All Views Articles for 2019-10-02

Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Boris Johnson preparing for his speech to Conservative Party Conference 2019. (Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/PA Images) Sonya Sceats
This "Strong Man" Populism Is Alarmingly Familiar to People Here Fleeing Human Rights Abuses
The Trump and Johnson administrations’ attacks on the judiciary and lawmakers are part of a broader rise of authoritarianism, and must be seen alongside shocking recently unearthed comments about the use of torture.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., joined by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Charles P. Pierce
Schiff Makes Clear All Trump Efforts to Obstruct House Inquiry Will Be Added to Articles of Impeachment
Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff just provided a preemptive autopsy of Trump's presidency.
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Democracies will only begin to revive when we reverse the Reagan Revolution and return to the classical economic and political systems that existed in the Western world before the neoliberal 1980s. (Photo: Marion Ross/flickr/cc) Thom Hartmann
If We Want US Democracy Back, We Must Undo Attack on Middle Class Launched by Reagan
So long as the governments of America and other countries are captives of oligarchs and big corporations, and hang onto anti-worker, anti-middle-class neoliberal policies, citizens will continue to drift toward hard-right “populist" politicians.
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In political terms, there is nothing divided about Israel. In this month’s general election, 90 per cent of Israeli Jews voted for parties that identify as being either on the militaristic, anti-Arab right or on the religious, anti-Arab far-right. (Photo: Jordi Bernabeu Farrús/Flickr/cc) Jonathan Cook
Why Israel Is Struggling to Find a Way Out of Its Political Deadlock
The reality is that there is strong unity in Israel—over shared, deeply ugly attitudes towards Palestinians, whether citizens or those under occupation. Paradoxically, the only obstacle to realising that unity is Netanyahu’s efforts to cling to power.
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Protesters rally outside the Saudi Arabia Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, where journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed Oct. 2, 2018. (Photo: Ozan Kose / AFP/Getty Images ) Ben Freeman , William Hartung
Trump and Money Are Shielding Saudi Arabia From Accountability for Khashoggi's Killing
One year after Khashoggi’s killing, and 4 ½ years into the brutal Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, Congress and the president have yet to hold Saudi Arabia accountable.
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A tax penalty on extreme pay gaps would give corporations an incentive to finally narrow these obscene divides. (Photo: Screenshot/Youtube) Sarah Anderson
We’ve Waited Too Long for Corporations to Fix the CEO Pay Problem on Their Own
A decade after bonus-chasing executives like Angelo Mozilo crashed the economy, we need tax incentives to push companies to narrow the gaps between CEO and worker pay.
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Anaiah Thomas
I Climate Strike Because This Is Zero Hour
We need everyone to join young people, frontline youth and Indigenous peoples around the world—because we will not stop, because we have no other choice.
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We need health care system designed to care for people, not profits—and Medicare for All is the best way we can do that. (Photo: Shutterstock) Michael Wallis
Every Single One of My Patients Deserves Medicare for All
If my patient needs a heart procedure, we should decide that together—not some insurance company.
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Democratic presidential candidates participate in the third Democratic Presidential Debate in Houston, Texas on September 12. Each candidate has put forth a plan for addressing the climate crisis, but success will require the interplay of skilled and principled politicians and an active citizenry working together. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) David Korten
'No Winners on a Dead Earth': Why We Need a Climate Leader in 2020
The climate crisis is our common cause, and we’ll need to elect a president that is willing to take it on.
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Unfortunately, all over the country, private equity and hedge funds have been scooping up these cash-strapped papers—and looting them into irrelevance or bankruptcy. (Photo: Shutterstock) Olivia Snow Smith
Wall Street Is Killing Local Newspapers
We can’t put a price tag on our free press—but unless we stop them, predatory investors can.
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If there was anything Jamal was passionate about—almost desperate for—it was to be heard, read and understood first and foremost by Saudis, and ultimately by readers across the Arab world. (Photo: Twitter) Karen Attiah
'Do Not Keep My Mouth Closed... You’ll Suffocate Me': Khashoggi's Final Words in Arabic
Even in death, Jamal deserves to be heard, and his friends, family and compatriots deserve to have the chance to know the truth.
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Tamara Toles O'Laughlin
The Fight to Stop the Climate Crisis is Local
Everywhere the global #ClimateStrike movement exists, the fight to protect ourselves from fossil fuel extraction and climate injustice is personal and lives at home in our communities.
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