The president expresses frustration with North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, which have become one of his most vexing international problems.
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By Danny Sjursen / TomDispatch —
With Donald Trump’s generals considering renewed action, a U.S. Army strategist recalls his time in Afghanistan in 2011.
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By Henry Giroux —
In a U.K. commencement speech, the author urges grads to “confront the poisonous authoritarianism that is emerging in many countries today.” (Pictured, an anti-Trump march in London.)
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By Norman Solomon — At a time of increasing tensions, what’s at stake in the dynamics between the nuclear superpowers’ presidents is no less than the fate of the planet.
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By Sam Husseini / FAIR —
The integrity of the news process requires a more searching response than just CNN’s retraction of a Trump-Russia article and the resignation of three journalists. (Pictured, “Deep Throat” as depicted in “All the President’s Men.”)
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“Sinclair may be the most influential media company that you’ve never heard of,” the “Last Week Tonight” host says in exposing how the largest owner of local TV stations is pushing an alarming agenda.
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Trumpcare has turned single-payer opponents into unwitting proponents; nonpartisan journalism may be on its way out, and maybe that’s a good thing; meanwhile, much media coverage of the war in Syria has been questionable.
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By Chris Hedges — The gender-identity debate pits the trans narrative against radical feminists who insist that those born female require unique legal protection and physical spaces where they can fight against oppression and for equality.
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By Matt Smith and Lance Williams, Reveal —
The current lobbying push has links to a former disaster involving Mike Pence. Plus, Scott Pruitt’s industry connections run deep, and Trump Org had big plans for Soviet states.
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By Hope Yen, Associated Press —
GOP moderates and conservatives continue to disagree over the proposed Senate health care legislation.
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By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org —
As Republicans in Congress move to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Democrats are moving in the opposite direction, toward a universal single-payer system.
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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment —
The American Embassy in Kabul denied visitor visas to six high school girls who traveled 500 miles from the city of Herat to apply for those visas.
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By Michael P. Fangman —
Most doctors will say that the system is broken, and that only activist citizens can restore a sane, rational method of governance and problem-solving to America.
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By Jonathan Cook / AlterNet —
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh cast doubt on the White House narrative in Syria, but mainstream media continue to maintain radio silence on his revelations.
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