“In the name of Iraq and in the name of Iraqi people, in the name of martyrs, in the name of all those who sacrificed, and in the name of the displaced, the law has ...
“The financial industry may have been overshadowed by Big Tech in recent years but remains at the heart of the question of whom the economy works for. You would assume this would merit the attention ...
Any responsible government Americans elect in 2020 must learn from the well-documented failure and catastrophic human cost of U.S. regime change efforts in Afghanistan. The trove of U.S. “Lessons Learned” documents on Afghanistan published by the Washington Post portrays, ...
A last-minute budget deal will prevent a second government shutdown under the Trump administration. We take a look at the main ways the government allocated taxpayer money. On Friday, December 20, just in time to ...
Drug reform achieved some major milestones in 2020 including reining in civil asset forfeiture and freeing thousands of inmates under the First Step Act. As the clock ticks down toward 2020, it’s worth taking a ...
2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg is receiving heavy criticism for hiring a call center that uses prison labor which can pay as little as $20 a month. Multibillionaire presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg hired a contractor ...
Assange and Manning are being persecuted for speaking truth to power. The most important stories of the year for those who care about a free press involve the arrest of Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian ...
A new report shows that during Modi’s tenure there have been about 200 documented cases of attacks on journalists who tell the truth about the Modi government. Every day and in every part of India, hundreds ...
Treating Jeremy Corbyn and Labour’s defeat as a “harbinger” of doom for anyone in his mold overlooks the 800-pound gorilla of Brexit, a significant complication to traditional two-party politics. Despite Boris Johnson’s best efforts, his ...
As Syrian forces push to eradicate the last of the opposition in Idlib, residents flee to a wary Turkey. Army forces of the Syrian Arab Republic expanded on Sunday their theater of military operations in ...
France’s ongoing demonstrations reflect a global trend of widespread anger over rampant inequality in the world’s economic and political systems. French President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to pacify massive protests over his plans to overhaul the ...
“In brief, I am satisfied that war crimes have been or are being committed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.” In an unprecedented statement, the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced ...
“Today the investigatory powers tribunal decided that MI5 can secretly give informants permission to commit grave crimes in the UK, including violence.” A London court on Friday ruled that Britain’s domestic intelligence service MI5 is ...
The most serious harmful effect of treating ecstasy use and sales as a criminal matter is that users are forced into an unregulated, no-quality-control black market, and they don’t know what they’re getting. Every weekend, hundreds ...
“These companies – the richest companies in the world, these fancy gadget-making companies – have allowed children to be maimed and killed to get their cheap cobalt.” Apple, Google, Microsoft, Tesla and Dell have been ...
Lies are an integral part of national security operations. They seek credibility for government policy. They mislead adversaries, cover up mistakes and failures. (By Gordon Adams, The Conversation) The Washington Post has, after more than ...
I have “reinterpreted” Clement Clarke Moore’s classic poem as a commentary on the state of politics in America for the past seven years. As each New Year begins, I believe that nothing in the world ...
Iran has long attempted to free itself of the global economic banking system, promoting an “axis of resistance” against Western countries. (By MEMO) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called on Muslim majority countries to cooperate ...
For too many in Yemen and across the region, Christmas has become a reminder of the intolerance which still plagues and defines communities’ sense of self. In the throes of a catastrophic human crisis – ...
Is space about to become a war zone? After the addition of the United States Space Force, NATO is now signaling its own operations in space could be coming. Operational Zone North Atlantic Treaty Organization ...
“We have to acknowledge the long, horrible history of black men being falsely accused of sexual violence in this country… we also have to acknowledge the long and horrible history of sexual violence against black ...
The U.S. pressed its case to the U.N. Security Council that Iran was behind attacks on Saudi oil facilities in September, while the U.N. is hesitant to rush to judgment. (MEMO) The US has shared ...
“No presidential candidate is going to get taken seriously on climate change if they’re funded by and taking advice from current and former fossil fuel executives.” Former Vice President Joe Biden is not going to ...
A national forum on education comprised of 2020 presidential candidates reveals a party moving away from charter schools and failed reforms. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bennet wants you to know how much he cares—really cares—about ...
Security forces shutting down internet access and detaining demonstrators as dissidents swept up and at least three people killed. (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) The crackdown by Indian authorities against those protesting the country’s new ...
