The Homeland Battlefield: ‘Hedges v. Obama’ lawsuit challenging NDAA (indefinite detention etc.) begins today in NYC. [This is as in “Chris” Hedges, the war correspondent for The New York Times for two decades and author of nine books, including “Triumph … Continue reading
By MATT TAIBBI ROLLING STONE TEASER ONE: “Obsessed with each other, these two men transformed their personal competition into one of the most ridiculous and elaborate penis-measuring contests in the history of American business – even engaging in the garish … Continue reading
Adrienne Rich, a poet of towering reputation and towering rage, whose work — distinguished by an unswerving progressive vision and a dazzling, empathic ferocity — brought the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse and kept … Continue reading
This is NOT about the United States, it is about India. Or is it about India and NOT about The United States? Sometimes I get confused… Post-Independence, right up to the ’80s, people’s movements, ranging from the Naxalites to Jayaprakash … Continue reading
March 28 (Bloomberg) — Heat waves are likely to intensify and last longer from California to the U.S. East Coast as global warming takes hold, according to the United Nations’s most comprehensive report on extreme weather events. Average wind speeds … Continue reading
Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance and pastor of Northminster Church in Monroe, LA, talks with Rachel Maddow about the radical, intolerant religious right being courted by Rick Santorum with the bogus “war on religion” claim.
David Koch, center, a billionaire known for his family’s contributions to conservative causes, listens as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the fifth annual Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington, Nov. 4, 2011. (Photo: Stephen Crowley/The New York … Continue reading
The [TORY CONSERVATIVE DAVID CAMERON] government has come under renewed attack for trying to force Downhills primary school in north London, to turn into an academy. Photograph: David Levene England’s education system risks being completely privatised within three years, … Continue reading
Even many well-educated Republicans deny global warming. What’s going on here? March 26, 2012 | Note: These are notes for remarks that I gave recently at the Tucson Festival of Books, where I was asked to talk about my new book The … Continue reading
Operation Foxden, delayed by turf war between the FBI and the CIA, given green light three days before the al-Qaida attacks. COMMENT: Doesn’t SOUND LIKE the US acted — it sounds like the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Rove criminally negligent regime acted to conceal … Continue reading
Panel concludes that riots were fuelled by a lack of opportunities for young people, poor parenting and suspicion of the police
Radiation inside the reactor 2 containment vessel at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has reached a lethal 73 sieverts per hour and any attempt to send robots in will require them to have greater resistance than currently available, experts … Continue reading
Whatever happens to neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, the dialogue on race must go on. Media perpetually associate criminality with black males. Legislators criminalize black dress. And the criminal justice system disproportionately penalizes black men and boys. COMMENT: Hispanic males … Continue reading
The National Rifle Association has a new item in its online store: hoodies, with a special pocket designed to conceal a handgun. Hooded sweatshirts have taken on new meaning in the last week as a symbol for Trayvon Martin, who … Continue reading
1) A reader reminded me of this yesterday and it’s really quite something: in July, 2009, NBC‘s Chuck Todd went on Morning Joe to defend President Obama’s decision to shield all Bush officials from prosecution for torture, arguing that because Bush … Continue reading
I was on Real Time with Bill Maher last night and the most contentious debate occurred over the claimed power of the Obama administration to target American citizens for assassination without due process, as it did with Anwar Awlaki. Below … Continue reading
The ACLU is suing the Obama administration under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), seeking to force disclosure of the guidelines used by Obama officials to select which human beings (both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals) will have their lives … Continue reading
Firms and consumers continued to pull their money out of Greek banks at a rapid rate in February, European Central Bank data showed on Wednesday, underscoring the lack of trust the country’s banking system faces. Private sector deposits in … Continue reading
By Jeanne Moos (CNN) – This is something you don’t see every day. A macho pair of firefighters in ball gowns putting out a fire. The video is burning up the internet. If you think fighting a car fire could … Continue reading
London, United Kingdom – Historians tell us that there were two quite distinct British empires – the first an Atlantic empire built on North American colonies and Caribbean possessions and the second an Asian empire, built on control of India … Continue reading
Florida’s ‘Kill at Will’ law has sown confusion and disorder, critics charge [EPA] “There was not a single instance in Florida of a single person suffering in any way. This was a solution in search of a problem.” – Florida … Continue reading
New York, NY – As Venezuela counts down to its presidential election in October, many may wonder what will befall the country’s special relationship with Cuba if Chavez should falter. In recent years, Venezuela has pursued unprecedented ties to the … Continue reading
Berlin, Germany – Practically all European Social Democratic and Socialist parties are supporting the French presidential candidate Francois Hollande in the upcoming elections, in the hope that his likely triumph against incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy will create enough continental momentum … Continue reading
New Orleans, LA – Nearly two years after BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, fishermen and scientists say things are getting worse. Interviews with fishermen and scientists across Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana have shed light on the distressing … Continue reading