academiccompositionab
Empowerment Equalizer
SSaragian
Antony Sammeroff
Ann Sterzinger
Rodney
RJ
busterjames
cainusmaxus
Craig FitzGerald
David Heleniak
Caity & Dan Greene
keirmartland
Keith Preston
Bill the Butcher
ljp711
MRDA
Jack Donovan
Rachel Haywire
comrade hermit
Michael
Vince
Regan
robertstark2014
Noonan
S E Pearson
Rachel Haywire
Nexus X HumectressBy Matthew Sanger and Lewis Borck The genesis of our special section, “Anarchy and Archaeology,” was a symposium chaired by Matthew Sanger and Lewis Borck at the 80th annual SAA meeting in San Francisco. At that time and as the issue took shape, few expected the outcome of […]
By Pedro Gonzalez Chronicles The sound of screams replaced the music as a red Ford Escape slammed into the crowd, killing six people and wounding more than 60 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Nov. 21. Amid the bloodbath that evening were dead and dying victims as old as 81 […]
By John M. Vella Chronicles Minds Wide Shut: How the New Fundamentalisms Divide Us by Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro Princeton University Press 336 pp., $29.95 Fundamentalism has long been considered a religious phenomenon, a narrowmindedness that only afflicts Bible-thumping extremists. Yet fundamentalist thinking is everywhere today, […]
However much some folks may be inclined to make fun of this, I suspect it is the key to ending Wokeism. Just let everyone identify as whatever they want to identify as. By Zbigniew Janowski Chronicles Equality is undergoing a new renaissance in which all identities are fluid […]
By Paul Gottfried, Chronicles Two years ago, Gracy Olmstead, a journalist who writes on farming and farming communities, partnered with Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) to compose a list of those whom she and the Institute view as “conservatives.” Of the now deceased figures who appear on Olmstead’s list, […]
How strong is the West’s resolve when it comes to Ukraine? A steady diet of diplomacy so far failing to lift the uncertainty over Vladimir Putin’s true intentions when it comes to those 100-thousand troops amassed at the border.
Krystal and Saagar are joined by Daily Poster journalist David Sirota for the weekly collaboration to talk about how BlackRock is greenwashing polluters and the failure of Democratic Party leadership.
By Mike Gleason, Money Metals Exchange This week is shaping up to be a pivotal one for precious metals markets with some breakout price action on the board. As the U.S. stock market got pounded, hard assets perked up on safe-haven buying. These are the times that prove […]
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — January 21, 2022) – An Oklahoma state representative introduced legislation this week that would enable the State Treasurer to protect Sooner State funds from inflation and financial risk by holding physical gold and silver. Introduced by Rep. Sean Roberts, HB 3681 would include physical […]
By Lee Fang, The Intercept NGOs looking to provide emergency aid to Afghanistan are turning to cryptocurrency. When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August of last year, Fereshteh Forough feared that the group would close her school in Herat, the country’s third-largest city. Code to Inspire, an […]
By Joe Lauria, Consortium News When the U.S. overthrows a foreign government it either works from the top down, the bottom up, or through military invasion, writes Joe Lauria. Throughout the long, documented history of the United States illegally overthrowing governments of foreign lands to build a global […]
By W. James Antle III, The Week “If the U.S. and NATO aren’t willing to put troops on the line to defend Ukraine, and American allies can’t agree on a sanctions package, hasn’t the U.S. and the West lost nearly all of its leverage over [Russian President] Vladimir […]
By David Faris, The Week Squandered promise in a presidency that was supposed to be transformational. It was supposed to be “an FDR-sized presidency.” In the spring and summer of 2020, after Joe Biden had rolled up the Democratic nomination and polls were predicting a decisive, double-digit victory […]
By Matt Taibbi “Two amputee British actors, sitting in a tree, something, something, C-O-W!” Plus, a contest with prizes! Esteemed Yale professor Samuel Moyn tweeted this yesterday, cruelly tagging me and forcing a look at New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s latest: Samuel Moyn 🔭 @samuelmoyn Count of […]
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A jury has been selected in the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing. Eighteen jurors were chosen after questioning by the judge on Thursday — 12 who will deliberate […]
By Nani Sahra Walker Los Angeles The California State University announced it has added caste as a protected category in its systemwide anti-discrimination policy, a hard-fought policy deeply meaningful to Dalit students of South Asian descent. The Cal State policy came after years of activism from Dalit students and […]
Kim Iversen details the state of workplace vaccine mandates, now that the Biden administration’s influence is gone.
Krystal and Saagar talk with policy expert Matt Stoller about Microsoft’s decision to buy gaming giant Activision Blizzard and how it could affect the video game industry
Missouri candidate for Senate, Lucas Kunce, details why stopping members of Congress and their families from trading individual stocks doesn’t go far enough.
Krystal and Saagar review the charges brought by the NY Attorney General against the Trump organization and consider how they will affect his decision to run for President again in 2024
Hard to convince someone to do something when every strategy over the past two years has failed. Blame the CDC, FDA, MSM and politicians.
Former presidential candidate Marianne Williamson weighs in on President Biden’s big press conference yesterday, as well as what his administration needs to do to earn votes come election day.
