Published on http://www.counterpunch.org There is one common reason for the collapse of democracy: capitalist society has outlived its strength. The national and international antagonisms wh... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” – Thomas Jefferson, 1816 I th... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; Around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns.” – Ecclesiastes I w... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “The Indians, whom we call barbarous, observe much more decency and civility in their discourses and conversation, giving one another a fair silent h... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “You can! You must. When those few are the best. Deny the best its right to the top – and you have no best left. What are your masses but mud to be g... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and all... Read more
The annual weekend celebrating America’s free press went forward, even as the Trump administration chips away at press freedoms. [...]
The four-day operation came as the Trump administration has sought to enlist local authorities in an immigration crackdown. [...]
Wonky but chic: A crowd made up mostly of political journalists attended the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday. [...]
Students and their immigration lawyers say they were relieved for the temporary reprieve, but emphasized that it was just that — temporary. [...]
Drinks in hand, anxious media people braved a series of events in the nights before the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. [...]
