Media Silent As US-Backed Saudi Forces Starve Half Million Yemeni Children
The United Nations warned that 8,000 children could suffer from severe malnutrition in 2016. And that’s just in one southern city in Yemen.
Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide Is Aided By Friends In High Places
The U.S. States supports Myanmar, despite atrocities against its Muslim minority, in hopes of accessing its oil and putting increased pressure on China.
VIDEO: Empires & Justice In The Middle East With Viggo Mortensen
The empire continues to crumble, but like most empires, if not all of them, when they go down they don’t go down gracefully. – Viggo Mortensen
Are We There Yet? The Promise, Perils and Politics of Penal Reform
The reach of the carceral state is truly breathtaking, extending well beyond the estimated 2.2 million people sitting in jail or prison today in America.
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.