The drug-resistant bacteria crisis no one’s talking about
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the world for the past two years, but there’s a potentially deadlier threat creeping across the globe right now that hardly anyone is talking about.…
A cop pulled them over for a minor infraction, then the encounter took a bizarre turn
The story of one Minnesota couple’s ongoing problems with police provides a pointed example of the systematic overpolicing of rural communities across the country. In this episode of the Police…
Georgia’s Latinx community seeks to ‘out-organize’ voter suppression
Georgians went to the polls in record numbers during the May 24 primary ahead of the crucial 2022 midterm elections, despite renewed GOP efforts to suppress the votes of the…
‘F*ck this indifferent, hypocritical, & violent world!’
“There are times when I want to scream out: “F*** this entire indifferent, hypocritical and violent world!’†So writes philosopher George Yancy in a recent piece for Truthout entitled “If…
He called cops for help; they broke down his door and arrested him instead
When a Minnesota couple called the police to intervene in a dispute with a neighbor they said was harassing them, they didn’t expect that they would be the ones to…
Prison food is much worse than you think
“Prison food in the United States is a public health and human rights crisis,†the Maryland Food & Prison Abolition Project states on their website. “By weaponizing the experience of…
Fired Amazon union organizer: “We’re not able to feed ourselvesâ€
Multiple pro-union Amazon workers have been fired recently in suspected acts of retaliation and union busting from the company. Albert Elliot, a former Amazon employee and organizer with the rank-and-file…
The Chris Hedges Report: The monstrous myth of Custer
There is a vast disparity between the mythic presentation of Custer and the reality of the so-called Indian wars. Nathaniel Philbrick, author of The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and…
Why we work so hard for working people
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Rattling the Bars: Unions must stand up for prisoners
Prisoners today are fighting the same labor conditions behind bars that birthed the union movement in the 19th Century. US labor journalist and Real News contributor Michael Sainato joins Rattling…
The Marc Steiner Show: Trump Republicans’ return to power in 2022, 2024 elections
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Rattling the Bars: Repurposing prisons can revitalize rural America
The economic fortunes of rural communities across the United States are often deeply intertwined with the prison industrial complex. This poses a real challenge to the project of ending mass…
The Chris Hedges Report: Soldiers speak out against America’s misguided wars
We are not a good and virtuous nation. God does not bless us above other nations. Victory is not assured. War is not noble and uplifting. The clash between the…
New anti-union law in UK takes aim at strike wave
Read the transcript of this interview: After a two-day work stoppage last week by Britain’s rail workers, Parliament is threatening new legislation that would require striking workers to continue providing…
America Made Me a Black Man – Boyah J. Farah | The Chris Hedges Report
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Julian Assange and the war on whistleblowers w/Kevin Gosztola | The Chris Hedges Report
13 years ago WikiLeaks pulled back the curtain on a host of documented US government crimes. This year, Julian Assange is expected to stand trial. His case is emblematic of…
Why Americans can’t debate politics anymore | The Chris Hedges Report
Nolan Higdon and Mickey Huff join The Chris Hedges Report to discuss their new book, Let’s Agree to Disagree: A Critical Thinking Guide to Communication, Conflict Management, and Critical Media…
Louisiana is imprisoning kids on death row | Rattling the Bars
A new report shows Louisiana is in the process of transferring at least 20 incarcerated minors to be housed at death row units in various facilities, including the infamous Angola…
Europe’s war on refugees | The Chris Hedges Report
In their book, ‘Map of Hope and Sorrow,’ co-authors Helen Benedict and Eyad Awwadawnan trace the stories of five refugees trapped in Greece’s brutal refugee camps. Helen Benedict is a…
Will Lula fix the crisis facing Brazil’s informal workers? | Workers of the World
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was inaugurated as Brazil’s president on New Year’s Day. Half of all Brazilian workers are employed in the informal sector, working without protections or a…
Fired construction workers speak out against Alba Demolition
Read a translated transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.com/this-nyc-construction-union-is-reaching-out-to-undocumented-and-non-union-workers-the-bosses-dont-like-it Many workplaces are marked by a real tension between different types of workers: undocumented vs. citizens, union vs. non-union, and more. New…
Belgian trade unions march against energy costs and inflation
In the midst of freezing temperatures, thousands of workers from throughout Belgium took to the streets of Brussels to demand a cap on soaring energy prices, higher wages, and more…
Why the Catholic Church expelled me w/Roy Bourgeois | The Chris Hedges Report
As a young man, Roy Bourgeois enlisted to fight in the Vietnam War. After being injured, he became a volunteer at a local orphanage and was inspired to become a…
Senior Reporter Taya Graham shares her final thoughts of 2022
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Cops in this town are out of control, we review the best cop movie ever!
Editor’s note: This video was recorded prior to Ray Liotta’s passing. Police Accountability Report show hosts Taya Graham and Stephen Janis kick off the holidays with a spoilers-free review of…
Justice for Kevin Torres, father and soccer coach killed by security guard
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Justice for Kevin march will be taking place at 6:30pm EST on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 4020 E. Lombard Street in Baltimore, Maryland, not on Thursday, Dec.…