On October 6th, news reports heralded a historic development: The world's largest incarcerator, the United States of America, was about to make the largest one-time…
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- James Blake, retired tennis pro, says police pushed him down; inquiry opened. This story just won’t go away. Interesting that Blake made no reference…
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…
The Arctic has in recent weeks become a focal point of geopolitical tensions between Russia and the United States. Given the present rate of global…
This autumn may see anti-austerity coalitions gain power in Portugal, Spain and Italy, while Marine le Pen’s National Front in France presses for outright withdrawal…
For three decades or more, politicians and pundits have been proclaiming the end of the left-right spectrum. The terms left, right and center, they say,…
A few days ago former President Jimmy Carter announced that he has cancer and it is spreading. While it would be premature to assume this…
Being a citizen in the American corporate state is much like playing against a stacked deck: you're always going to lose. The game is rigged,…
United States President Barack Obama is the most admired foreign leader in Africa because he has ancestral roots in our continent. This is partly the…
Speaking from Charlottesville, US celebrity billionaire and presidential hopeful Donald Trump lamented that US President Barack Obama «dealt from desperation» while drafting a final nuclear…
Faced with the possibility of yet another Wall Street crony taking over the Oval Office next year, progressive lawmakers are directly challenging Democratic frontrunner Hillary…
Healthy People 2020's latest recommendations are vast in scope and include government intrusion into nearly ever conceivable area of personal life and health, including a…