BBC News A North Carolina man wrongly convicted of murder and imprisoned for 26 years has been granted a full pardon by the governor. Dontae Sharpe had fought to prove his innocence since his 1994 arrest. He was released from prison in August 2019. “My family’s name has […]
Todd Lewis is joined by Keith Preston, Swithun Dobson, and Terminal Philosophy to discuss whether history should be interpreted in terms of revolutionary change or evolutionary gradualism.
The last century essentially rendered the previous thousands of years irrelevant.
This prosecutor guy is a total idiot. What I don’t get is why the case was assigned to an assistant DA. Usually, the most serious cases are handled by the chief DA or even a special prosecutor, particularly high-profile cases like this one. Apparently, he has only been […]
By Robert MacKey, The Intercept A far-right political commentator appeared as a defense witness at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial. So why were questions about his political views shut down by the judge? JUDGE BRUCE SCHROEDER, who is presiding over the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, interrupted the lead […]
By Tom Engelhardt, The Nation It sure has been a disaster. On February 17, 1941, less than 10 months before the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor and the United States found itself in a global war, Henry Luce, in an editorial in Life magazine (which he founded along with […]
By Nick Gillespie, Reason Misinformation and bad policy can only be defeated by robust, open debate in the public square. All respiratory pandemics follow a script, one that’s as much social and political as it is medical or epidemiological, says Yale sociologist and medical doctor Nicholas Christakis, who […]
By Alfred McCoy, The Nation A succession of societies in the grip of a traumatic loss of global power have suffered coups, successful or not—and that includes the United States. As an eyewitness, I can recall the events of January 6 in Washington as if they were yesterday. […]
By Billy Binion, Reason Fanta Bility’s death has revived an under-the-radar debate about the doctrine of transferred intent. Two Pennsylvania teens are staring down first-degree murder charges after a bullet killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility outside of a high school football game in August this year. Neither Angelo “A.J.” […]
So how do we move from “progressive populism” to “anarcho-populism”?
By Matt Welch, Reason In 1990s Prague, wonderful things happened in the chaotic space between the end of communism and the rise of its replacement. Reason‘s December special issue marks the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. This story is part of our exploration of […]
By Damon Linker, The Week How much freedom would you be willing to give up to live a life nearly free of risk? I found myself pondering that question as I perused a recent article in The Washington Post that reads in places like a press release from the […]
So basically if you talk about the things that actually affect people’s lives you get more support? Wow shocking
Ever thought about ruling your own nation? Well of course you have! And you’re not the only one…
In the aftermath of World War II, the United States used several substances to create a lethal arsenal of biochemical weapons to use against the Communists.
What if the president hadn’t been Kennedy?
By Thales, Declination Watching the election in Virginia, and to a lesser extent in New Jersey, was fascinating. In 2020, the Establishment pulled every stop, every dirty trick, perhaps even outright fraud but certainly, at a bare minimum, a relentlessly biased media campaign. And, naturally, it worked. Yet […]
By Dan Mitchell, International Liberty When President Biden first proposed a global minimum tax on companies, I immediately warned that creating a corporate tax cartel would be very bad news for workers, consumers, and shareholders. I also warned a BBC audience that proponents would use the agreement as […]
By Hidde Boersma and Maarten Boudry Quillette “The world is flat,” proclaimed economist Thomas Friedman in his 2005 book of the same title. And since then, the world has flattened further still. Not only has a contagious fragment of RNA ravaged every corner of the world, but so […]
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave reflect on how mainstream media is alienating working class Americans.
Founder of The Daily Poster, David Sirota, details how a recent New York Times opinion piece exposes legacy media’s corporate bias.
Host of Bad Faith Podcast, Briahna Joy Gray, makes the case that failing to cancel student debt will hurt Joe Biden and Democrats’ chances of succeeding in the 2022 and 2024 elections.
Team Rising debates the Biden administration’s handling of inflation and soaring gas prices.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss new reporting that Israel is using smartphone facial recognition technology to scan Palestinians’ faces, as well as the LA Teachers Union’s BDS vote that never happened.
