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By Alasdair Black The American media landscape, often referred to as the Fourth Estate, is in crisis. A significant portion of the population now relies on partisan sources that critics argue promote misleading narratives, unverified […]

By Helen Reynolds   Ever scrolled through your social media feed and felt like you stumbled into a war zone of hate – racist barbs, abusive rants, or just plain venom? It’s not your imagination. […]

By Alasdair Black   Helen Reynolds’ recent article, “Is the United States Falling Apart?” poses a question with an unsettling answer: the U.S. is teetering dangerously close to unraveling. The evidence is hard to ignore. […]

By Helen Reynolds     As a non-American, it’s a sensitive question to raise: Is the United States falling apart? This concern is growing beyond its borders – not out of mockery, but genuine worry. The […]

By Walt Zlotow   President Trump directed the National Park Service to restore the statue of Civil War General Albert Pike to the Judiciary Square Neighborhood, just a half mile from the Capitol. Congress authorized […]

The judiciary is meant to be the final safeguard against political overreach – a neutral arbiter that upholds the Constitution when other branches falter. But under President Trump’s rule, even this final line of defense […]

Ten of 535 congresspersons condemning US enabled Israeli genocide not enough to end it. By Walt Zlotow Every peaceful American beseeching our cowardly Congress to call out US complicity in Israeli genocide in Gaza should […]

A free and independent press is one of democracy’s last lines of defense. It’s where power is questioned, facts are verified, and the public gains its understanding of the world. But under President Trump’s leadership […]

How Australia’s leaders justify the unjustifiable while preaching democratic values By Leonie Saunders In my observations of Anthony Albanese before and after he was elected as leader of the ALP, then as Prime Minister, I […]

Preface: The Unraveling of a Democracy History rarely announces when a democracy begins to die. There is no grand ceremony, no flag lowered at half-mast. Democracies erode slowly – one institution at a time, one […]

This account draws from conversations with a close family member of Mark Thompson, the central figure. To protect their privacy, names and locations have been changed. The events described, however, are true. What follows is […]

In what may go down as one of the most surreal moments of Donald Trump’s second presidency, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stood before the press corps and delivered a speech so dripping with […]

By Walt Zlotow President Trump channeled Animal House’s Dean Vernon Wormer in trying to reign in the out of control John ‘Bluto’ Blutarsky, a.k.a. Vladimir Putin. Trump is livid over Putin’s refusal to cave into […]

By Walt Zlotow   For 188 days President Trump has been voraciously supporting the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. He’s given Israel billions in weapons, Intel, logistics, vetoes of UN ceasefire resolutions, public support. […]