Democrats had successes among rural voters, and if they try harder they can develop real strength there.

The next climate conference will occur in the UAE, a fossil-fuel kingdom that is attacking Yemen with US support. There is not much hope from an event held there. So Naomi Klein suggests that civil society boycott it and hold a parallel event.

Protests against strict Covid lockdowns have spread in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang.

Facebook closed accounts that it found were spreading false information on behalf of the US government.

CIA officials, appointed by the wrecker, discussed assassinating Julian Assange. Instead they took the slow path that has been in use for several years.

The summary of Assange's history, in that article, is misleading on a number of points. This is a better reference.