Clemency Is Not Enough: Thousands Still Imprisoned For Nonviolent Marijuana Crimes
About 44 percent of federal marijuana inmates had no or very minimal criminal histories prior to their conviction, and over a third are over the age of 40.
MLK Now: Condola Rashad Reads Shirley Chisholm’s Presidential Campaign Announcement
“Thirty-six years ago, U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm became the first woman and the first black person to seek a major party’s presidential nomination.”
MLK Now: Chris Rock Reads James Baldwin’s “My Dungeon Shook”
Ryan Coogler, of Blackout for Human Rights, invited Chris Rock and other Hollywood artists to Harlem’s Riverside Church to celebrate Martin Luther King Day.
Daniel Ellsberg: Without Nuclear Threats, We Could Have Avoided Vietnam War
In order to maintain American empire, Americans are lied to “All the time. Every hour of the day,” according to the ‘“Pentagon Papers” whistleblower.
VIDEO: Who Profits From The Nonprofit Industrial Complex?
‘Tis better to give than to receive — but who are you giving to and who’s receiving? Activist Anna Kaminski and Act Out! dive into the non-profit industry.
LISTEN: Antony Loewenstein On Rapaciousness Of ‘Disaster Capitalism’
In “Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe,” Antony Loewenstein explains how multinational corporations profit from human suffering.
Shunned by the West, 10,000 Refugees Seek Asylum In Hong Kong
“People tend to forget that nobody chooses to be a refugee …’ Amid Hong Kong’s luxury, asylum seekers struggle to survive.
Top Military Brass Knew In Advance Vietnam War Would Fail, Daniel Ellsberg Reveals
Published in partnership with MintPress News. MINNEAPOLIS — MintPress News is proud to host “Lied to Death,” a 13-part audio conversation between famed whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and social justice activist Arn Menconi. Menconi wrote that these interviews are a “mixture of historical, political science and Dan’s sixty-year scholarly analysis as
Daniel Ellsberg: US Military-Industrial Complex Also Includes Big Corporations And Congress
“[The] CIA particularly represents the views of the Wall Street investment firms & the multinational corporations that they invest in,” noted the whistleblower.
US Frequently Uses Threat Of Nuclear War, Warns Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg
The Pentagon Papers whistleblower explains that the CIA exists to protect the president from being held accountable for our secret foreign policy.