President Joe Biden rolled out his plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt. Anyone who made under $125,000 during the pandemic is eligible for $10,000 in forgiveness. Borrowers who received Pell grants can get an additional $10,000 relieved. President Donald...
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
As many as 48,000 civilians have been killed in the last 20 years as a direct result of U.S. air strikes, according to an Airwars investigation that sheds new light on the human cost of Washington’s so-called “war on terror”. Publishing its findings ahead of the 20th...
**I wrote this three years ago, look at the last sentence** If I made the statement right now that this society is in a culture war I don’t think anyone reading this would argue with me. I know that a lot of you would say that free speech is under attack, but...
Hooray! Announcing the publication of executive editor Sheldon Richman's new book, What Social Animals Owe to Each Other! These essays, written over the past 20 years, have a single underlying theme: namely, that we human beings, as social animals, need individual...
The ex-cop whose son murdered that black jogger? The cops were ready to arrest them both for murder right there on the spot, but then the perp's "blue privilege" kicked in: The police at the scene went to her, saying they were ready to arrest both of them. These were...
Sheldon Richman Articlesby Sheldon Richman These essays, written over the past 20 years, have a single underlying theme: namely, that we human beings, as social animals, need individual freedom to fully flourish. by Sheldon Richman In this incredible volume of essays,...
In The Nation, Eric Alterman reminds us of Elliot Abrams's lying on behalf of Salvadoran death squads in the Reagan years. This was 20 years before the W. Bush administration's "El Salvador Option" in Iraq, using the Badr Corps to hunt and kill Sunnis, which...
The cops, DAs and judges from Idaho Falls ought to all be caged like the criminals they are for the next 20 years to pay for what they did to this innocent man. Instead the same people responsible will be their own judges, will hand themselves immunity and then if...
The Kings Bay Plowshares 7 have been convicted for peacefully protesting government H-bombs. They face up to 20 years. Hear my interview of Elizabeth McAlister from last week here.
What motivated the legions of bureaucrats in the US Gov during the Cold War? As a child of the 90s, and former Boy Scout, I can tell you that the answer is incredibly clear in the minds of that generation: defeating evangelical atheism. I wouldn't discount the...
AIPAC has definitely lost some power over recent years, but they're still a force in D.C. This boycott law is so weird. More webcomics at The Webcomic Factory.
Freedom Zealot Podcast March 11, 2017: If he can withstand one final assault from the evil people who have stolen 20 years from his life, Christopher Tapp -- wrongfully convicted of murder in 1998 -- can walk out of prison a free man on April 25....
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