News programs are the new wrestling shows, a noisy battleground

Could there be mental “rot” in the intelligence world that we know is usually anything but intelligent?

An Israeli plane bombs a target in Syria and the story is reframed with Israel as the defender, not the aggressor

Media influences all of our lives. We all need to take more time to understand how it works and how we can try to transform it

It all seems so familiar and yet still difficult to understand

Mandela symbolizes a moment of victory for a county that is today mired in anger by its failures to achieve his commitment to a “better life for all”

Margaret Thatcher’s death at age 87 ushered in a non-stop sycophantic display of adulation

The trend towards movies ripped from the news, or perhaps ripping off the news continues

Let us join the ongoing fight, there and here, for economic and social justice that Mandela symbolizes. As he recognizes, the Long Walk goes on

I am back in London to attend an event honoring those of us who went to South Africa on underground missions

War has always been a business first

These are not the best of times in South Africa. It seems clear that there is fear and loathing everywhere

South Africa has become a Mall country. There’s even one now in Soweto

Say goodbye to the idea of effective financial regulation through the Dodd Frank mechanisms or any other

Christopher Jordan Dorner is being pictured as the “mad man” of the hour, playing himself in the manhunt of the week

Singing the praises of free public education in the privatized charter school era

There is one subject that most politicians avoid: talking about the media

He is really alone, shorn of so many of the hopes and expectations his supporters invested in his candidacies

The more things change, the more they stay the same with Obama's nomination of Jack Lew to replace Tim Geithner

Will any champions of press freedom emerge to speak out against this dangerous precedent in contemporary pre-emptive censorship, limiting what the American public can and can't see?

The odds are that that the Libor conspiracy that manipulated trillions will be overlooked. Too hard to explain in ten seconds!

Most of the coverage does not link all these financial crimes to the larger effect and impact they have had on the world

The violent culture we spawn has a way of “blowing back” and killing our own

South Africa has its own democracy deficits but not because of a government, but rather a liberation movement that no longer has autonomy

The “Fiscal Cliff” may then disappear as an issue but icebergs of economic volatility are still rushing our way. Mayday, Mayday!

While weapons flow outwards, urgently needed money flows in to the U.S., to keep the weapons factories humming and the military industrial complex in command

A comprehensive look at the so called democratic governing system of the United States of America and reveals the actual powers who are ruling the natio

A comprehensive look at the so called democratic governing system of the United States of America and reveals the actual powers who are ruling the nation

. Having assessed the lessons of 2008, it was clear that grass roots mobilizations would be essential to assuring a turnout the next time around

The BBC and all of our media networks have to recognize the seriousness of this crisis--how so many children have been violated and damaged