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The Four Catastrophes
The commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington has seen reflections and conversations about the nation's progress toward achieving Dr. Martin Luther King's dream of the …
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Obama’s Failed Hope and Change: “Forget the Politicians. They are Irrelevant”
The American Dream, it seems to me, is not even slightly ill. It's escaped, soared away into the sky like an eagle, so not even a great puffy Bicentennial …
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Cruise Missile Law Enforcement
Obama's actions in regard to Syria reflects the same lawlessness with which he directs his drone program.
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Fresh Hell When Congress Returns
Dave Johnson takes a look at the latest excuses for why Congress remains in a hopeless deadlock.
In Secret AT&T Deal, US Drug Agents Given Access to 26 Years of Americans’ Phone Records
Under a secretive DEA program called the Hemisphere Project, the agency has access to records of every phone call transmitted via AT&T's infrastructure dating back to 1987.
“Frackademia” by Law: Section 999 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Exposed
With the school year starting for many this week, it's another year of academia for professors across the United States - and another year of “frackademia” for an increasingly …
Brazil Police Torture and Disappear Favelas Residents With Impunity
Brazil's police have tortured and disappeared more people under democratic leadership (1985-present) than during its military dictatorship.
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Obama’s Political Capital and the Slippery Slope of Syria
“Time and again we have seen domestic agendas succumb to military adventures abroad — both because the military-industrial-congressional complex drains money that might otherwise be used for domestic goals,” …
Sarah Jaffe: The Best and Worst of Times for American Workers
Sarah Jaffe joins The Laura Flanders Show to discuss the exciting movements taking place within labor.
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Executive Excess 2013: Bailed Out, Booted, and Busted
Nearly 40 percent of the CEOs on the highest-paid lists from the past 20 years were eventually