Youth Mental Health DRAMATICALLY Worsened During Pandemic, Media IGNORES The Issue
Team Rising discuss childrens’ mental health and pandemic school closures.
Team Rising discuss childrens’ mental health and pandemic school closures.
By Anna Mulrine Grobe Christian Science Monitor When her husband was a Marine Corps sergeant, Bianca Strzalkowski struggled with what, to the couple, felt like a shameful secret: Even on their active-duty military salary, which included a housing allowance, they could not afford enough food and diapers for […]
Team Rising debates the impact of the Build Back Better bill’s apparent failure on Democrats’ performance in next year’s midterms.
Krystal and Saagar tell the story of graduate students at NYU who are paying sky high prices for tuition and living expenses that leads to colossal debt and desperate methods to pay it off
By Paul Gottfried, American Greatness If Democrats can get their way legislatively within the next few months, they may do better than expected in November. The Greek historian Polybius begins his history of the Punic Wars by explaining that Rome “from the beginning” was driven by a single […]
By Keith Preston Every so often, I like to provide readers with an updated description of who I am and what I do as newer readers are constantly coming to Attack the System who are unaware of this site’s history. I’ve written previous narratives containing the backstory of […]
By MARK OSBORNE and DEENA ZARU A truck driver who was sentenced to 110 years in prison for a fatal accident in Colorado has been resentenced to 10 years after an outcry from family and advocates. Gov. Jared Polis announced the commutation of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos’ sentence Thursday. “I […]
By Thomas Gibbons-Neff MARJAH, Afghanistan — The tea was hot. The room, oppressive and dusty. And the Taliban commander I sat across from in a bullet-scarred building in southern Afghanistan had tried to kill me a little over a decade ago. As I had tried to kill him. […]
LISTEN HERE ‘Cotto/Gottfried’ is the thinking man’s current events show. Rather than run with sound-bite-driven ‘interviews’ which last only a few minutes or sensationalist ‘debates’ where the host shouts down the person being addressed, appropriate consideration is given to worthwhile ideas. Knowledge, rather than pandering, is the focal […]
By VERONIQUE DE RUGY Reason For decades, libertarians have focused on illiberalism coming from the political left. But authoritarianism has taken root among many conservatives across the world. At the eve of a new year, it’s traditional to make a resolution or two. I have no such list […]
It’s Going Down In this latest episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we are joined with a participant of the CrimethInc. collective as we spend several hours broadly discussing contemporary anarchist history and organization, the impact of both material conditions and repression on those organizational forms, how […]
Crimethinc n Greece, the right-wing New Democracy government came to power in summer 2019, initiating a campaign of repression targeting refugees and the anarchist movement. The following spring, the COVID-19 pandemic hit Greece, enabling New Democracy to clamp down yet further. Yet anarchists have shown considerable resilience, shifting […]
WHO AM I: I’m Dami, a licensed Architect living in Vancouver, BC. I make videos about architecture, career, and creativity. WEBSITE – https://www.damilee.com
By Kaia Hubbard, US News and World Report Long-standing political divisions within states are being heightened in a hyper-partisan climate, fueling secession movements across the country as walking away is looking easier than coming together. When three rural Maryland counties recently threatened to secede from the state, citing […]
By William G. Gale and Darrell M. West Brookings Institute One troubling sign of our deteriorating civic mood is the shocking breadth of support for secession in the United States. At a time of widespread polarization—where people are arguing over a supposedly stolen election, vaccine mandates, mask-wearing, and […]
By Thomas L. Knapp, The Knappster … but they just can’t bring themselves to admit error, hubris, or falsehood. Flashback to March of 2020. Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask …. […]
By Jamie Lee Curtis Taete, The Guardian Fifty years after a golden age for the spiritual groups, many have disbanded. But pockets remain throughout the state Half a century ago, you could barely walk down the street in California without tripping over some kind of fringe spiritual sect […]
By Lindsey Ellefson Yahoo News! The BBC apologized Thursday for a Wednesday segment that featured Jeffrey Epstein’s former lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, discussing the guilty verdicts against Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. In addition to previously representing Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, Dershowitz […]
By Caroline Mimbs Nyce The Atlantic The United States is logging record-setting numbers of coronavirus cases in the final week of 2021. The country is now averaging more than 300,000 new cases per day as it prepares to enter a third calendar year spent battling the pandemic. We […]
By Joel Mathis, The Week For me, 2021 will always be the year Donald Trump didn’t go away. I had thought — and predicted — that shorn of office and social media access, the former president would be forced to give up the spotlight. And it’s true that […]
By Bonnie Kristian, The Week This article is part of The Week‘s 20th anniversary section, looking back at how the world has changed since our first issue was published in April 2001. Saint Paul considered himself an “apostle to the Gentiles” though he did not number among them, […]
By Brendan Morrow, The Week The gunman who killed five people and left others injured in the Denver area this week was apparently “targeting specific people” and knew the victims, police say. Five people were killed on Monday in a shooting spree in Denver and Lakewood, Colorado, and officials […]
By Brendan Morrow The Week It’s finally Boba Fett’s time to shine. The second live-action Star Wars series on Disney+, The Book of Boba Fett, premiered Wednesday, putting the spotlight on the fan favorite bounty hunter best known for bringing Han Solo to Jabba the Hutt in the original trilogy. As a quick refresher: […]
By AntiBoomerEquation Prophet Battlestone’s Amysterium Those who put any effort into studying historical fascism will know that it was associated with syndicalism (worker self-management of industries) and corporatism (as in medieval or Roman society, where the different orders have representation on government and self regulation of affairs). It […]
By Frank Fang, Epoch Times Cuba and China have signed a cooperation plan to push forward construction projects under Beijing’s controversial overseas infrastructure program, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which has saddled many participating countries with heavy debt loads. The Chinese Embassy in Cuba announced the agreement […]
From Freeman Behind the Wall.
