One of the rare times that Noam Chomskyās name has been mentioned on a big national NPR program came two months ago.…
Forty years ago, across a dozen pages of The Nation, I was in a debate with the English historian E.P. Thompson about the…
Forty years ago, across a dozen pages ofĀ The NationĀ magazine, I was in a debate with the English historian E. P. Thompson about…
In this year’s Ellsberg Lecture, Norman Solomon reflects on what Martin Luther King Jr. called ‘the madness of militarism’ and offers an…
For U.S. mass media, Henry Kissingerās quip that āpower is the ultimate aphrodisiacā rang true. Influential reporters and pundits often expressed their…
Over the weekend, Politico published the latest in a tidal wave of stories about President Bidenās dwindling prospects for re-election. Under the…
The governments of Israel and the United States are now in disagreement over how many Palestinian civilians itās okay to kill. Last…
For three weeks, President Biden has played a key role in backing Israelās war crimes while touting himself as a compassionate advocate…
Labels are central to the politics of media. And no label has been more powerful than āterrorist.ā A single standard of language…
When Israelās ambassador to the United Nations spoke outside the Security Council on Sunday, he said: āThis is Israelās 9/11. This is Israelās…
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