BYChris Walker, Truthout After two protesters were murdered by 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday night, the city’s Chief of Police Dan Miskinis appeared to imply in comments to media that it was the […]
by PAUL STREET The American ruling class says it is opposed to “big government.” It isn’t. The wealthy Few are only against what the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu called “the left hand of the state” – those parts […]
by RICHARD C. GROSS Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Trump administration orders shortening census taking by a month and slowing the activities of the United States Postal Service that may impact mail-in balloting have a common […]
BYMark Bray, Truthout The opening night of this week’s Republican National Convention (RNC) prominently featured a speech by Patricia and Mark McCloskey, the wealthy white couple who illegally brandished firearms at Black Lives Matter protesters in […]
BYElla Fassler, Truthout Each Republican National Convention (RNC) is met with protests and a corresponding police presence. The resistance against the 2020 convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, has taken on a particularly anti-racist character, in line […]
BYChris Walker, Truthout Two social media sites took bold action against accounts belonging to President Donald Trump and his presidential election campaign for sharing videos of an interview in which he made false statements about coronavirus. […]
BYWilliam Rivers Pitt, Truthout The still-potent remnants of a dying hurricane rumbled up from the south on Tuesday night and landed a big wet haymaker on my little corner of the northern woods. Electricity, phones — […]
BYWilliam Rivers Pitt, Truthout The second night of the Republican National Convention was bursting with disappointments for those of us who live to suffer, none more stinging than the sudden disappearance from the speaker’s list of […]
BYWilliam Rivers Pitt, Truthout The Los Angeles Times wins the prize for best description of the thing that happened on my TV last night: “Welcome to a parallel universe.” You cannot fully wrap your mind around what took place on […]
BYWilliam Rivers Pitt, Truthout The Republican National Convention (RNC) begins tonight, and I honestly don’t know how to complete this sentence. Many will watch, many more will not, and I’ll be fixated on this four-day failapalooza for […]