Hedges: American Satyricon
The Maxwell trial will not hold the powerful men complicit in the rape and abuse of countless girls by the Epstein ring accountable or challenge the oppressive systems which fuel…
Congress ‘Asleep at the Switch’ as Biden Continues Trump-Era Ploy to Privatize Medicare
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams A Trump-era pilot program that could result in the complete privatization of traditional Medicare in a matter of years is moving ahead under the…
The Jeffrey Epstein Cover Up: Pedophilia, Lies, and Ghislaine Maxwell
Numerous procurers and perpetrators integral to Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell’s crimes against children have not been indicted, and current officials are finding new ways to obfuscate the sordid truth.
Why There Are So Few Whistleblowers
The fact that there are so few whistleblowers points to the failure of the system, particularly the failure of the oversight system.
American Fascism on Trial in Kenosha
Kyle Rittenhouse acted as a tool and expression of a fascist movement bigger and more organized than him.
Chris Hedges and Glenn Greenwald on the Second War on Terror (Video)
On this week's "On Contact," Chris Hedges discusses the second war on terror with the journalist, Glenn Greenwald.
Reining In the Pentagon
By Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung / TomDispatch Even as Congress moves to increase the Pentagon budget well beyond the astronomical levels proposed by the Biden administration, a new report…
Virginia Chooses a Milder Face of Trumpism as Its Governor
By Kenneth Surin / CounterPunch Historically, the odds in this Virginia gubernatorial election were stacked against the Democratic candidate. Since Jimmy Carter was elected president in 1976, Virginia has almost…
A Project for Survival in These United States
Lifting from the bottom so everyone can rise.
Left Coalition Sees McAuliffe Campaign as an Object Lesson for 2022
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams A coalition of progressive advocacy organizations warned Wednesday that conservative Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s failed gubernatorial bid in Virginia offers a cautionary lesson for the…
Welcome to the American Century
By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch On February 17, 1941, less than 10 months before the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor and the U.S. found itself in a global war, Henry Luce,…
A Secretive Counterterrorism Team Interrogated Dozens of Citizens at the Border, Government Report Finds
By Dara Lind / ProPublica This article was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like…
Calls to Fire U.S. Postal Service Postmaster Intensify as Start of 10-Year Overhaul of Mail Service Looms
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Defenders of the U.S. Postal Service are urgently renewing their calls for the ouster of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy as his 10-year plan to…
Droning On: Assassins-in-Chief and Their Brood
By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch What a way to end a war! Apologies all around! We’re so damn sorry — or actually, maybe not! I’m thinking, of course, about CENTCOM…
House Bill Would Blow Up the Massive IRAs of the Superwealthy
The proposed reform stems from a ProPublica story that detailed how PayPal founder Peter Thiel had amassed $5 billion, tax-free, in a Roth IRA. If the bill passes, Roth accounts…