By Jon Letman From Truthout | Original Article President Donald Trump attends a signing ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland, United States on December 20, 2019.Yasin Ozturk / Anadolu Agency via…
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5/28/20 Who Are the Secret Puppet-Masters Behind Trump’s War on Iran?
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies From Common Dreams | Original Article As with George W. Bush’s false WMD claims about Iraq in 2003, Trump’s real goal is not nuclear non-proliferation…
5/28/20 Senators Seek Answers on Coronavirus Protections at Guantánamo Bay
By Carol Rosenberg From The New York Times | Original Article In a letter, they asked the Pentagon how the military is safeguarding troops and prisoners from an outbreak of Covid-19…
5/18/20 How ‘Jakarta’ Became the Codeword for US-Backed Mass Killing
By Vincent Bevins From New York Review of Books | Original Article Suspected communists under armed guard, Jakarta, Indonesia, December 1, 1965 In May 1962, a girl named Ing Giok Tan got…
5/13/20 What on Earth Is the U.S. Doing Bombing Somalia?
By Danny Sjurnsen From NewsClick | Original Article The Trump administration has quietly ramped up a vicious bombing—and covert raiding—campaign in Somalia amid a global coronavirus pandemic. Neither the White House nor…
5/8/20 Trump’s Bid to Stand Above the Law
From Fire John Yoo | Original Article Next week, the Supreme Court will hear lawyers argue the president’s claim that he has absolute immunity while in office, write law professors Claire Finkelstein…
5/6/20 The Trump Administration Is Reversing Nearly 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List.
By Nadja Popovich, Livia Albeck-Ripka and Kendra Pierre-Louis From The New York Times | Original Article 64 completed 34 in progress 98 total rollbacks After three years in office, the Trump administration…
4/20/20 In Afghanistan, COVID-19 Can Mean Starvation
By Voices for Creative Nonviolence United Kingdom As Kabul enters a third week of strictly-enforced lock down, what do the restrictions mean for those living below the poverty line? The first item…
4/17/20 The 9/11 Trial: Why Is It Taking So Long?
By Carol Rosenberg From The New York Times | Original Article The trial of five men accused of plotting the attacks had been scheduled for early next year — almost 20 years…
4/10/20 UN Ceasefire Defines War As a Non-Essential Activity
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies From Pressenza | Original Article At least 70 countries have signed on to the March 23 call by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for…
4/4/20 The Growing Culture of Secrecy at Guantánamo Bay
By Carol Rosenberg From The New York Times | Original Article Soldiers at the war court get sweeping anonymity and often remove the name tapes on their uniforms.Credit: Doug Mills/The New…
4/4/20 The Coronavirus And Guantánamo’s Extraordinarily Vulnerable Prison Population
By Andy Worthington From EurasiaReview | Original Article Ever since the coronavirus began its alarming global spread, those who work with, and on behalf of prisoners have been aware of the…
3/27/20 Pentagon Order to Plan for Escalation in Iraq Meets Warning From Top Commander
By Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt From The New York Times | Original Article A secret Pentagon directive orders planning to try to destroy a militia group backed by Iran, but America’s…
3/17/20 12 Ways the US Invasion of Iraq Lives On in Infamy
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies From CommonDreams | Original Article The most serious consequences of the disastrous invasion and occupation of Iraq confirm what millions of people around the world…
3/17/20 Stop Tightening the Thumb Screws, A Humanitarian Message
By Kathy Kelly From Voices for Creative Nonviolence | Original Article U.S. sanctions against Iran, cruelly strengthened in March of 2018, continue a collective punishment of extremely vulnerable people. Presently, the U.S….