Drop Site News reports: “A set of classified U.S. intelligence documents purporting to show information about Israel’s plans to strike in Iran have…
Many say seemingly brave things. But do they do what’s needed to change a situation? It’s not too hard to denounce a…
Upon questioning, State Dept. doesn’t argue ICC has no jurisdiction over Israel as it has been doing. Change may reflect goals regarding…
Two years after he lost the presidency, Trump continues to dominate much discussion in the US, yet the meaning of Trump’s time…
There is considerable documentation that a global biological arms race going on outside of public view could produce even more deadly pandemics in the future
“It’s dawning on more people how critical their labor is and how little these corporations care about them. The veneer of we’re-going-to-take-care-of-you has dropped away”
The solution to some truthtelling not being enough to stop the war, as Dan Ellsberg would put it, is more truthtelling
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Many have focused on President Donald Trump’s statements on Charlottesville condemning the “violence” from “both sides”. Which is understandable, since the killing…
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