August 2017

Or How I Learned Not to Love Big Brother By Alfred W. McCoy [This piece has been adapted and expanded from…

Racism’s economic effects are pernicious.​ August 24, 2017 By Bryce Covert WN: Similar realities obtain of course in Canada. Please see…

Former British ambassador expresses shock at president's rhetoric as U.N. panel issues warning on Charlottesville response Published on Wednesday, August…

James Clapper questioned the US president’s ‘fitness to be in this office’ after his speech in Phoenix, joining a growing…

AUG 21, 2017 COLUMNS by Juan Cole an excerpt: In fact, we are all climate criminals and saboteurs. The US…

The evangelical Christian movement has been at war with environmentalism for decades—but the stakes have never been higher. By ALLIE…

Steven Paulikas THE STONE AUG. 14, 2017 photo above: Jeff Swensen for The New York Times excerpts: Jeffress told The Post,…

AUGUST 18, 2017 by PAUL STREET excerpts: Increasingly, though, one really must wonder if the arch-authoritarian racist idiot Donald Trump will…

The hate must end. August 13, 2017 This weekend, hundreds of alt-right white supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, to hold…

  Lorraine Chow Aug. 11, 2017 09:56AM EST In Europe, electric vehicles are not just a low-emission way of getting from A…

August 12, 2017 John Kiriakou Contributor photo above: President Kennedy minutes before his assassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.…

With "highest concentration of CO2 in the air in 800,000 years," how much more proof does president need? Published on…

by Abby Zimet, staff writer illustration above: by The Spectator We can't even. Tensions with North Korea continue to escalate,…

How Alcoholics Anonymous Relates to Christianity, Cal Chambers, North Vancouver BC: Bridging the Gap Enterprise, 1998. WN: The book is…

In previous nuclear standoffs, Trump’s predecessors knew when to hold back from further antagonising the other side. But now there…

Sunday, July 23, 2017 By Sam Pizzigati, Inequality.org | News Analysis WN: Jesus says more about wealth and power than most things. The…

Monday, August 07, 2017 By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | Report photo above: The Amazon Rainforest, the most biologically diverse place on…

The Post-Cold-War Consensus Collapses Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, The Great Hysteria Posted by Andrew Bacevich at 6:10am, August 8, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on…

Posted on Aug 6, 2017 On Sunday [August 6, 2017], the Internet Party of New Zealand live-streamed a general election campaign event featuring guests…