By George Petras, Karina Zaiets and Veronica Bravo, USA TODAY Nearly 20 months after the Sept. 11 attacks, President George W. Bush stood on an aircraft carrier under a giant “Mission Accomplished” banner and declared “major combat operations in Iraq have ended.” Nearly 18 years later, the U.S. is […]
The right thinks she’s the next Che Guevara and the corporate Dems think she’s a Twitch streamer.
The Minneapolis police chief, Medaria Arradondo rebuked Derek Chauvin’s use of force in the arrest of George Floyd.
Police Chief Arradondo testified on the unusual custodial arrest of George Floyd who had been accused of using a counterfeit $20 bill.
Minneapolis Police Chief Arradondo testified on the use of force policy at the trial of Derek Chauvin.
The emergency room doctor who pronounced George Floyd dead said oxygen deficiency was the likely cause of death
Homer, The Minotaur, 300 spartans, Greek theatre, Parthenon, democracy — everything that you once knew, but forgot.
Caesar, The Colosseum, Republic, Nero, geese, plebeians, legions – everything that you once knew, but forgot.
Team Rising reacts to Hunter Biden’s comments on his laptop controversy.
By Andrew Sullivan, The Spectator When I finally head back to church this weekend, after a year of Covid-avoidance, it is going to feel a little strange. These past 12 months constitute the longest stretch of time I’ve been away since I was born. And I’m not going […]
I agree that the USSR was not state-capitalist. What we have in the USA is state capitalism. I consider Soviet-type economies to be party/military/state/bureaucratic dictatorships but not “capitalist.” If anything, I would compare them to ancient tyrannies like Egypt and Babylon.
Team Rising discusses AOC’s donations to Democratic colleagues facing reelection this midterm cycle.
American mathematician, cultural critic, and founder of New Discourses, James Lindsay joins Michael this week for a discussion on critical race theory and its warning signs, the theory’s parallels to Soviet logic, which philosophers were merely rationalizing their own pathologies, how language is often used as code to […]
By Jon Mitimore, Foundation for Economic Education Nearly 3 million Americans are being vaccinated against COVID-19 each day, but the “return to normal” may not be as close as many hope. A new survey shows many Americans have concerns about interacting with others once the pandemic is over. […]
By Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist For the second time in three months, the FBI broke its record for gun sales, concealed carry, and other firearms background checks in March. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System conducted 4,691,738 checks, an all-time high. It broke the record set […]
Journalist, Zaid Jilani, discusses the recent attack at the Capitol that left one Capitol Police officer dead, another injured.
I suspect the breakup of the US will not be nearly as neat and tidy as that author hopes. This is not 1860. The divisions are not regional or even urban/rural. Instead, it’s going to be a matter of block by block, street by street, neighbor by neighbor, […]
Krystal Ball outlines Donald Trump’s history of fraud, from Trump University to ‘Stop the Steal’.
Dr. Bret Weinstein, visiting fellow at the James Madison Program at Princeton, discusses the possibility of COVID leaking from a lab.
Assistant editor at American Greatness, Pedro Gonzalez, discusses how Trump is misusing money donated to his PAC, Trump’s Save America.
By Stephanie Pagones, FOX News He might be the most hated man in the room depending on where he goes, but Andy Ngô has undoubtedly amassed a tremendous following for his experience covering the ins and outs of Antifa. The born-and-raised Portlander and second-generation Vietnamese American, a conservative journalist who […]
Saagar Enjeti breaks down the controversy surrounding the new Georgia voter laws.
By Jamie Watters, The Guardian Asexual representation is becoming more common – but the orientation is still widely misunderstood. Not wanting sex is not the same as not wanting romance or intimacy – something, its advocates say, the rest of us would benefit from learning Yasmin Benoit realised […]
By J.D. Tuccille, Reason It’s good fun to mock politicians’ inability to keep their pants on and to wage culture war against those awful people on the other side of the political divide, but at some point we’re going to have to pay some attention to a growing […]
By Thomas L. Knapp, Garrison Center Derek Chauvin’s current defenses: 1) I didn’t do what you saw me do. 2) If I did do what you saw me do, what you saw me do did not kill George Floyd. 3) If I did do what you saw me […]
By Zoe Corbyn, The Observer The professor of environmental medicine explains how chemicals in plastics are causing our fertility to decline – and what we can do about it. Shanna Swan is a professor of environmental medicine and public health at Mount Sinai school of medicine in New […]
By Hannah Beech, New York Times Myanmar’s security forces have killed more than 40 children since February. Here is the story of one, Aye Myat Thu. She was 10. In the swelter of the hot season, U Soe Oo cracked open the coconut with practiced blows of his […]
By Stephen Johnson, Big Think Scientists printed a 3D replica of the vocal tract of Nesyamun, an Egyptian priest whose mummified corpse has been on display in the UK for two centuries. With the help of an electronic device, the reproduced voice is able to “speak” a vowel […]
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the latest updates in the ongoing scandal surrounding Rep. Matt Gaetz.
