US Politics
Inside the Private Facebook Groups Where Anti-Vaxxers Plot to Get Religious...
“Find verses of the Bible that talk about our body being the temple of God.”
By Kiera Butler
September 24, 2021
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Plenty of Intelligence To Prevent 9/11
by Ray McGovern
Posted on September 13, 2021
Shortly before 9/11 the National Security Agency (NSA) asked Thomas Drake to join its senior staff. As...
The Labor Movement Is ‘Woking’ Itself to Death
By Wells King
Sep. 24, 2021
In hindsight, the biggest warning sign for the prospects of unionizing Amazon's Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse was, well, a sign: a...
On the Cover of New York Magazine: the Revolt of New...
By Aude White
Sept. 13, 2021
New York City’s 65,000 delivery bikers move faster than just about anything else in the city—chasing tips, fearing penalties, targeted...
Mystery shrouds nonprofit linked to wealthy Chinese exile: Steve Bannon leaves,...
By Brian Schwartz
Aug 16 2021
The mystery surrounding a nonprofit group tied to wealthy Chinese exile Guo Wengui, reportedly the key figure in a network...
The Age of Irrationality
With the rise of QAnon and the anti-vax movement, skepticism has become the province of the paranoid.
By Katha Pollitt
Sep 20, 2021
I titled my first...
Nuclear Instability: Russia, China and the “USSR – II” scenario
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
As nuclear weapons stockpiles worldwide rise and countries upgrade their warheads and missiles there is an unprecedented need to de-escalate tensions and...
100 years since the Battle of Blair Mountain
By Andy Thompson, Jerry White
9 September 2021
This month marks the 100th anniversary since the end of the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921, when...
President Biden’s Speech on the U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Aug.31, 2021
The following is a transcript of President Biden’s remarks about Afghanistan on Tuesday, a day after the United States concluded its two-decade war...
As U.S. Leaves Afghanistan, How Biden’s 7-Month Approval Rating Stacks Up...
By Jenni Fink
Aug.30, 2021
Despite the significant backlash over problems with the withdrawal of Americans from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden's approval rating is still...