Today, Iraqis mark the 20th anniversary of the horrific U.S.-U.K. bombing of Baghdad, dubbed āShock and Awe.ā In rapid succession, ācoalition forcesā dropped…
The legendary Daniel Ellsberg has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In a March 1 email to friends, Dan wrote, āIām sorry to…
A right-wing majority of the Supreme Court is on the verge of denying student debt relief to more than 40 million borrowers. On February…
While the far right Israeli regime escalates its repression of Palestinians, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to disturb an Arkansas law that requires…
An independent human rights expert was denied a post for accurately criticizing Israel. As the new right-wing Israeli regime ramps up its…
The Memphis police officers who killed Tyre Nichols were members of a unit called SCORPION ā the Street Crimes Operation to Restore…
Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg joined other leading journalists, attorneys and human rights defenders to call on the Biden administration to drop…
The right to strike is on trial in the Supreme Court. At stake is a 64-year-old precedent that shields workers and unions…
āThe current U.S. government, the one of Joseph Biden, of all those that the Cuban Revolution has known, is the one that…
Benjamin Netanyahu has been sworn in for his sixth term as prime minister of Israel. While his prior tenures resulted in theĀ commission…
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