More Women Are Being Detained as Jail Populations Near Pre-COVID Levels
A look at incarceration trends shows that as jails fill back up, women are being booked at a faster rate.
‘Disastrous’: SCOTUS Upholds Title 42 Migrant Policy During Court Fight
"Title 42 was unnecessary when it was first used and it continues to be wrong. It must end," said one rights advocate. "This country is at its best when it…
How Can the Global South Escape the ‘Austerity Trap’?
The IMF's surprise concern for increasing inequality in the UK offers a chance to look at inequality facing the rest of the world.
Pfizer Condemned for Hiking US Covid Vaccine Price by 10,000% Above Cost
The pandemic profiteering is never-ending.
Why the Chair of the Lancet’s COVID-19 Commission Thinks the US Government Is Preventing a Real Investigation Into the Pandemic
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs sheds light on the "alternative hypothesis" that COVID could be a biotech blunder.
Luring Doctors From Poorer Countries is the UK’s Quiet Scandal
By Patrick Cockburn / CounterPunch The looting of artistic and religious objects from Africa and Asia by British invaders in the 19th century causes much rancorous debate about whether the…
LA Ended a Zero-bail COVID Rule, and Now the Jail Population Is Growing
In June, a judge ended an emergency order to slow the spread of COVID-19 in LA’s jails, enraging civil-rights advocates.
The Federal Reserve Is Wrong: Corporations Should Pay To Stop Inflation, Not Workers
The Federal Reserve says wages should go down to get inflation under control. What if we just stopped corporate profiteering and the lax rules that make it possible?
America, Land of the Dying? Alarming Study Shows US Killing Its Own Population
Researchers find that the nation had become an outlier among other rich countries in mortality rates long before the pandemic – and that Americans are dying younger than their peers…
Boris Johnson’s (Far From Final) Bill for Damages
While the elderly white men who run Britain’s Conservative Party chose between two deeply depressing choices for new leader, let’s take a minute to reckon just how much ruin the…
Court Rejects Google’s Attempt to Dismiss Rumble’s Antitrust Lawsuit, Ensuring Vast Discovery
An unusual and significant court ruling entitles YouTube's main competitor, Rumble, to obtain long-hidden internal documents on Google's search engine manipulations.
US China Policy: A Perilous Arms Race Instead of Waging Critical Cooperation
By Ralph Nader Did the Biden officials know what they were doing when they announced a broad expansion of export controls on China? China is the world’s second-largest economy, which…
Who Is to Blame for Inflation? The Power Brokers of Capitalism
A half-century long power play, led by corporations, Wall Street, governments, and central banks, has gone badly wrong.
Medicare for All Could Have Prevented More Than 338,000 US Covid Deaths: Study
"Healthcare reform is long overdue in the U.S.," said the lead author of a new study. "Americans are needlessly losing lives and money."