There are no institutions, including the press, an electoral system, the imperial presidency, the courts or the penal system, that can be defined as democratic. Only the fiction of democracy remains.
By Chris Hedges
ScheerPost.com
There is a fatal disconnect between a political system t
From the Supreme Court's ruling on Roe v. Wade to the persecution of whistleblowers, this July 4th exploded with reasons not to celebrate.
By John Kiriakou
Special to Consortium News
A friend of mine is one of the producers of the annual July 4 celebration in Washington, D.C. Every year