Category: Culture Wars/Current Controversies

Fired for Being White? Judge Says Starbucks Ex-Manager Made Case for Reverse Discrimination

By Charles Toutant “From this evidence, a jury could find pretext because this testimony directly contradicts the reason given by defendant for plaintiff’s termination. Additionally, Starbucks’ lack of documentation is further evidence of pretext,” Slomsky said. A federal judge ruled that a former Starbucks regional manager made a […]

Democrats Are Violent Extremists

Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article:   Republicans are up in arms over remarks from the White House depicting the Trump-aligned faction of their party as “extremist”, which Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended Thursday by saying that MAGA Republicans are extremist because they disagree with […]

Fear of Fascism

By Tom Nichols, The Atlantic I’ve long resisted using the word fascism to describe Donald Trump and his Republican followers, but we have to overcome our reluctance to use strong language and admit that America is now beset by a dangerous antidemocratic movement masquerading as a party. First, […]

Graham Says Trump Loyalists Will React Violently If Former President Is Indicted

By Chris Walker, Truthout On Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) suggested on Fox News that officials should stop inquiries into former President Donald Trump’s misconduct, warning that an indictment against the former chief executive could result in violence by his loyalists. Graham, himself a Trump loyalist, didn’t acknowledge the attack […]

What’s in a classified document?

By Tom Nichols, The Atlantic The flap over Trump’s document cache at Mar-a-Lago has become a political fight, but it’s important for American voters to understand why classified documents are classified and how the GOP’s rationalizations endanger our security. But first, here are three new stories from The […]

FLASHBACK: The Bankster Bailouts (2009)

Video playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. FLASHBACK: The Bankster Bailouts (2009) Economics 101 The Corbett Report FROM 2009: In this flashback to the Economics 101 series, Michel Chossudovsky of globalresearch.ca explains the circular mechanism by which the banks become creditors of the very government […]