5 Reasons The Left Should Hate Obama’s Legacy
Is Obama’s legacy really all butterflies and rainbow flags? Lee Camp offers a more realistic look at President Obama’s contribution to America.… Read the rest The post 5 Reasons The Left Should Hate...
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When the President Goes to Prison
Jack (CC BY-ND-NC 2.0) Andrew Cohen writes at the Brennan Center for Justice: When President Barack Obama goes to Oklahoma Thursday and enters the medium-security federal prison FCI-El Reno he will be...
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With Final Stamp of Approval, White House Places Fate of Arctic in Shell’s Hands
Activists in Seattle protest against Shell’s Arctic drilling plans. (Photo: Backbone Campaign/flickr/cc) This post originally appeared on Common Dreams. See more of Lauren McCauley’s posts here....
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Noam Chomsky: Why America Is the Gravest Threat to World Peace
Jackie (CC BY-ND 2.0) Noam Chomsky via Alternet/TomDispatch: To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com here. Throughout the world...
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Why Republicans Vote for Bernie
DonkeyHotey (CC BY 2.0) Thom Hartmann via Campaign for America’s Future/Nation of Change: Ann Coulter knows who she wants to be the Democratic nominee for president, and who that person is, well, it...
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GOP’s Favorite Socialist Program Lost $8.5 Trillion And Will Bankrupt America
Rmuse via Politics USA: For several years, if not decades, Republicans have, and still do, claim that any American who is not anti-government, anti-taxation, anti-women’s rights, anti-immigration,...
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The Verdict is in: Guess Who’s The Worst President in US History?
Mark Rain (CC BY 2.0) Jeff61b via HubPages: Americans of all stripes love to debate which president was best or worst. This is a subject that is too important to rely on opinion polls, which are skewed...
View ArticleEverybody Loves A Whistleblower!
Why? Well because whistleblowers expose fraud, abuse, waste or illegality. So why is our government cracking down on the very people trying to better the system…? View the full episode:...
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Mutually Agreed Peace: Ending The Doctrine of Perpetual War
Ethan Indigo Smith via Waking Times: “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” ~ Pericles Everything is ultimately political these...
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The CIA and the Media: 50 Facts the World Needs to Know
Prof. James F. Tracy via Global Research: Since the end of World War Two the Central Intelligence Agency has been a major force in US and foreign news media, exerting considerable influence over what...
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Psy-Op: Executive Order Creates an Orwellian Policy of Enlightenment and...
This article originally appeared on Activist Post. By Daisy Luther The ink is still wet on a brand new executive order that reads like a cross between the Reich’s Ministry of Enlightenment and...
View Article9/11 and the Belligerent Empire
In September 11th’s episode of The Empire Files on TeleSUR, Abby Martin examines the two major wars launched under the “Global War on Terror” – their historical development and their aftermath....
View ArticleRalph Nader & Abby Martin on the Corporate Elections
On this week’s episode of The Empire Files, Abby Martin interviews American political figure Ralph Nader about the 2016 presidential race—from the “Brown Shirt” Trump movement to “corporate criminal”...
View ArticleViolence Prevention Groups Push Obama to Take Bold Action on Guns
Violence prevention groups are demanding that U.S. President Barack Obama ‘put his money where his mouth is’ and take decisive action on gun safety. The call came on Monday after Obama met... The post...
View Article‘Something Is Very Wrong Here’: Outrage Swells Over Deportation Raids
A growing chorus of voices, including many from within the president’s own party, is expressing outrage over President Barack Obama’s recent crackdown on immigrants and refugees, with U.S. Sen. Bernie...
View ArticleHow Much Do We Hate Our Children?
When President Barack Obama recently made an impassioned plea to do something about the proliferation of gun violence in America, he drew upon the images of elementary school children gunned down in......
View ArticleIran Receives New Sanctions After Prisoner Exchange
Less than 24 hours after the prisoner exchange the Obama administration announced Sunday that it was imposing new sanctions on Iran for violating United Nations resolutions against ballistic missile...
View ArticleDeciphering the Syrian War Chessboard
To simplify this web of enemies and friends Abby Martin interviews Dr. Vijay Prashad, professor of International Studies at Trinity College and author of several books The post Deciphering the Syrian...
View ArticleStriking Analysis of Civil Rights Complaints Sheds Light on Why Police...
Newspaper investigation reveals that federal prosecutors failed to pursue civil rights complaints against police officers 96 percent of cases The post Striking Analysis of Civil Rights Complaints Sheds...
View ArticleWhat two legal scholars learned from studying 70 years of Supreme Court...
Within hours after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made clear his intention to preemptively block President Obama’s then-unnamed nominee. The post What two...
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