Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “I dwell in possibility.” — Emily Dickinson We cannot read the future but we can read the present. Both the probabilities and possibilities that wha... Read more
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He was one of five University of Buffalo faculty members fired for not signing loyalty oaths. In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled in their favor. [...]
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After the State Department overhauled the process for choosing an artist for the Venice Biennale, it gave control to a woman who previously owned a pet food store. [...]
Rightwing culture warrior Christopher Rufo on the Joe Rogan Experience. Rightwing culture warrior Christopher Rufo on the Joe Rogan Experience. Rightwing culture warrior Christopher Rufo on the Joe Rogan Experience. [...]
To make Steal This Story, Please! Co-directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin spent about three years wearing out the proverbial shoe leather tailing Amy Goodman, that journalistic scourge of the [...]
The only person to declare war on Iran was Donald Trump, who approached the campaign as if playing with ships in one of Jeffrey Epstein’s hot tubs. Trump went to [...]
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