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Jeff Bezos’s Corporate Takeover of Our Lives
How Amazon’s relentless pursuit of profit is squeezing us all—and what we can do about it
David Dayen
Culture
This Isn’t The First Time William Barr Has Sought to Hide Information From the Public
We’ve been on to Barr since 1992.
Joel Bleifuss
Viewpoint
How Pro-War Democrats Use Russiagate To Bloat the Military—And Why That’s Dangerous
Russia became the bipartisan justification for an $716 billion defense budget and nuclear build-up.
Sarah Lazare
Feature
If You Think Trump’s at War With the Deep State, Take Another Look at His Policies
The president is no populist, and he'll only strengthen the influence of illiberal extra-constitutional power structures.
Mike Lofgren
Viewpoint
Is Russia a Red Herring?
A debate over whether the Left should focus on collusion between Trump and Russia.
Chris Edelson and Bhaskar Sunkara
Culture
Don’t Be Fooled By the Trump Spat—The CIA Is Not Your Friend
A new book reminds us that the CIA is one of history's great purveyors of fake news.
Branko Marcetic
Feature
The National Security “Experts” Denouncing Trump Are a Who’s Who of Disastrous Neocons
The enemies of my enemy may be war criminals.
Rebecca Gordon
Feature
Why Activists Today Should Still Care About the 40-Year-Old Church Committee Report
The Church Committee Report reveals the lengths the government was willing to go in order to crush grassroots activism and spy on American citizens.
Branko Marcetic
Feature
Allen Dulles and the Cold War Within the National Security State
Looking back to the origins of the national security state helps us understand its power and scope today.
Joseph Fronczak
Culture
Land of the Free and Home of the Enhanced Interrogators
We need a truth and reconciliation commission to deal with our torture problem.
Chris Lehmann
Culture
The Reporter Who Paid a High Price for ‘Contra Crack’
A new film, Kill the Messenger, shows how the CIA, the Washington Post and the LA Times conspired to discredit a journalist, and destroyed a life.
Jim Naureckas
Feature
Noam Chomsky: The Long, Shameful History of American Terrorism
President Obama should call our country's history of supporting insurgents abroad for what it is: U.S.-backed terrorism.
Noam Chomsky
Viewpoint
CIA No Evil
The Obama administration covers for Bush-era secrets.
Leonard C. Goodman
Feature
In Questioning Brennan, Intelligence Committee Showed Little
The Senate watchdogs of the CIA played dumb on drones--again.
Leonard C. Goodman