House Endorses Expanding NATO Into Sweden and Finland
The Senate could vote on ratifying Sweden and Finland's memberships as soon as next week
VIDEO: Police Used This Dangerous Restraint During a Fatal Arrest, so Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About It?
The death of Christopher Robert Hensley while in custody of Fletcher, North Carolina, police has received little attention. PAR investigates the dangerous restraint police used during his arrest, and examines…
Big Pharma Has Raised Drug Prices 1,186 Times This Year, Analysis Shows
"We must put an end to drug corporations' unfettered ability to dictate prices at the expense of patients."
Leaked Docs: Facebook ‘Bot’ Adviser Secretly in Pay of US Regime Change Agency
By Kit Klarenberg / MintPress News Documents shared with MintPress reveal that Valent Projects – a shadowy communications firm that advises social media platforms such as Facebook on alleged state-backed…
US Intel Officer Targeted by John Bolton Reacts To Coup-Plot Confession
John Bolton admitted to CNN that he “helped plan coups d’etat” abroad, including Venezuela. Fulton Armstrong — a former senior US intelligence official who Bolton tried to oust — responds.
VIDEO: Ask Prof Wolff: Why Are Strikes and Unions Increasing?
By Richard Wolff / Democracy At Work A Patron of Economic Update asks: “Workers are organizing and Trade Unionism is on the rise in the UK and around the world.…
What Happens When Big Brother Meets Big Tech
Author and law professor Maurice Stucke warns that as fundamental privacy rights vanish, your personal data can and will be used against you.
Public University Patents Are a Racket
By Thomas Knapp / CounterPunch If I gave you a million dollars to invent a better mousetrap, and told you that if you succeeded you could keep any and all…
Meet the Ex-CIA Agents Deciding Facebook’s Content Policy
By Alan MacLeod / MintPress News It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It’s a balance”, Aaron…
Assange Fights Extradition To US With Two Appeals
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange separately appealed decisions by Home Office Secretary Priti Patel and a United Kingdom district court, which authorized his…
What Is Class Struggle Unionism?
Joe Burns’ new Class Struggle Unionism comes at a key time. That’s because the long-slumbering union movement looks like it could be starting to stir again.
Will Our Children Be Able to Read?
The sharp attack on education during this past decade forces us to consider the kind of future that young people will inherit, writes Vijay Prashad.
The Age of Weird Men: Gonzo Politicians From Berlusconi to BoJo
By Patrick Cockburn / CounterPunch Students 50 years from now may be asked by their teachers to write an essay on the importance of the fall of Boris Johnson in…
Starbucks and Other Companies Escalate War on Unions With Store Closures
Workers at “progressive” companies like Starbucks and Heine Brothers’ Coffee exercised their right to form a union. Now the companies are closing their stores.
After Visit, Palestinians Say Biden Presidency Is ‘Like the Trump Years With a Smile’
"There must immediately be a settlement freeze, in accordance with international law and resolutions to preserve the right of the Palestinian people to their independent state," said one Palestinian official.