The US and Israel have launched a deadlyāand spreading warāagainst Iran. Since the conflict could easily become one of the drawn out…
Donald Trumpās eagerness to use military violence, both in deploying armed forces to U.S. cities and in using them overseas, has become…
President Donald Trumpās Pentagon is reportedly preparing a potential military assault on Iran. Washington and Tehran are set to resume Omani-mediated talks on Thursday, but…
Since the state of Israelās founding, its leaders and supporters have sought acceptance among other states as a peer, and legitimacy in…
The pause in the fighting in Gaza ā with some humanitarian aid allowed in and exchange of some Israeli and Palestinian captives…
As Ukrainians face a brutal and ongoing Russian siege, NATOās July summit has endangered and betrayed Kurdish people, cruelly trading the fate…
There is a familiar pattern after the mass shootings that have become a well-known feature of American life. The initial shock and…
The uprising sweeping Iran in response to the murder of 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa (JĆ®na) Amini by the countryās morality police for…
I would argue that the U.S. has never been a democracy, and that a key reason is its basically permanent state of war, which began with its founding
The calls forĀ oversightĀ and demands that federal agents be withdrawn from our cities are urgent. The move to deploy these forces in brazen contempt for civil rights is escalating repression to a frightening new level
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