We are in the midst of an ongoing public education crisis. There’s a war on public education and an active push to defund public schools. In this video, I discuss America’s long history of anti-intellectualism and how there’s a push to privatize public schools and defund public libraries to keep Americans uneducated. Public schools are failing, and it isn't an accident. Is the U.S. Publ [...]

Italy may very well be joining the US anti-Daesh operation in Libya, having offered Washington the use of Sigonella air base in Sicily for USAF raids into the North African country. Sputnik spoke to Italian military journalist Mirko Molteni about why Italy has once again allowed itself to become involved in a NATO air war over Libya. [...]

Walking back his previous comments, US President Donald Trump said that illegal migrants who attack the US military with rocks will not be fired upon, but will be detained. Trump told reporters on Friday that all of his border enforcement actions are in compliance with existing US laws. He has vowed not to allow the caravans of migrants from El Salvador and Honduras, currently making their way nor [...]

China is building a new space solar power station that will change the entire future of energy production for the planet. China is leading the world in technology, and China's latest project in space has the opportunity to turn solar energy into the world's most valuable energy source. In today's video, we explain everything you need to know about China's latest energy project in space.Read moreCl [...]

This year's World Social Forum (WSF), which is being held in Montreal this week, is off to a rocky start as hundreds of international activists were denied entry due to Canada's restrictive visa policies. Aminata Traoré, who is one of the candidates to replace United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, was among those barred from attending.   [...]

From traffic accidents to troops relieving themselves in public places and bars left without beer, this year's edition of NATO-led Trident Juncture drills has every chance to leave lasting memories in Norway and beyond. [...]

23andMe has declared bankruptcy, and now an undercover video has surfaced, confirming that they are selling (weaponizing) your genetic data by auctioning it off to "shareholders" which include pharma companies linked to Russia's military, as well as China, Big Pharma corporations, health insurance companies and law enforcement. Health insurance companies can use your genetic profile to double you [...]

President Petro Poroshenko has warned that Kiev may be forced to introduce martial law if the deterioration of the situation in eastern Ukraine and the standoff with Russia over Crimea continues. Offering their thoughts, Ukrainian political scientists suggested that if Kiev does introduce martial law, it won't be because of any threat from Russia. [...]

Is the idea of peace and Yemen antithetical? Also, Trump is insulted the Europeans might defend themselves. And Russiagate front and center again. CrossTalking with Mark Sleboda, Dmitry Babich, and Glenn Diesen. [...]

Jeffrey Sachs and Yanis Varoufakis worked together a decade ago to prevent Europe from harming itself by crushing Greece. They failed. Since then, Europe’s self-harming policies, exacerbated by a lethal dependence on and servility to the US have had nasty repercussions for Ukraine, Palestine, as well as Europe’s relations with China. Now that Trump is back, with Europe’s Green Deal already [...]

The main architect of Washington’s plan to rule the world has abandoned the scheme and called for the forging of ties with Russia and China. While Zbigniew Brzezinski’s article in The American Interest titled “Towards a Global Realignment” has largely been ignored by the media, it shows that powerful members of the policymaking establishment no longer believe that Washington will prevail i [...]

Scientists from the Siberian Federal University (SFU) and Biophysics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Siberian branch have recently discovered record levels of Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in boganida char, fish endemic to Siberia’s Arctic region. [...]

Richard D. Wolff is an American economist and professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is known for his critiques of economic inequality and his advocacy for worker cooperatives as a way to empower individuals and address systemic issues within the economy. Through his books, lectures, and public appearances, Wolff explores topics such as economic democracy and alternative [...]

Earlier, the envoy claimed that US troops would be staying in the Arab Republic until the "enduring defeat" of Daesh*. He also said that Bashar Assad should not govern the country in the future, noting, however, that it's not the US' job to oust him. [...]

Jasmine Crockett shatters the hypocrisy behind Trump’s immigration policies, using Melania Trump's EB1 Visa as the prime example. Crockett masterfully exposes how Melania, a former model with no significant accomplishments, received the prestigious “Einstein Visa,” typically reserved for Nobel Prize winners and world-class achievers. Meanwhile, hardworking immigrants like doctors, teachers, [...]

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he has no grounds to attack or protect US President-elect Donald Trump, since he does not know him personally. He added though that those behind the recent allegations against Trump have "no moral scruples." [...]

The Agenda welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges, who over the past decade and a half has made his name as a columnist, activist and author. He's been a vociferous public critic of presidents on both sides of the American political spectrum, and his latest book, 'America, the Farewell Tour,' is nothing short of a full-throated throttling of the political, social, and cultural [...]

Why did Albert Einstein, a Jew, try to warn all of us years before JFK was assassinated, that the greatest threat to the United States was the extreme Zionist groups in Israel. Einstein’s letter warning all of us was largely ignored, and of course it’s been hidden. But JFK paid attention… he knew that Einstein was right… and we now know that JFK and RFK had a secret battle against Zionis [...]

US President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that NATO is an obsolete organization since it is not much engaged in fighting terrorism and its members are not contributing enough. In an interview with Sputnik Germany, German politician Tobias Pflueger commented on Trump's statements and his position toward the military alliance. [...]

The Russian-Ukrainian military conflict in the Kerch Strait illustrates again how this Cold War is more dangerous than its predecessor was. A major theme of Cohen's recently published book 'War With Russia? From Putin and Ukraine To Trump and Russiagate', is that the new Cold War is more dangerous in several ways than its 40-year predecessor, which the world survived. [...]

Regular readers of RT Editorial will know this column has provided evidence of how think tanks, which are increasingly indivisible from lobby groups, faithfully promote the specific agendas of their paymasters regardless of their stated high-minded missions. [...]

Six jets of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) opened fire on targets in Syria on Tuesday night; most missiles were reportedly intercepted by Syrian air defence forces. Both Damascus and Moscow have condemned the attack, which Washington said was aimed at Hezbollah's targets. [...]