Sam Husseini

-by Sam HusseiniHere's a letter that was sent to Rob Reiner in April 2016. At the time, he was directing the film Shock and Awe which would be released the following year.

Grand Rapids Congressman Justin Amash (R-MI) doesn't get a vote of William Barr, luckily for Barr and unfortunately for America. "William Barr," he tweeted soon after Trump nominated him, "is another unfortunate pick for attorney general.

Sam Husseini writes that the news agency ignored the nominee’s link to a major U.S. scandal broken by its own investigative reporter at the time, the late Robert Parry, founder of Consortium News. By SamHusseini FAIR A president facing a…Read more →

-by Sam HusseiniIn her New Years Eve announcement forming an exploratory committee for the presidency, Sen. Elizabeth Warren made a great point: "Right now, Washington works great for the wealthy and the well-connected.

It’s imperative to criticize presumable progressive politicians and parse their words carefully. It might open the door to actual improvements in policy, writes Sam Husseini.   By Sam Husseini Post Haven In her New Year’s Eve announcement about forming an…Read more →

Now that the media is protesting the suspension of Jim Acosta’s credentials Sam Husseini asks why he and the other journalists didn’t intervene on his behalf when he was expelled from a news conference. By Sam Husseini Special to Consortium…Read more →

-by Sam HusseiniEspecially with Brett Kavanaugh's accession to the Supreme Court, many are understandably absorbed with the importance of trying to end the Republican majorities in Congress for the midterm elections.But simply always backing Democrats will likely propel the party further toward the establishment corporate right.

-by Sam HusseiniI don't often think fondly of Christopher Hitchens, but an insight of my ex-friend did brighten my eyes the last week.Specifically, after I sent out a series of news releases effectively arguing that then-president Bill Clinton should be impeached "for the right reasons"-- specifically, illegal bombings, Hitchens objected.

Is Trump's hatred of him all it takes to make progressives forget who he was?-by Sam HusseiniThe day after John McCain died, I happened to visit a memorial to Confederate prisoners of war at Point Lookout, Maryland.

This month Consortium News launched Consortium News Radio. Today we begin a second radio show in collaboration with Pacifica Radio’s Flash Points, a biweekly interview program with Consortium News writers. In collaboration with Dennis Bernstein, host of Pacifica Radio’s syndicated…Read more →