The Most Important Climate Talk Happened Thousands of Miles From COP27
The world’s two biggest carbon polluters may have finally 'unshackled' climate discussions at COP27.
Deaf to History’s Questions
A Tale of Two Elizabeths, One Joe, One Donald, and Us.
Why the War in Ukraine Is a True Act of Madness
Rajan Menon, only recently back from Ukraine, lays out just why that war qualifies right now as a true act of madness on Planet Earth.
The Midterms Are Proof the Dems Need to Fire Their Corporate-Conflicted Political Consultants
By Ralph Nader The mid-term congressional elections are over, but the counting in some very close races continues, which extends the time for determining the margins of control over the…
Joe Biden Holds Red Wave to a Ripple in Surprising Midterms
How to explain the rush to the polls and the respectable defense the Democrats put up in both houses of Congress, whatever the ultimate result?
The ‘Big Lie’: Election Denialism is an Art Practiced by Both Sides
Despite heavy media attention on Republicans' efforts to question the 2020 presidential election, Dems employed similar rhetoric in 2016.
EU Admits New Cold War is Not ‘Democracy vs. Autocracy’: ‘On Our Side, There Are a Lot of Authoritarian Regimes’
The European Union’s top foreign-policy official Josep Borrell admitted the West’s new cold war on China and Russia is not a conflict of “democracies vs. authoritarians,” conceding, “On our side,…
Democrats: Don’t Give Peace a Chance
By Katherine Gypson | VOA News Note from SP: This piece ran earlier today but since the time of publication, the letter from the Congressional Progressive Caucus has been rescinded.…
101st Airborne Deployed to Ukraine’s Border ‘Ready To Fight Tonight’
A commander said, "this is not a training deployment, this is a combat deployment"
Chris Hedges: Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The longer the proxy war in Ukraine continues, the closer we come to a direct confrontation with Russia. Once that happens, the Dr. Strangeloves running the show will reach for…
The Rank Hypocrisy Behind Biden Officials’ ‘Fury’ at Mahmoud Abbas
After stabbing Palestinians in the back for decades, U.S. officials are now “offended” that President Abbas doesn’t trust them and wants Russia involved.
Joe Biden’s Broken Promise To Avoid War With Russia Could Lead To Armageddon
“We will not fight a war with Russia in Ukraine," Biden told us in March. But that war has already started.
Patrick Lawrence: The Non-West Coalesces
Nations representing more than 80 percent of the global population and a like percentage of global gross domestic product are perfectly capable of seeing the Biden administration’s pointed provocations and…
Don’t Expect Mass Prison Releases From Biden’s Marijuana Clemency
The president’s mass pardon may signal a shift in the federal approach to cannabis, but it won’t let anyone out of prison.
Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn Talk About Kanye and the Banks, the Saudi-US Dispute and the Midterms
Taibbi shares a few excerpts from the America This Week podcast.