In a candid and lengthy discussion in Managua, Ortega claims his Sandinista government defeated a U.S.-backed coup.
Racial diversity in the hands of the ruling elites—political and corporate—is a tool for preserving white privilege, wealth and power.
The Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity urged the president to stay in the Iran nuclear deal and not base his decision on fabricated evidence.
The confirmation hearing for the CIA director nominee offers a chance to show how the U.S. government manufactures consent through insidious means.
Long-standing federal statutes limit the use of troops to enforce domestic civil law. But don't be surprised if this president tries anyway.
John Bolton was seen as one of the "crazies" in the George W. Bush administration. Now he will be the national security adviser for Donald Trump.
Two dozen former U.S. intelligence officers cite torture she oversaw while supervising a black site prison, and her role in destroying evidence.
What made the editor and publisher of Consortiumnews a trailblazer for independent journalism also burned bridges with the media establishment.
In a memo to President Trump, former U.S. intelligence officers cite forensic studies that indicate data was leaked (not hacked) by a DNC insider, then doctored to incriminate Russia.
The president and his advisers hoped that the dismissal of the FBI director would end their "Russiagate" ordeal, but it might have only fanned the flames.
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