In Sudan, Demands for Justice and Accountability Remain Unmet

Pavan Kulkarni People's Dispatch
While the establishment of the transitional government in Sudan has eased prevailing tensions, the military’s share of power within it has diminished the possibility of achieving the goals of the revolution.

Obama Officials Confess Their Human Rights Sins at J Street Conference

Philip Weiss Mondoweiss
President Barack Obama talks with Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor.
Last month’s J Street Conference featured some mea culpas from high ranking former Obama Administration officials over their failure to protect Palestinian rights when they were in a position to do so. They were self-serving, but also important.

Friday Nite Videos | November 1, 2019

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Nancy Pelosi With Stephen Colbert. Jack White Live at Bernie Sanders' Detroit Rally. Rep. Katie Porter Grills Mark Zuckerberg. The Man Who Corrected Einstein. Andy Borowitz: The Life-Changing Magic of Impeaching Trump.

Nancy Pelosi With Stephen Colbert

Following the House of Representatives' adoption of rules for the impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump, Speaker Pelosi has a candid conversation with Stephen

Rep. Katie Porter Grills Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook says it's protecting your data, but Rep. Katie Porter sees their arguments in court as an attempt to exclude the tech giant from any accountability if user data is shared without the user's consent, breached, hacked, or stolen

The Man Who Corrected Einstein

On the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity (gravity), many of the predictions of this theory have been proven correct. Here's the story of one that was wrong.

Elizabeth Warren's Medicare for All Plan

David Dayan The American Prospect
The deeply detailed proposal includes no new taxes on the middle class. It cuts health care costs and finds other revenues, saving ordinary Americans $11 trillion in premiums and deductibles