Marc Cooper / Verso BooksMay 16, 2023
The last man standing in defense of the “bourgeois” constitution would be the Marxist President, AK-47 in hand. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )
Peter Grinspoon / Prometheus BooksApr 20, 2023
In 2019, more than 500,000 Americans were arrested for cannabis-related charges, the vast majority for simple possession. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
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Kevin Gosztola / Seven Stories Press & Censored PressApr 7, 2023
How the FBI relied on an Icelandic criminal and diagnosed sociopath to indict Julian Assange, and met unusual resistance from the Icelandic government. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Alexander Zaitchik / Counterpoint PressMar 30, 2023
Seventy-five years ago in Chicago, a conservative project was hatched to cure classical economics of its aversion to patents and monopolies. The drug companies were its first and biggest beneficiaries. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
Ralph Engelman, Carey Shenkman / University of Illinois PressJan 3, 2023
How the Espionage Act of 1917 is the most important yet least understood law threatening freedom of the press in modern American history. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Jen Lyons, Marcelle Swinburne, Sierra Kaul, Gavin Kelley, and Mickey Huff / Project CensoredDec 13, 2022
The corporate news media’s coverage of the billionaire space race epitomizes what Carl Jensen calls "Junk Food News." Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Stephen Bezruchka / RoutledgeNov 28, 2022
We will only achieve a truly healthy society by redistributing a little from the rich to the poor. In an era of staggering inequality, we can easily afford it. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies / OR BooksNov 1, 2022
"The Minsk II Accords", excerpt from "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict" by Media Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies. Looks at the backstory to the launch of Russia's war. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Ellen Brown / TruthdigJun 3, 2019
The U.S. government is unnecessarily feeding the “financialized” economy in which money makes money without producing new goods and services. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Rayyan Al-Shawaf / TruthdigApr 27, 2019
A young Iraqi man attending college in Florida sees his life upended by 9/11 in this excerpt from the novel "When All Else Fails." Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
By Ray Nowosielski and John DuffyJan 29, 2019
How did waterboarding and mass surveillance become normalized in the post-9/11 CIA? Who was part of the agency's "Manson Family"? Read on. Dig deeper ( 49 Min. Read )
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