The Guardian's Deceit-Riddled New Statement Betrays Both Julian Assange and Journalism

In my recent post on the current hearings at the Old Bailey over Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States, where he would almost certainly...

Inequality and Covid-19 in 13 Charts

The United States has just surpassed 200,000 Covid-19 deaths — about the number who perished in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and more...

The Redistribution Games

The Olympic 100-meter final is about to begin. The crowd roars at the sound of the starting gun. The sprinters are off. But, after 30 meters, the...

The Coming Civil War Over Trump's Ego

What is America really fighting over in the upcoming election? No particular issue. Not even Democrats versus Republicans. The central fight is...

How Christian Nationalism in the US Legislates Evil and Punishes the Poor

On August 26th, during the Republican National Convention, Vice President Mike Pence closed out his acceptance speech with a biblical sleight of...

What to Do When the World is on Fire

In December of 2019, my best friend Kit took me and my partner to the place where she grew up, in the remote Thora Valley, in the pristine forested...

Debunking the Myth of “The Greatest Economy Ever”

Donald Trump routinely claims he “built the greatest economy in the history of the world.”  It is a claim rarely challenged in the mainstream...

Ignorance Is Bliss

Facts are stubborn things, whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion. — John Adams in his successful defense...

Yes, There Is Hope

There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.— Leonard Cohen It has often been said that the great triumph of the capitalist...

This Is How We Pry The Corporate Stranglehold Off Of Our Farm System

A record amount of pork was shipped to China in April, according to Smithfield's export data — the very same month the company cried wolf about a...

After 4 Decades of Plowshares Actions, It’s Nuclear Warfare that Should Be on Trial — Not Activists

“Nuclear warfare is not on trial here, you are!” said Judge Samuel Salus, in exasperation. Before him were eight activists, including two priests...

Debate Detector: Trump's Top 10 Tricks

Ready for even more Trumpian disinformation? Cornered by a continuing pandemic, teetering economy and racial strife, President Houdini has been...

The U.S. ‘War on Terror’ Has Displaced 37 Million People

Over the last week, considerable debate arose around a calculation I helped produce showing that the wars the U.S. government has fought since the...

The US Dictatorship of (White) Capital and Its Tools of Bamboozlement

The New York Times and fellow corporate media discourage Americans from organizing against the rule of the rich by pretending that People Power is...

The Government’s Antitrust Suit Against Google: Go Big and Do It Right

U.S. antitrust enforcers are reported to be crafting a lawsuit against Google (and its parent company, Alphabet). The Department of Justice and a...

Don’t Grant Global Meat Corporations Immunity, Hold Them Accountable for Covid-19 Failures

As the Senate reconvenes this week, a lobbying blitz to grant corporations special immunity protection is ramping up. Global meat companies are...

To Democratic Voters – Up Your Demands; To Trump Voters – See How He Didn’t Deliver for You

Here is some practical advice for casting informed votes to improve the livelihoods of all Americans where they live, work, and raise their...

Why Environmental Justice Needs to Be on the Docket in the Presidential Debates

Earlier this week, when Fox News announced the lineup of topics for the upcoming presidential debate, climate change and environmental justice were...

Julian Assange: Press Shows Little Interest in Media ‘Trial of Century’

Labeled the media “trial of the century,” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition hearing is currently taking place in London—although...

Time to Put an End to the Nuclear Age

On September 26, 1983, Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov got an alert that a U.S. missile attack was imminent. Faced with the choice of...

Ginsburg’s Legal Victories for Women Led to Landmark Anti-Discrimination Rulings for the LGBTQ Community, Too

The well-deserved tributes to Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the wake of her death justifiably focus on her transformational role in ending centuries of...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Peril of America's Aging Elite

“The graveyards are full of indispensable men,” Charles de Gaulle is reputed to have said. Despite the mordant wisdom most of us see in that...

Trump: "We're Going to Have to See What Happens"

This week Americans were roiled by an article in The Atlantic , detailing the method by which the Trump campaign is planning to steal the 2020...

At Least 33 Million Workers Are Being Hurt by the Coronavirus Recession

The most frequent question I’ve gotten in the last few months is “how many workers are being hurt by the coronavirus recession?” There is a...

Trump and McConnell Refuse to Help Millions Amid Pandemic, But Stop at Nothing for Supreme Court Power Grab

Will Dems' Embrace of Mail, Masks, and Social Distance Help Trump Win the Election?

In a normal year, the former vice president might have packed the seats at PNC Field, but instead he was out in the parking lot for a nationally...

6 Crucial Races That Will Flip the Senate

This November, we have an opportunity to harness your energy and momentum into political power and not just defeat Trump, but also flip the Senate....

Let’s Start Debating What Dooms Democracy: Concentrated Wealth

White House that muses openly about not counting votes. A Senate rushing to cement in place a fiercely conservative Supreme Court. We have plenty...

Why We Should All Be Reading Howard Zinn Right Now

hen Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on September 18, waves of anxiety rippled through already nervous Democratic circles. The loss of such a monumental...

Rewrite That List of Debate Topics, Chris Wallace. And Put the Climate Crisis at No. 1.

The temperature in Death Valley hit 130 degrees, the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth. Drought-fueled wildfires in the West are still...