The reigning politics and media culture of the United States is not without moments of high comic relief. Three weeks ago, for example, CNN’s Chris…
Articles
Shares and stocks are tumbling around the world, with investors worried that the next global crisis has already begun. There is considerable uncertainty and nervousness amongst economists…
Before getting into the meat of this post, I want to start off by stating a fact: There is no “war on police” happening in America…
This is the power of the NFL: it can brand something you respect into something nauseous. I have a lifelong fascination with the military: my…
In the last week, a group of scientists and a prominent historian each predicted a climate apocalypse. The scientists, led by Ricarda Winkelmann of Germany's…
New York University is among the country’s wealthiest schools. Backed by its $3.5 billion endowment as well as its considerable fundraising prowess, the school has…
Known and documented, since the Soviet-Afghan war, recruiting Mujahideen (“holy warriors”) to fight covert wars on Washington’s behest has become an integral part of US…
UN records reveal that the intergovernmental body has already marginalised the very groups it claims to be rescuing from poverty, hunger and climate disaster. At…
The ultimate triumph of the political right in the 1980s was that its actions eventually forced the left to sell its soul for power – but…
As the summer ends, heat is dominating the meteorological landscape, with the warmest month ever recorded and the drought continuing unabated in California. At the…
A book published in Germany this summer adds new information to old stories about Adolf Hitler's drug use and amphetamine use among German soldiers during…
It is much easier to create a mess than to clean up afterwards. But clean up we must. In his piece for CounterPunch, The Sanders…