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Why does the United States want to overthrow the government of Venezuela?
Vijay Prashad
What drives the US to persist in its interventions—diplomatic, economic & military—against the Venezuelan gov't?
Killer Mike on whether America can be saved: “We’ve failed, but we can change it”
D. Watkins
Rapper and entrepreneur talks Netflix "Trigger Warning," guns, education, Noam Chomsky and Bernie Sanders 2020
America has its gunsights on Venezuela
Vijay Prashad
Despite 10 years of governance by the socialist forces, the Venezuelan oligarchy remains firmly intact
Jeff Bezos’ divorce drama and those awful sexts: Why we can’t look away
Rachel Leah
The salacious tabloid reporting on Bezos' divorce is compelling because of the unique role he plays in our lives
Working-class journalism in the Age of Oligarchs
Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich describes her history of "immersion journalism" while speaking in the Netherlands
G20: You can smell tear gas in the streets as the oil industry squabbles
Vijay Prashad
What the G20 and OPEC meetings mean for the political relations, economies, and people of the world
We can’t forget John F. Kennedy’s assassination
Gaeton Fonzi
If we do, our vision of what our democratic system is all about, already waning, will dim dangerously
Want proof that voting matters? Trump and his forces don’t want you to do it
Chauncey DeVega
Voting is never enough, but it's crucial. That's why Trump and his followers want to render it meaningless
After the midterms: Trump learns nothing, and America’s slide into pseudo-democracy continues
Chauncey DeVega
Trump and his followers are incapable of insight into their behavior — for them this mixed result is a vindication
There’s a growing international alliance of right-wing demagogues
Vijay Prashad
From Brazil’s Bolsonaro to the Philippines’ Duterte to the leader of them all, Trump
Pulitzer winner Chris Hedges: Donald Trump “is the product of a failed democracy”
Chauncey DeVega
Acclaimed progressive journalist on Trump's mastery of political theater, and the downfall of American democracy
Stop GOP voter suppression — or else!
Thom Hartmann
Most American voters generally don’t like billionaires and corporations running politics
Billionaire fascists are coming for your Social Security and Medicare
Thom Hartmann
The warning signs are already here
Pulitzer-winning reporter Greg Miller on Trump and Russia: We’ve all seen the smoking gun
Andrew O'Hehir
Washington Post reporter on Trump's "subservience" to Vladimir Putin and the "subversion of American democracy"
When billionaires decide it might be fun to run a newspaper (or a magazine)
Jim Naureckas
Marc Benioff's purchase of Time is only the latest symptom of a spreading trend — led of course by Jeff Bezos
Lessons from Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9”: Establishment Democrats sold out the voters
Sophia A. McClennen
Moore's film is as much about how the left and the media have failed us as it is about the dangers of Trump
Alexander Hamilton was preoccupied with the threat that a presidency like Trump’s posed for America
Thom Hartmann
This isn’t the first time our democracy has faced the founder’s nightmare — but it is the most dangerous
Donald Trump vs. international law: Overturning the legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt
Paul Rosenberg
Our president is nearly the opposite of the legendary first lady who helped launch the international order
Hunger is a grave warning to the world: If it is not defeated, the consequences will be dire
Vijay Prashad
Hunger, that constant sound inside the head of the poor, must be silenced to ensure our species has a future
Michael Moore’s terrifying “Fahrenheit 11/9”: Trump is the symptom, not the disease
Sophia A. McClennen
"Fahrenheit 11/9" takes an unflinching look at how Donald Trump rose to power and what we can do about it
We don’t need to “rethink college” — we need to rethink the arguments against it
Sophia A. McClennen
Conservatives whine that traditional education is under attack from the left. They have no facts to back that up
What is a “regime”? Apparently, it’s any government opposed to U.S. policy
Gregory Shupak
Venezuela and Iran's governments are frequently described as "regimes." The Saudi monarchy never is. Any guesses?
“The Bleeding Edge” filmmakers discuss their reporting on patient issues with medical technology
Gary M. Kramer
"These women have been screaming for years, unheard" say the makers of the documentary, which premiered at Tribeca
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