Warnings that the oxygen supply was running out in the city of Manaus, Brazil, came to local and federal government officials a week before the calamity led to the deaths by asphyxiation of patients afflicted ...
“This is what we have been reduced to: A violent mob. A nation on the brink of martial law. A populace under house arrest. A techno-corporate state wielding its power to immobilize huge swaths of ...
Trump faces a dilemma in the truest sense of the word. Donald Trump is becoming more fearful and anxious by the day. Above everything else, he desperately wants to save his own skin and avoid ...
(David Swanson) If we were to look beyond words to actions, there would be no doubt that virtually all U.S. politicians have, in effect, taken the Trump/Kissinger view of U.S. troops for as long as ...
The U.S. presidential election has so far involved and will undoubtedly continue to involve a clash over voting strategy for the left. A significant array of left commentators, for example, Cornel West, AOC, Angela Davis, ...
This agreement is more about shoring up Trump’s slumping electoral campaign and improving Netanyahu’s battered image in Israel than bringing peace to the Middle East. “HUGE breakthrough today,” crowed Donald Trump on twitter as he announced the ...
A new Netflix docuseries, “Immigration Nation,” explores the operations behind the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the Trump administration. Directed by Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau, the six-part series was filmed entirely during ...
According to a poll, 53% of Americans view China as an “enemy” One week ago, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a fiery speech on China at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. Many of the ...
The legal battles between the American Civil Liberties Union and the Trump administration is the subject of a new documentary, The Fight. The legal battles between the American Civil Liberties Union and the Trump administration ...
Biden’s policies are the same policies and exact rhetoric used by the Trump administration. (Common Dreams) The Biden campaign held an online event on Wednesday, July 8 pitched as the former Vice President’s “vision for ...
“The President of the United States is campaigning for reelection using a Nazi concentration camp symbol.” President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign shared a new ad on Facebook using Trump’s typical alarmist language about ‘dangerous mobs’ ...
Acclaimed director Spike Lee returns with a new rumination on race in America, through the lens of African American veterans of the Vietnam War. Premiering on Netflix, Da 5 Bloods stars Delroy Lindo, “The Wire’s” ...
Most of the most powerful players in the world of digital surveillance aren’t government intelligence agencies, but private corporations. Technological advances and seismic shifts in the way information is diffused and transmitted have categorized the ...
“Given the power enjoyed by his sister Betsy DeVos and the close relationships he enjoys with senior figures in the United States government, it appears that a new era is dawning for Erik Prince.” The ...
‘Numbers matter, because they’re not just numbers. They’re people, whose lives and families have been turned upside down.” The world is fighting a global pandemic, and the United States is set to become one of ...
Although the new HBO miniseries “The Plot Against America” is based on a book that was published in 2004 and takes place in the 1940s, it seems to have glaring parallels to today’s political climate. ...
Criticized by news outlets and the president for its violence and political themes, The Hunt was due to hit theaters last September but will now arrive on March 13. The film is about a group ...
“I helped lead the opposition to these agreements, Joe Biden supported those agreements,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “And that is a fundamental difference about our approach toward the trade union movement and towards the needs ...
With moderates Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg bowing out and endorsing Joe Biden, will the political establishment capture more voters than the grassroots energy behind Bernie Sanders? After Joe Biden’s massive victory in South Carolina, ...
“We may, therefore, expect a smaller U.S. footprint in Afghanistan with beefed-up intelligence capabilities, but quite obviously, the Trump administration still doesn’t plan on a full withdrawal. Pakistan and the Taliban are apparently quite amenable ...
Some 2,500 US troops have arrived at their new home for the foreseeable future, the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. (By: Alan Macleod, Mintpress News) Amid rising tensions with Iran, the United States ...
From climate change to healthcare to agricultural science, Trump and his allies have made it clear that they are more than willing to ignore scientific evidence and advice in order to justify cutting funding for ...
“Who will help the Muslims of India?” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) As anti-Muslim violence continued to roil the Indian city of Delhi Wednesday, observers from inside the country and around the world warned that ...
“Neither the Indian political leadership nor the ‘deep state’ seems to grasp that the geopolitics of the South Asian region is transforming with far-reaching consequences.” The manner in which U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is ...
