An important case threatening First Amendment rights is about to go to trial

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An important case threatening First Amendment rights is about to go to trial

Whatever your feelings about former President Trump, there are reasons to be skeptical about the raid on Mar-a-Lago.

A case study in how allegedly neutral analysts hired by publications or social media can effectively cancel good-faith questions and opinions because they challenge dominant narratives.

I have concerns about giving my six-year-old a new vaccine that was not tested on humans until last year.

The Pentagon claimed that Ahmadi was a facilitator for the Islamic State, and that his car was packed with explosives.

The collapse of the progressive cohort shows change won’t come from within the Democratic Party. I signed up for the COVID-19 vaccine on...

The second impeachment of President Trump, this time for inciting a riot, got a big boost last week when dozens of large corporations...

I have written many columns at the Reader and other alternative publications warning that corporate control of the federal government...

Both parties favor the interests of corporations over their workers and the environment.

In a functioning democracy, the people would get to learn the truth about their government's involvement in criminal activity.

How Democrats and Republicans keep us constantly engaged in conflict I know it's bad form to say anything positive about President Donald...

Was Epstein involved in a sexual blackmail operation exploiting children and targeting prominent politicians and other public figures?

I am not suggesting that the Reader alone will save journalism. But there aren't many viable alternatives to the corporate press.

I am not a Trump supporter, but a hard-core leftie who supported Green and Justice Party candidates in the past two presidential...

A similar assault rifle was used in recent mass-murders in Newtown, Ct.; Las Vegas; San Bernardino, Calif.; Sutherland Springs, Texas and...

Prior to the most recent school shooting in Parkland, Fla., the alleged gunman, Nikolas Cruz, had posted on social media that he wanted...

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Chicago Tribune article about former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich asking the U.S. Supreme Court to again consider tossing his convictions.

Did Rod Blagojevich really get what he deserved?

Albert Einstein spent the last two decades of his life in a frustrating quest to bring together all the forces of nature into a single...

After Albie Sachs abolished capital punishment, his influence caused a spark in unchecked power and the governments drone-war.

The feds prefer to bring such cases against people who don’t have access to corporate lobbyists – or even to private lawyers.

It is worth listening to the GOP primary debates to hear Ron Paul give an honest assessment of our foreign policy.

After Barack Obama signed the NDAA, authorizing detention without trail, revealed government abuse within terrorist related cases.

It was Barack Obama's promise to end the lawlessness of the Bush years by closing Guantanamo, and his failure to keep these promises.

None of the “mortgage fraud” defendants dragged into the grand federal courtrooms at 219 S. Dearborn St. are bankers...

The manufacturing and industrial jobs that once sustained a vibrant middle class are gone, lost to trade and tax policies.

Townsend is one of the minor players paying a heavy price in the mortgage meltdown, as the major figures avoid any responsibility.

One year after the passage of the Obama administration’s signature healthcare reform bill, the future of the legislation is in serious doubt

For too long, U.S. policy toward Israel has been controlled by AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), a group that demands...

The Ryan family is correct – there is something rotten in the federal justice system.

Now in its tenth year, the war in Afghanistan is the longest in U.S. history. And as the war drags on, the situation goes from bad to...

There has been a growing outcry over demands from conservative groups like KeepAmericaSafe.com and from Sen.  Charles Grassley , R-Iowa,...

These are important questions that must be answered if we can ever hope to learn from our mistakes.

During his 6+years of captivity, Khan has repeatedly told his interrogators that he is a poor shopkeeper from Kandahar, not a terrorist.