid-1970s, describes a moment eerily reminiscent of today's American reality.
Biden’s Potential War Cabinet Is Troublesome
Likely foreign policy picks for key positions in a Biden cabinet could mean a hawkish administration if he wins - and progressives do not protest.
‘Alarm Sirens Are Blaring’: Expert on Potential ‘Extreme’ Political Violence After Election
Trump has repeatedly used stochastic terrorism to encourage violence against those he deems the “enemy.” Some have enthusiastically followed these commands.
American Empire and the New Cold War
Wide-ranging discussion on evolving towards dissent, what’s cooking in recent foreign policy absurdity news …and also, well, life & love & loss, ultimately.
On Contact: Taibbi and Hedges on the Media Landscape
On Chris Hedges' show, On Contact, the host speaks with journalist and author Matt Taibbi about the rapidly disintegrating media landscape and its consequences.
David Vine: Tracing America’s Brutal Imperialist History Through Its Military Bases
A political anthropologist puts a much needed pin to the balloon of American exceptionalism with an invaluable guide to a country that, long before Orwell came along, said war was…
Greenwald: My Resignation from The Intercept
The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed the media outlet I co-founded, culminating in censorship of my own articles.
Glenn Greenwald on His Resignation from the Intercept
The Pulitzer winner founded The Intercept to challenge official narratives and protect editorial freedom. When editors spiked a controversial story he wrote, he concluded they had abandoned those principals and…