“This administration will not stop until it takes away all workers’ rights to form and join a union.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) President Donald Trump on Thursday quietly issued a memo granting Defense Secretary Mark ...
“We’re not treated very well by India, but I happen to like Prime Minister Modi a lot. And he told me we’ll have 7 million people between the airport and the event. And the stadium, ...
“We knew fossil fuel extraction – including fracking – was a major part of global methane emissions, but this impressive study suggests it is a far bigger culprit in human-induced climate change than we had ...
A stronger, more committed and more determined global peace movement could tame the U.S. war machine. February 15 marked the day, 17 years ago, when global demonstrations against the pending Iraq invasion were so massive ...
“The USDA’s own data shows that the rates of fraud and abuse in the SNAP program are quite low. The truth is that SNAP is a very effective government program. It serves the people who ...
There is an old saying: “when you come for the king you better not miss.” President Donald Trump proved that theory days after he was acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial as he ...
“Guaidó’s appearance may only be covered as a footnote in American media, but it illustrates Trump’s campaign strategy and the weakness within the Democratic party establishment in resisting American imperialism.” For many viewers, the most ...
The countries included in Trump’s extended travel ban include Nigeria, Eritrea, Burma, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania and Sudan. The White House announced on Saturday that six new countries would be added to the list of those whose ...
“A war in the region now threatens its entire oil and shipping infrastructure, and can also take down the entire global economy in its wake.” With the United States walking out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan ...
China accused the US of excessive fear-mongering over the coronavirus outbreak with travel restrictions and evacuations, as Chinese stocks plummeted to their worst day in years over fears of the virus. On Monday, the Chinese ...
“The pressure is working,” said Indivisible. “We need to hear from Bolton and the other witnesses who know exactly how egregious Trump’s abuse of power was.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) President Donald Trump fired ...
“Leaked 2018 audio recording of president was released by legal team of Lev Parnas, close associate of Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. ‘You know, [Sanders] basically says we’re getting screwed on trade,’ said Trump. ‘And ...
The U.S. is adamant that its assassination of Qassem Soleimani and refusal to leave Iraq is about protecting Americans, but a little known Iraqi parliamentary session reveals how China increasingly strong ties to Baghdad may ...
The seven countries that would reportedly be included in the expanded travel ban are Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. President Donald Trump announced at the World Economic Forum that his administration is ...
“McConnell’s opposition to the bill comes after he had an exceptional quarter of fundraising from executives and PACs of pharmaceutical companies that could be forced to reduce the prices of their drugs under Medicare if ...
In his new solo performance piece “The Truth Has Changed,” the “Gasland” director raises an alarm: The Democrats are ill-prepared for Trump’s oncoming misinformation campaign. Josh Fox, the Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind “Gasland,” the ...
“We may be in the midst of a national security crisis, but that is not stopping the administration from rolling back climate change regulations.” While the majority of media attention focused on the U.S.’ escalating ...
Iran launched over a dozen missiles at two American bases, Asad and Erbil, in Iraq early Wednesday, according to Iranian official news media and United States officials. The military strike marks the beginning of what ...
“…We are not afraid of any war and we tell America to speak correctly with the Iranian nation. We have the power to break them several times over and are not worried,” The United States ...
“We don’t have any basis or any evidence for calling this a hot labor market.” – Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Despite strong job growth and a 50-year low unemployment rate, nearly half of all American ...
“Every member of Congress who voted to give the most corrupt, unhinged, and unstable president in history $738 billion to fight endless wars…must never tell us that we cannot afford Medicare for All or a ...
“Pelosi’s reasoning doesn’t make sense—starting a war based on a coordinated public lie is illegal, and therefore more than enough grounds for impeachment.” In a CNN Town Hall last Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made ...
“The consultants, three people who worked on the project said, seemed focused solely on cutting costs and speeding up deportations — activities whose success could be measured in numbers — with little acknowledgment that these ...
“This is an unacceptable escalation of the administration’s war on working families, and it comes during a time when too many are forced to stretch already-thin budgets to make ends meet.” The Trump administration announced ...
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