Soviet America attack press freedom to defend war criminals and torturers. By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Press freedom, peace, and human rights advocates are rallying behind Daniel Hale, the former intelligence analyst who blew the whistle on the U.S. government’s drone assassination program, and who pleaded guilty Wednesday […]
I tend to agree with Joel Kotkin’s view that the future of the GOP will be as a regional party that is similar in function to France’s National Assembly (formerly the National Front). On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by […]
By Nick Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley It’s hardly unusual for me to take the news personally. It comes like a card with being a journalist with clinical depression. But some weeks the news almost feels tailor made to tare me down and the last […]
The real problem is that most defendants don’t get nearly the level of “due process” that is provided to cops who are accused of murdering civilians. Most criminal trials are settled through coerced plea bargains with defendants being represented by incompetent and/or overworked public defenders. If all defendants […]
Perhaps the media should ask the question of why so many people, from all kinds of backgrounds, hate the government to the point of risking death or prison, or imminent martyrdom, to attack it? By Christal Hayes, USA Today WASHINGTON — The man who police say rammed his […]
Patrick Bet-David has a virtual sit down with the former Antifa Member, Gabriel Nadales, to talk about Antifa, the 2020 election, socialism in America and why younger people are fascinated with it. Recommended video: Heated Debate On Capitalism with America’s Most Prominent Marxist Economist – Richard Wolff – […]
Gerardo Lopez grew up in gang territory in Los Angeles, California and was just 14 years old when he joined MS-13, the notorious Salvadorian gang. Why did he join and why did he leave? In this courageous talk, Gerardo reveals how we can help others get out and […]
At 14-years-old, Christian Picciolini went from naive teenager to white supremacist, and soon, the leader of America’s first neo-Nazi skinhead gang. How was he radicalized, and how did he ultimately get out? In this courageous talk, Christian shares a surprising and counterintuitive solution to hate in all forms. […]
Sharing our hardships moves us through shame and into healing Eli Nash is the CEO of JEG & Sons Inc. and the Co-Founder of MicDrop. Eli founded JEG & Sons in 2006 to bring no contract and unlocked phones to US e-tailers and retailers. Under his guidance, JEG […]
After growing up in painful, abusive conditions, Aaron Stark was on his way to an atrocity, until simple acts of kindness changed his life forever. What is causing the rise of violence and are our current fears and solutions just making it worse? My name is Aaron stark. […]
A reader writes: Keith, I know you’ve linked to Jimmy Dore’s interview with Daryl Davis, so you’ve probably seen this talk before, but the story Davis tells is something folks on both the left and the right should pay attention to and really think about. https://youtu.be/ORp3q1Oaezw I saw […]
https://media.urmedium.com/video//2021/03/19/637517414732431859video.mp4 The United States and China clashed during the first high-level, in-person meeting of the Biden administration held in Anchorage, Alaska on Thursday with officials from both sides trading barbs at each other. The meeting kicked off with senior American diplomats accusing China of threatening world stability and […]
https://media.urmedium.com/video//2021/04/01/637528729736463951video.mp4 Google has for the seventh time targeted Iranian broadcaster Press TV, blocking the English-language news network’s access to its official YouTube account without any prior notice. The US tech giant shut YouTube accounts of Press TV late on Tuesday, citing “violations of community guidelines.” “We have reviewed […]
By Matt Taibbi “Mighty Ira,” a documentary about legendary former ACLU chief Ira Glasser, is simultaneously inspiring and unnerving. There’s a scene at the beginning of Mighty Ira, an elegant and thought-provoking documentary about longtime ACLU director Ira Glasser, where the movie’s eponymous hero walks along the grounds […]
Police officers, including the longest serving officer in the Minneapolis Police Department, Richard Zimmerman, have testified against Derek Chauvin on day five of his trial over the death of George Floyd.
Watch live coverage of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd. Warning: This stream may include images and audio some viewers may find upsetting or disturbing.
It comes down to this: right-wingers are con artists much of the time, and liberals are merely idiots.
This is an interesting discussion of the culture wars from a serious left/Marxist perspective. My viewpoint is that the cultural left has been the hands-down winner on most cultural issues (outside of certain narrow geographical, subcultural, institutional, or socioeconomic sectors). But the economic right has been the hands-down […]
Team Rising reacts to the launch of Chamber of Progress, a center-left tech coalition created by a former Google exec.
Public areas such as parks, playgrounds and schoolyards are routinely sprayed with various chemicals to control insects and plants. Evidence has mounted showing that these chemicals damage human health. Pesticides tend to be used disproportionately in African American communities. These chemicals also have unintended consequences for humans, animals […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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