Thursday, May 1, 2025

Too Big to Fail, Too Dangerous to Ignore

There’s only one way to protect the global economy from the dangers of too-big-to-fail banks: Break them up.

Ethiopia: Amhara genocide and the threat of civil war

If peace, social harmony and democracy are to be established, long-term constitutional reform is needed, ethnic federalism abandoned and fair and open parliamentary elections held. 

Report card: Six months into Biden’s presidency

It’s not clear—will Biden get America back to where it was before Trump?

Gearing up for battle in 2018

How we respond to this crisis in the coming months will decide the future of our nation.

Engaging North Korea successfully on human rights

Despite a generally abysmal human rights record, North Korea has shown improvement in one specific area: disability rights.

Top Five Things Congress Should Investigate Instead of Benghazi (Video)

There are real problems with U.S. policies and actual places where wrongdoings have occurred. Juan Cole suggests five investigations Congress should focus on rather than Benghazi.

Why are liberals defending the outrageous secrecy of this supposedly ‘democratic’ nation?

Trump's legal troubles are exposing a National Security state run amok.

The time for a debate on gun control is now

The list of massacre sites will continue to grow, without end, until we have the debate and enact sensible gun control.

In Whose America?

Tom Engelhardt reflects on the state of America: machine Guns, MRAPs, surveillance, drones, permanent war and a permanent election campaign. Don’t be shocked—we, the people, are less in control of anything.

Exxon’s Never-Ending Big Dig

The question is: Why on God’s-not-so-green-Earth-anymore would anyone want to be Exxon’s partner?