Chris Hedges: The Imminent Extradition of Julian Assange and the Death of Journalism

Julian Assange’s legal options have nearly run out. He could be extradited to the U.S. this week. Should he be convicted in the U.S., any reporting on the inner workings of power will become a crime.

Chris Hedges
By Chris Hedges
The Imminent Extradition of Julian Assange and the Death of Journalism Feature photo

Washington DC — (Scheerpost) — High Court Judge Jonathan Swift — who previously worked for a variety of British government agencies as a barrister and said his favorite clients are “security and intelligence agencies” — rejected two applications by Julian Assange’s lawyers to appeal his extradition last week. The extradition order was signed last

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The TSA Has Assaulted Us For 20 Years With Nothing To Show For It

“The reality is that TSA has played next to no role in the biggest counterterrorism stories of the past two decades. According to the think tank RAND, intelligence and security services manage to foil nearly two-thirds of terrorist plots in the planning stages.” — Darryl Campbell

Lee Camp
By Lee Camp
The TSA Has Assaulted Us For 20 Years With Nothing To Show For It Feature photo

'The Most Censored News' hosted by comedian & writer Lee Camp is a twice-weekly look at the most censored stories on the new video platform Behind the Headlines – a MintPress video project that is 100% viewer supported. Camp brings to light stories that are ignored by the corporate media and digs deeper when the mainstream media fails to.

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As Anti-BDS Bills Become the Norm, ACLU Takes Free Speech Fight to the Supreme Court

If certain pro-Israel and pro-fossil fuel advocates get their way, a fundamental right to free speech and protest will be removed from Americans.

Jessica Buxbaum
By Jessica Buxbaum

Little Rock, Arkansas — In June, a federal appeals court upheld an Arkansas law barring state contractors from boycotting Israel, sparking concerns over First Amendment rights in the United States. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a decision made last year by a panel of three judges who found that mandating a pledge to not boycott

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 A Nation Imploding: Digital Tyranny, Insurrection and Martial Law

This is what we have been reduced to: A violent mob. A nation on the brink of martial law. A populace under house arrest. A techno-corporate state wielding its power to immobilize huge swaths of the country. And a Constitution in tatters.

John Whitehead
Nisha Whitehead
By John Whitehead
And Nisha Whitehead
Insurrection Feature photo

“In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. [Y]ou can be filled with bitterness, with hatred, and a desire for revenge. We can move in that direction as a country, in great polarization…filled with hatred toward one another. Or we

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QAnon Legal Battle Against YouTube Could Transform Free Speech Online

A lawsuit brought against YouTube and parent company Google by 15 QAnon social media stars could end up in the Supreme Court and transform the meaning of online free speech in America.

Raul Diego
By Raul Diego

The welding of American politics with social media may be the defining moment of a sea change that is taking place at the very top echelons of power in the United States and the world. In the run-up to the 2020 U.S. elections, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube all revealed their inescapable ties to the establishment when they launched an information

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Your Freedoms Don’t Have to Be Muzzled Just Because You’re Wearing a Mask

The decisions we make right now about how far we allow the government to go in “protecting” us against this virus will haunt us for a long time to come.

John Whitehead
By John Whitehead
Coronavirus protest feature photo

CHARLOTTESVILLE (Rutherford) –– Despite all appearances to the contrary, martial law has not been declared in America. We still have rights. Technically, at least. The government may act as if its police state powers suppress individual liberties during this COVID-19 pandemic, but for all intents and purposes, the Constitution—especially the

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