China isn’t facing a "cataclysmic" economic slowdown and last week’s market turmoil was more about badly designed stock market circuit breakers, said Nobel-prize-winning economist Joseph…

Everyone has at least a few non-negotiable values. These are the things that, no matter what the circumstance, you'd never compromise for any reason -…

Saudi Arabia—recently chosen to to head a key United Nations human rights panel—on Saturday executed 47 people convicted of "terrorism," including at least four convicted…

Justice Department Probes Chicago Police, But for ‘Reform,’ Not Justice U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch yesterday announced a Justice Department probe of the Chicago Police…

Prosecuting Egregious Police Crimes: When the Law Is Out of Order (Part 2: The Laquan McDonald Case) Indicted last week on first-degree murder charges more…

Host Dave Lindorff and guest Linn Washington, a Philly-based investigative reporter and colleague of Dave's on the news site thiscantbehapppening.net, discuss Tuesday's election results in…

What would our society look like if we developed a kinder and gentler attitude toward one another? Listen to what research has found when the…

“Each of the Republican candidates for the presidency declared last week that we should deal with school shootings by providing aggressive treatment of people with…

The Constitution and Citizenship: The Dred Scott Decision (Conclusion) We conclude today the discussion on the Dred Scott decision of 1857 – a case often…

- Trump’s tax plan would raise deficit $12 trillion: analysis, It seems everyone who tries to revise the tax system would add stupid money to…

The United Nations has disgraced itself immeasurably over the past month or so. In case you missed the following stories, I suggest catching up now:…

Last week’s announcement that Saudi Arabia — easily one of the world’s most brutally repressive regimes — was chosen to head a U.N. Human Rights Council panel provokedindignation around…