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By Eric Boehm Reason A one percentage point increase in interest rates translates into a $30 trillion increase in interest costs on the national debt. The optimistic scenario goes like this. America shakes off what remains of the pandemic in the coming months without the need for trillions […]
Matt Taibbi makes the case that if Democrats don’t change their tune on parental influence in school curriculum, they’re doomed in 2022.
Kim Iversen and Robby Soave discuss how travel restrictions have resulted in the rescheduling of a Joe Rogan show in Vancouver.
Kim Iversen and Robby Soave discuss disturbing attacks on human rights and press freedom happening worldwide.
2021 was a historic year in America’s judicial system. From the Derek Chauvin trial for the murder of George Floyd to the Kyle Rittenhouse trial in Kenosha, take a look back at the biggest courtroom moments of the year.
Krystal and Saagar are joined by nonprofit director and former rancher Bill Bullard to better understand how large meatpackers are ripping off ranchers and the American people
Emily Jashinsky, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to a jury finding Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on five charges related to child sex trafficking,
Krystal and Saagar break down the decision by New York State’s Joint Commission of Public Ethics to demand Andrew Cuomo forfeit the profits from his book after he used state resources to complete it
Kim Iversen details the alleged NIH and CDC effort to discredit some experts’ COVID-19 opinions.
Krystal and Saagar respond to the surprising comments made by MSNBC pundits that expressed criticism over Nancy Pelosi’s justification of insider trading by members of congress
Robby Soave makes the case that schools should not go back to virtual education, despite some teachers’ expressed interest in doing so.
Krystal and Saagar examine the new data showing how poorly the graduating class of 2020 has fared in the job market and what that means for America going forward
Kim Iversen and Robby Soave discuss the blowback to the CDC’s new quarantine requirements, as well as Dr. Fauci’s change in rhetoric surrounding risk and COVID-19.
Of the ten, Trump and maybe Hogan are the least dangerous. The other eight would be 100% neocon puppets, while Hogan would probably be a 90% neocon puppet and Trump an 85% neocon puppet. The 2024 presidential election may still be three years away, but Republicans have already […]
By Ryan Cooper, The Week This can’t be fixed with minor tweaks, as tens of millions of Americans increasingly realize. New evidence recently emerged about a Los Angeles police officer fatally shooting two people on December 23: one a seemingly deranged man who was assaulting random people in […]
By Ryan Cooper, The Week Leftists are stronger than they have been since the 1940s. But it might not last. This article is part of The Week‘s 20th anniversary section, looking back at how the world has changed since our first issue was published in April 2001. Rep. Barbara […]
By Damon Linker, The Week Family of mine in the rural Midwest recently told me they’ve begun to see flags flying outside private homes bearing the message, “F–k Biden.” Underneath that statement, in smaller typeface, the thought continues: “…and f–k you for voting for him.” If you’re surprised […]
Krystal and Saagar talk about the economic fortunes of young Americans, liberals criticizing Pelosi’s corruption, Andrew Cuomo’s book, the spike in meat prices, and more! Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Timestamps: Young People: 0:00 – 6:16 Pelosi: 6:17 – 11:30 Cuomo: 11:31 – 16:56 Meat Prices: 16:57 – 26:50
Can’t wait for this to be sold to Moderna so we can “create shareholder value.” It will be given to Big Pharma for free in exchange for a campaign donation.
He wanted to “drain the swamp,” but didn’t have the balls to pardon the two men most responsible for hurting said swamp. Dude is a fraud. Always has been, always will be.
Never underestimate Joe’s ability to [Brandon] things up! – Barack Obama
Take a look back at some of the top highlights from Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) from 2021, her first full calendar year in Washington D.C.
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel was wildly successful at maintaining a German–and European–status quo nearly two decades. While her tenure will almost assuredly be remembered as the Golden Age of a unified, post-war Germany, the deeper structural issues Merkel failed to address risk undermining the stability and success […]
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