Chris Hedges: America’s Death March
Regardless of the outcome, the election will not stop the rise of hypernationalism, crisis cults and other signs of an empire's terminal decline.
Trump’s TikTok Tantrum Is No Joke
Trump’s rage toward TikTok is symptomatic of a president losing his grip on power, but it's no laughing matter.
Covid-19 Isn’t the Only Virus Killing Americans
In a stunning display of virulent greed, health care giants are taking COVID-19 relief money while cutting jobs and paying CEOs millions.
Theodore Hamm: How Brooklyn Turned Bernie Sanders Into a Democratic Socialist
The "Bernie's Brooklyn" author examines the New York figures and policies that inspired Sanders to become a champion of working class America.
Trump Is Not Immune to the Pandemic’s Political Death Sentence
People seldom forgive governments that get them involved in losing wars or fail to cope with a natural disaster like the coronavirus.
‘Nobody Left’ : Empathy for the Devil
Can anybody truly be classified as evil or heroic?
‘A Tragic Illusion’: Did the Atom Bomb Immediately Make the United Nations Obsolete?
75 years ago, at the dawn of the atomic age, today's sovereign state system was actually up for debate.
The Ugly Truth Behind Vaccine ‘Hacking’ Concerns
Does it make sense to describe the alleged "stealing" of Covid-19 vaccine research by Russian and Chinese hackers as a form of “theft”?
Plague Journal #20: The Coming Memepocalypse
Of all the things 'going viral' which ones will matter the most?
Wall Street Gets Another Bailout as Main Street Struggles to Survive
Insolvent Wall Street banks that have been quietly bailed out again under the cover of the Covid-19 pandemic should be public utilities.
View from Death Row: We Are the Living Dead
For weeks, prisoners at San Quentin have been sick and dying as the epidemic spread rapidly in the crowded, stacked cells. Then the author fell ill, too.
Madam President
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Covid-19 Is Giving Oil Companies a Taste of Another Looming Crisis
Big oil companies like ExxonMobil and Chevron have lost billions during the pandemic, but that's nothing compared to what's coming.
A Short History of How America Killed Accountability
The country's loss of accountability has been coming for a long time at what, in retrospect, should seem an alarmingly inexorable pace.