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A surprising link between US foreign policy and violence on America’s streets. Philosopher, cultural critic and author Laurie Calhoun explains what US behavior abroad has to do with domestic gun culture.
The US is protecting, funding and covering up for Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni — under the principle that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
Mary Pinchot Meyer was mistress to JFK and ex-wife of Cord Meyer, a high-ranking CIA official. Her mysterious death in Georgetown raises many intriguing questions. We continue the story in Part 2 of this excerpt.
Saudi Arabia’s Paid Tweets? ; Flint’s Water Crisis Continues …and More Picks for 10/2
Workers marshaled all their forces to save their bottling plant, only to face the same corporate power that bedevils American employees.
A popular argument against removing Confederate statues is that it would be “erasing history.” If preserving history were the real concern, where are the monuments to great civil rights figures in the South?
President Donald Trump demonized dissenting footballers as traitors, revealing a widely held American conviction: patriotism precludes protest, and its symbols are more sacred than its ideals — equal protection under the law, regardless of race, gender and status.
How corporations and politicians are stimulating the dopamine and serotonin that drive our attitudes, reactions and votes.
Russ Baker updates popular radio host Pat Thurston on the investigations into President Donald Trump’s suspicious ties to the former Soviet Union and where it may all be headed, talks about the forthcoming JFK records release, and much more.
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s documentary series on Vietnam is capturing America’s attention. But it skates very lightly over one of the war’s most contentious questions: Did President John F. Kennedy intend to pursue the fight or to pull out?
Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns has long been a subject of conjecture. To that, we’d like to add a related mystery: Why did the IRS begin auditing Donald Trump in 2002? Why that year in particular? Donald Trump’s finances were always complicated and fertile ground for the IRS, yet, it only began […]
With Republicans in Washington fighting hard to eliminate Obamacare, voters in one state will get a chance to decide directly whether they want to expand the insurance program. Could Maine serve as an example for others?