Joseph E. Stiglitz: How the U.S. Could Lose the New Cold War
Since the United States seems serious about confronting China in an extended contest for global supremacy, it had better start getting its own house in order. Other countries will not…
Hedges: The Triumph of Death
The global ruling class is cementing into place a world where they govern without accountability, we are reduced to serfdom, the climate crisis accelerates, and mass death is normalized.
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Craig McNamara Reveals the Truth Behind the Lies of His Father, Robert McNamara
The author of “Because Our Fathers Lied” lays bare agonizing truths about the America his father helped to shape.
Why Did Twitter Cancel This Veteran Journalist?
Social media censorship is threatening our press freedoms, the First Amendment, and at the horizon what remains of our democratic polity.
Noam Chomsky: In Ukraine, Diplomacy Has Been Ruled Out
David Barsamian and Noam Chomsky discuss how George Orwell's doublethink became the way of the world.
John Kiriakou: The Triumph of “Bloody Gina,” the CIA’s Torture Queen
Court filing reveals CIA director Gina Haspel participated directly in the spy agency’s black site illegal torture program while fellow officer Kiriakou was imprisoned for exposing it.
Hedges: Society of Spectacle
The televised spectacle of the January 6th hearings will not restore democracy or halt the rise of the far right. The hearings are a desperate ploy by a doomed political…
Robert Lipsyte: Please Take My Gun
I was never afraid when I had my first pistol in my pocket, which is why I’m so very afraid now.
Glenn Greenwald: Joe Biden’s Revealing Embrace of Saudi Despots
Biden's immediate abandonment of his 2020 vow to turn the Saudis into "pariahs," and his increasing support for the regime, shows the core deceit of U.S. propaganda.
Ralph Nader: Is There Any Hope Left for Democracy?
The legendary consumer advocate and former presidential candidate speaks to “Scheer Intelligence” host Robert Scheer about the shreds of democracy left in America.
The Unbearable Reactions of Zelensky
By Éric Denécé / Cf2R.org Alongside the continuation of the military conflict in eastern Ukraine, the media war continues to be in full swing and those who are at the…
Nader: Time for a Taxpayer Revolt Against Rich Corporate Welfarists
Corporatist politicians make you pay for big corporations to come to their corporate welfare-friendly state and make profits.
Ellen Brown: The Food Shortage Solution in Your Own Backyard
While the global food systems we depend on come under increasing strain, there’s a solution to the growing crisis that most Americans can find in their own backyards–or front lawns.
Hedges: America’s Gun Fetish
There will be no gun control, not only because of the gun lobby and a corrupt political class, but because for many white Americans the idea of the gun is…
John Kiriakou: The Steele Dossier and Lying to the FBI — Not Guilty as Charged
The Steele Dossier was a pack of lies, but the Clinton campaign attorney who promoted it to the FBI didn’t lie.