A Jury In Georgia Declares Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Guilty of Conspiracy at Naval Base Housing Nuclear Arsenal
By Vaughn Golden On April 4, 2018, seven activists, devout Catholic Workers, following a calling of their faith to symbolically disarm nuclear weapons, broke into the Kings Bay naval base in southern Georgia. Nearly 19 months later, they were pronounced guilty by a jury in U.S. District Court on charges of conspiracy, trespassing and depredation […]
From Saudi Arabia to economic shifts
On Oct. 3, Journalist Nermeen Shaikh spoke at Ithaca College about the fallacies and distortions of mainstream media and how independent news outlets like Democracy Now! were providing an urgently needed corrective. In her lecture, she covered critical issues that corporate media has failed to cover: wealth inequality, climate change, fair reporting on elections, foreign policy, among […]
Making Money Off of Green Debt: Cory Morningstar Finds Corporate Wolves Behind Environmental Sheep
The Ghion Journal Building through the privatization-friendly Reagan-Bush era of the 1980s, ramping up significantly with Bill Clinton’s signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in the 1990s, and solidified through the de facto repeal of the post-Great Depression separation between investment and commercial banks at the end of Clinton’s scandal-plagued final term […]
Elite UK military unit secretly trained by leftist regime-change advocate Gilbert Achcar and other academics
The Grayzone Declassified British government documents obtained by The Grayzone show that prominent regime-change activists who work in academia and market themselves as leftists have been quietly teaching training sessions for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense. Among these UK military collaborators is the scholar Gilbert Achcar, a frequent contributor to Jacobin Magazine and Democracy […]
What Is the Financial Cost to Society of Wrongful Convictions?
The Real News Network LAUREN LIPSCOMB: I’ll never forget Mr. MacPherson turning to me and saying, “Please don’t let my brother and I die in here for a crime we didn’t commit.” EDDIE CONWAY: How did that make you feel? LAUREN LIPSCOMB: Made me feel that I needed to make sure that I did my job to the […]
Cruel Optimism and the Settler-Colonial Roots of White Grievance
CounterPunch This past summer I was camping in rural Wisconsin with my partner and son when a huge thunderstorm forced us to seek out the closest local pub for dinner one evening. Our four-year old had been going through some kind of cranky asshole phase all summer and our options for feeding him in the […]
“Nothing Ends Homelessness Like a Home”: Advocates Slam Trump’s Attack on SF & Homeless People
Democracy Now! President Trump is continuing an all-out attack on San Francisco’s homeless population and political leaders. On Wednesday, the Trump administration filed an environmental notice of violation against San Francisco, falsely claiming that the city’s homelessness crisis has caused water pollution. City officials have repeatedly rejected Trump’s unfounded claims that homelessness is connected to […]
The Refugee Crisis Unlike You’ve Ever Seen It Before
Truthdig As conflicts spread and climate change worsens, the refugee crisis worldwide is breaking astounding records. There currently are 70.8 million forcibly displaced people around the globe, according to the United Nations refugee agency. Each of these individuals has a tale to tell about overcoming immense obstacles and dangers as he or she sought safety and stability […]
The Phony Liberalism of Bill Maher
FAIR Bill Maher rose from being an “edgy,” opinionated comedian to becoming one of the most influential and recognizable faces in our media. His political talk show, Real Time With Bill Maher, has been on HBO since 2003, spanning 17 seasons with over 500 episodes to date. Real Time continues to be one of the most popular shows on cable TV, drawing […]
Echoing Trump, Russian TV Casts Joe Biden and Kurt Volker as Villains of Ukraine Saga
The Intercept MOST AMERICANS HAD never heard of Kurt Volker, the State Department’s former special representative for Ukraine negotiations, until Thursday, when he provided Congress with text messages proving that the Trump administration did tell Ukraine’s new president that he would only be invited to the White House if he agreed to publicly back an investigation of former […]