Krystal and Saagar comment on the new video showing a US drone strike killing a family of innocent civilians in Afghanistan that the Pentagon tried to cover up
American politics is more of a spectacle than about actual policy
Team Rising reacts to the Biden administration’s legal defense of their continued use of Title 42 to deport migrants without screening them for asylum.
Saagar details how Wall Street firms such as BlackRock and BlackStone have begun taking over the housing market in an effort to destroy the American Dream of buying a home and raising a family
The murder rate has also gone up in red states like Texas. it’s gone up across the board. The US society is a breeding ground for antisocial behavior and antisocial people tend to have antisocial children because they abuse them, neglect them, etc so it is not easy […]
Robby Soave breaks down the rumors surrounding supposed infighting between Supreme Court Justices over mask-wearing.
Krystal and Saagar weigh in on the debate about challenging Biden through a primary vs a third party after Marianne Williamson and Andrew Yang went back and forth on strategic differences
Ah, this guy was HILARIOUS when he got called out for the “Camel through the eye of the needle” quote about his money.
Ryan Grim digs into a trend of suspected censorship on TikTok.
Krystal and Saagar scrutinize the scandal coming out of NPR after a viral fake news story about the Supreme Court was debunked by the Justices themselves
For the past four decades – throughout the neoliberal period – the American President figurehead has been mandated with maintaining the status quo of neoliberal and libertarian ideological fundamentalism. While this situation remains perpetuated, the American system can only go “sideways and downways,” as America presents as a […]
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss the possible peak of the east coast’s Omicron wave, as well as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to drop most of the country’s pandemic restrictions.
Krystal takes a look at how the neoliberals in mainstream media have begun to abandon the Biden administration and blame Bernie for the collapse of the Biden presidency
Excellent news. Business leaders, government leaders and journalists are basically the same group of people these days. The interconnectedness of them is insane.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to breaking news on the CIA’s assessment of the cause of Havana Syndrome.
Krystal and Saagar cover the long press conference given by President Biden where he made notable statements about his policy agenda going forward and his long term plans
The author of the new book “San Fransicko,” says the homelessness crisis is an addiction and mental health crisis enabled by policies that permit open-air drug scenes on public property and prevent police from enforcing laws Full text and links: https://reason.com/video/2022/01/19/h… —————— Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ReasonTV?sub_… […]
By Sam Sweeney National Review Recently I was in the city of Hassakeh, Syria, sitting and making small talk with two Syrians, one Kurdish and the other Syriac Christian. The Christian said he would like to invite me to his house but, because he lives in the government-controlled […]
By Michael Brendan Dougherty National Review The white upper middle class is deranging American politics. We should have seen it coming. In 2010, America’s last famous novelist, Jonathan Franzen, launched on the reading public Freedom, his tale of a striving family headed by Walter and Patty Berglund. They […]
By Micah Meadowcroft, The American Conservative American politics, like American life, is more than D.C. and the federal government. This was going to be a different column. The federal government, made up of three branches as it is, provides a convenient typography for political actors and reformers. There […]
This is a pretty nuanced discussion of this issue. By Ronald Weitzer, Global Policy This is part of a forthcoming Global Policy e-book on modern slavery. Contributions from leading experts highlighting practical and theoretical issues surrounding the persistence of slavery, human trafficking and forced labour are being serialised here over the coming months. Ronald […]
By Amanda Lee in Beijing and Orange Wang South China Morning Press China’s Ministry of Commerce has insisted that tariffs on its goods be removed, after US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he was not ready to lift the Trump-era taxes because Beijing had failed to […]
By Julian E. Barnes New York Times WASHINGTON — The C.I.A. has found that most cases of the mysterious ailments known as Havana syndrome are unlikely to have been caused by Russia or another foreign adversary, agency officials said, a conclusion that angered victims. A majority of the […]
So far Biden has been less hawkish than the Democratic establishment and wider power elite would like for him to be. Hopefully, this will be a pattern. WATCH HERE
By Cody J. Wisniewski, The American Conservative Contrary to popular misconceptions, the Second Amendment did not create a right to keep and bear arms. Rather, the Second Amendment acknowledges and seeks to protect the People’s natural right to self-defense and the tools required for the exercise of that right, which […]
Krystal and Saagar talk about Biden’s press conference, charges brought against Trump, drone strike footage, Marianne Williamson’s comments about the two party system, NPR’s discredited SCOTUS reporting, late stage neoliberalism, wall street capturing the housing market, an anti-trust outlook with Matt Stoller, and more! Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Matt Stoller: […]
The two sides in the Red/Blue conflict make greatly exaggerated claims about each other. For instance, I don’t see Trump as a “fascist” or even a “conservative.” I see him more as a Nixon-like figure, an instinctive Rockefeller Republican who uses populism to appeal to the conventional working […]
Happily, neocons are the smallest group. By Alayna Treene, author of Sneak Peek The post-Trump Republican Party cares most about issues in seven key categories, with most prioritizing economic issues like job creation and limited government, according to a new survey conducted by former President Trump’s chief 2016 and […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
Recent Comments