US Politics
Why Impeach Trump at This Late Date? One Word, Says Bernie...
"It must be made clear that no president, now or in the future, can lead an insurrection against the U.S. government."
by Jessica Corbett,
Jan.8, 2021
Sen. Bernie...
Far-right activists on social media telegraphed violence weeks in advance of...
By Alex Newhouse
January 8, 2021
The attack on the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 was shocking, but no one following right-wing activity on...
Army identifies more possible threats as at least 25 ‘domestic terrorism’...
10 Jan, 2021
Prosecutors have opened at least 25 domestic terrorism cases against people who participated in the US Capitol riot, and the army has...
Violence in the Capitol, Dangers in the Aftermath
From the Cold War to the War on Terror: the harms from authoritarian "solutions" are often greater than the threats they are ostensibly designed...
Democrat Rep. Schrader Apologizes for Comparing Trump’s Possible Impeachment to ‘Lynching’
by Kirill Kurevlev
Jan.10, 2021
Following the violent turn of events in Washington, DC, with the siege of the US Capitol amidst the electoral vote certification,...
With unilateral censorship of a sitting US president, Big Tech has...
By Helen Buyniski*
8 Jan, 2021
Big Tech’s moves to muscle President Donald Trump off social media have been heralded by some as victory. But a...
Riot on the Hill
By Mike Davis
07 January 2021
Yesterday’s ‘sacrileges’ in our temple of democracy – oh, poor defiled city on the hill, etc. – constituted an ‘insurrection’...
Details emerge of high-level state involvement in Wednesday’s coup attempt
By Eric London
Jan. 9, 2021
In the aftermath of the January 6 fascist coup attempt in Washington DC, new revelations show that the plot was...
Our Country’s Most Rapacious Capitalists Are Weighing in on How to...
By Alex N. Press
Jan. 8, 2021
On Wednesday, as Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, a statement was issued from an unexpected quarter. “Manufacturers...
America’s Richest 1% Owned 5% in 1990, Own 36% Today
By Eric Zuesse
January 6, 2021
© Photo: Flickr/The Other Bolena
According to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s table that’s headlined, “Distribution of Household Wealth in the U.S....