Team Rising reacts to President Biden’s sinking poll numbers.
Krystal and Saagar are joined by journalist Andrew Perez of The Daily Poster to break down the pharmaceutical companies giving money to Kyrsten Sinema as she blocks drug price reform
By Aynur Unal This paper is originated from my doctoral research investigated the discourse about Kurdishness within the Kurdish political movement in Turkey from an indigeneity perspective. My findings suggest that the Kurds’ self-determination model in Turkey incorporates the main themes of indigeneity, including self-identification, unique language and […]
Pelosi: “Oh, I’ve never considered that, but because I’m and old bag full of hubris, I’m going to speak for a minute and pretend that we have anyway… In fact it was a mean question, you mean, mean woman! Who let her in?!”
Kim Iversen breaks down what a Supreme Court consideration of vaccine mandates might look like.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to news that the White House is seeking a position in the Biden administration for former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe.
Retired Lt. Col. Daniel Davis discusses the latest updates out of Afghanistan on the first Veterans Day since the U.S. withdrawal.
Saagar looks at how the ego of Jeff Bezos has thwarted NASA’s plans to land on the moon in what constitutes a massive blow to the future of Space exploration
Krystal and Saagar look at the actions being taken by Trump and GOP leadership to punish the House Republicans who voted for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Krystal covers the unionization efforts happening at Starbucks branches in Buffalo and how the C-suite executives at the company have responded to the labor activity
Krystal and Saagar cover the resignation of longtime NBC and MSNBC anchor Brian Williams in the context of MSNBC losing key talent as its ratings plunge in the Biden era
Krystal and Saagar break down the role critical race theory will play in the 2022 midterm elections compared to other issues such as the economy that voters are more worried about
Krystal and Saagar review the economic data from October showing sharp increases in the prices of basic goods such as meat and gas as Joe Biden remains invisible on this issue
Krystal and Saagar respond to the tough questions asked to Rep. Adam Schiff on The View after Steele Dossier indictments put his Russiagate lies back in the news
Team Rising discusses media coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
Krystal and Saagar are joined by writer Dustin Guastella to discuss the notable findings in a survey of working-class voters he co-authored alongside Jacobin Mag
Robby Soave details the latest developments in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse.
Krystal and Saagar look at the new polls showing that Vice President Kamala Harris’s approval ratings have dropped again and remain noticeably lower than Joe Biden’s.
Ryan Grim breaks down the history behind the current surge in gas prices.
Kyla Scanlon, prominent TikTok and YouTube financial analyst, joins Saagar Enjeti and Marshall Kosloff at The Realignment to discuss the emerging issues and ideas of the moment: Facebook’s pivot to the metaverse, the inflation debate, the promise (and need for clarifty about) Web3, what some see as the […]
Krystal and Saagar cover the worker activity happening across America, including at a McDonald’s location where workers staged a walkout for higher wages.
Ryan Grim, Robby Soave, and former Federal Reserve economist Claudia Sahm discuss what the Biden administration can do to address soaring inflation.
By Peter Zeihan Anyone try to buy anything recently? Like, anything? Throughout northern Mexico, parking lots full of finished automobiles (that are just waiting for a few semiconductors) have become common. Year-on-year prices for used cars are up 25 percent — a hands-down record. New models of televisions […]
“Breaking Points” and “Rising” are the only two mainstream, professionally produced, news programs that I consider to be worthy of an audience. While the politics of the hosts are light years away from mine, these programs actually do real journalism and cover real stories, unlike the rest of […]
Apparently, the memorial for Angelo Codevilla is going to be a public event. I had some important disagreements with Codevilla. Like most conservative critics of the US ruling class, his critique was largely limited to the left-wing of the ruling class (as opposed to figures like Chomsky and […]
For nearly a decade, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges has taught college courses in drama, literature, philosophy, and history within New Jersey’s prison system. In his latest book Our Class, Hedges reflects on his experience teaching a course at East Jersey State Prison, where his students began writing […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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