Ukraine’s Big Mistake
By Natylie Baldwin / Covert Action Magazine Renfrey Clarke is an Australian journalist. Throughout the 1990s he reported from Moscow for Green Left Weekly, of Sydney. He is the author…
Profiteering Against the Public Interest: Privatization of Health Care by Unitedhealth Group
By John P. Geyman / CounterPunch Privatization of public programs such as Medicare and Medicaid has been proceeding rapidly in recent years with little coverage by the media of its…
Private Equity is Out of Control and Looting America. This Prosecutor Says We Can Fix It
In his new book, “Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan To Pillage America,” Brendan Ballou, a federal prosecutor who served as Special Counsel for Private Equity in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division,…
Student Debt Forgiveness Is a Win-Win For Our Country
The majority of us support debt relief, but lobbyist-backed lawsuits are holding back Americans from achieving a better life.
Savage Capitalism: From Climate Change to Bank Failures to War
The following is excerpted from David Barsamian’s recent interview with Noam Chomsky at AlternativeRadio.org.
Chris Hedges: Reclaiming Our Country
This is a talk Chris Hedges gave on April 4th at the Independent National Convention in Austin, Texas.
Mexico’s AMLO Calls Out US ‘Oligarchy’ at Biden’s Democracy Summit
Mexico’s leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador used the US government’s “Summit for Democracy” to indirectly call out Washington’s hypocrisy: “The oligarchy reigns with the façade of democracy”, he said,…
Dennis Kucinich and Michael Hudson on the Anatomy of Bank Failures
This is a wide-ranging discussion about the anatomy of bank failures. Dave Kelley, the moderator, is a pension actuarial expert, headquartered in Ohio. Chairman of the Domestic Policy subcommittee of…
Employers Want to Bring Child Labor to Some of the Most Dangerous Jobs in the Country
Rather than offering wages attractive to adults, there is an unconscionable push to bring back child labor.
“The End Of America’s Empire Is HERE” | Chris Hedges Interview
Chris Hedges and Russel Brand discuss the parallels between the Iraq & Ukraine Wars, and how America is pushing Russia & China together as they escalate the Ukrainian conflict.
The Lesson We Need to Teach Our Nation’s Rich
Our educational house most definitely is burning, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders told a town hall on America’s teacher pay crisis at the U.S. Capitol earlier this week.
Zelensky Signs Agreement With JP Morgan on Ukraine’s Reconstruction
JP Morgan plans to raise private capital for a Ukrainian investment fund.
We Need to Talk About the Original Sin of Economics
How a bleak Christian theology influenced the development of the dismal science.
We Already Know Who’s Winning Super Bowl LVII — the Billionaire Class
The players are preparing to face off, but billionaire NFL owners are all on the same team.