“Nothing in this opinion is intended to absolve Exxon Mobil from responsibility for contributing to climate change in the production of its fossil fuel products. But Exxon Mobil is in the business of producing energy, ...
“I just hope [the film] opens their eyes. We’re not beyond reality, where everybody is suddenly going to lead the charge, but as long as it’s out there and everybody can rally around it, to ...
Peace in the Hodieda, according to officials, will help facilitate humanitarian efforts by providing a safe corridor in the port city. In an effort to accelerate implementation of the Hodieda deal, a ceasefire in the ...
“The first time I saw this list, I said, ‘There is no way this is comprehensive.’ It’s just kind of mind-blowing that they would be this dishonest.” Last week, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg responded ...
The defense firm Honeywell International, which received $1.3 billion in defense contracts during the 2018 budget year, has given $1.3 million to candidates for the 2020 elections. (By MapLight) Major Pentagon contractors have been the ...
A study of the first ten months of the Washington Post’s opinion columns in 2009 found that pro-war columns outnumbered antiwar columns by more than 10 to 1. (By FAIR) The Washington Post’s publication of ...
President Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, has become the third president in the history of the nation to be impeached. The impeachment came on Wednesday night just after 8 p.m. when ...
“We have said since the day this indictment was made public that it was politically motivated and violated New York’s statutory double jeopardy law.” Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager of President Donald Trump’s 2016 ...
The USDA is framing changes to federal food assistance as a return to the original intent of the SNAP program and preventing dependency on government assistance. On December 4 the United States Department of Agriculture ...
South Carolina’s new Medicaid work requirement will force recipients to file a monthly report stating that they have been employed, searched for a job, attended training or classes, or volunteered. The Trump administration approved South ...
The U.S. announced sanctions targeting two South Sudanese officials as a deadline for forming a national unity government is again moved back. After much frustration over stalled efforts to form a unity government in South ...
Protests against India’s new Citizenship Act are now ongoing in every part of India, with a cross-section of society outraged by the religious implications of this law. On December 13, the United Nations high commissioner ...
The NRA’s tax records show its involvement abroad, expanding to a longer list of regions from the Middle East and Asia to Europe and sub-saharan Africa. (By Anna Massoglia, Center for Responsive Politics) The National Rifle ...
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“Israel could seek to claim these funds by going to US courts. The whole thing would be laughable if it were not for this fact.” (MEMO) Israel is preparing to claim a total of $150 ...
“We don’t have any basis or any evidence for calling this a hot labor market.” – Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Despite strong job growth and a 50-year low unemployment rate, nearly half of all American ...
Four people have already been killed by police in protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, seen by many as a step towards establishing India as a Hindu majority country. (By Peoples Dispatch) Across India, tens ...
New Jersey Congressman Jeff Van Drew is expected to switch parties from Democrat to Republican after taking large amounts of campaign cash from his Democratic colleagues. (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Center for Responsive Politics) Anti-impeachment Rep. ...
Comparing results from different polls using different wording can be confusing and misleading, so it is best to compare polls conducted by the same organization at different points in time. (By Michael Traugott, The Conversation) ...
Communism is coming back to Albania. The one-party state is controlling every branch of the government, parliament, and justice. The Albanian Prime Minister (PM) Edi Rama is becoming the Kim Jong-un of Europe. Rama already ...
The movement to impeach President Donald Trump now heads to a full House vote, where he could become only the third U.S. President in history to be impeached by the House. The House Judiciary Committee ...
Mayor Pete wants a fresh start for America. Unfortunately, he doesn’t seem to grasp how fractured that America is, electorally speaking.
New satellite images show a U.S. aircraft carrier being escorted by 20 small ships followed by the Iranian Navy as it left the Strait of Hormuz. (By MEMO) Satellite images have been released showing a ...
Investing in grid infrastructure would enable utilities to incorporate modern technology, making the grid more resilient and flexible. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ recent decision to award the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to ...
“We have toppled Bouteflika, and we will topple all the system’s men. We won’t give up.” Crowds of protesters took to the streets in the Algerian capital of Algiers on Friday, upset over the results ...
Was Boris Johnson’s win on Thursday wholly attributable to Britain’s Brexit fiasco or did antisemitism come into play as well? U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a landslide victory over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party on ...
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