People and movements from across the world are standing in solidarity with Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution after the latest imperialist offensive and demanding #NoMoreTrump. (Peoples Dispatch) Tens of thousands of Venezuelans took to the ...
The Partnership for America’s Health Care Future has always opposed Medicare for All. But lately it’s been going after moderate healthcare proposals, too. (By Jessica Piper, The Center for Responsive Politics) A group of major ...
North Korea has turned to renewal energy workarounds to offset international sanctions on fossil fuels and faulty hydroelectric power. While the international community has condemned North Korea as a backward and isolated state, it turns ...
“It’s really, really getting bad out here. There’s no incentive to keep farming, except that I’ve invested everything I have in farming, and it’s hard to walk away.” After President Trump announced new rounds of ...
As each day passes, Kashmir resembles the West Bank. On August 5, India’s Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill in the Indian Parliament. The bill divides the Indian State into ...
“The Endangered Species Act works; our communities—both natural and human—have reaped the benefits. This safety net must be preserved.” The Trump administration rolled out sweeping changes to the Endangered Species Act on Monday, weakening protections ...
Whether the CBD you take will show up on a drug test may depend on its source plant. When someone first hears the words hemp or cannabinoids, their next question is typically, “will it make me high?” followed ...
Students as young as Grade 5 expressed a wish “to study hard to repay” the company, and many thought “the tobacco company is kind.” (By Jennifer Fang, The Conversation) Would you send your child to ...
680 workers from seven food processing units were detained by ICE last Wednesday in Mississippi. (Peoples Dispatch) At least 377 people remain in detention in Mississippi, U.S. on Wednesday, August 7, after the Immigration and ...
One of the big stars of the Democratic candidate debates was the promise of Medicare for All. But among all the bluster and barbs the true $32 trillion cost and real challenges never came up. ...
All proceeds from Del Rey’s new song will go to relief funds for victims of El Paso, Dayton, as well as from the shooting in Gilroy, California that occurred on July 28. Grammy-nominated pop singer ...
“In this moment, I want to channel my confusion, frustration, and fury into hope. Hope that we are there for each other and for ourselves.” Grammy and Oscar-winning singer Lady Gaga announced Friday that she ...
“In practice, this executive order would mean that whichever political party is in power could dictate what speech is allowed on the Internet.” (By Jon Queally, Common Dreams) Civil liberties groups are warning of a ...
“This attempted power grab at the expense of state-based clean water oversight is the epitome of hypocrisy.” (By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) Environmentalists on Friday denounced the Trump administration for once again attempting to boost ...
An Ohio man was charged on Friday after writing on Facebook that Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “should be shot.” “She should be shot. Can’t fire me, my employer would load the gun for me,” the ...
“We need answers. Lots of them.” Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly killed himself in a Manhattan jail early Saturday morning, according to multiple media reports. The news comes a day after a trove of unsealed ...
Conservation groups say the devices are indiscriminate killers that should be banned. (By Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams) Brushing off overwhelming public opposition, the Trump administration this week re-approved the use of so-called “cyanide bombs” to ...
“The workers alleged that supervisors touched and/or made sexually suggestive comments to female Hispanic employees, hit Hispanic employees and charged many of them money for normal everyday activities at work, such as using bathrooms, taking ...
As the Muslim world marks Eid al-Adha, the Palestinian residents in Gaza face economic hardships that make it difficult for them to observe the occasion smoothly or normally. Eid al-Adha or the “Festival of Sacrifice” ...
Greenwald, co-founder of The Intercept, applauded the court for protecting journalism against “repressive, retaliatory acts threatened by the Bolsonaro government.” (By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) The Brazilian Supreme Court delivered a major victory for press freedom on Thursday ...
“Israel, in particular, allowed the transfer of arms covered by the ATT (Arms Trade Treaty) at a time when it had knowledge, or ought to have had knowledge, that they would be used in the ...
“The United States has walked into a corner. By sanctioning Iran, it has suggested that it is not interested in diplomacy.” Word of U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to sanction Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif ...
“By prioritizing gun ownership over basic human rights, the U.S. government is willfully and systematically failing on multiple levels and ignoring its international obligations to protect people’s rights and safety.” Amnesty International issued a travel ...
“The agreement constitutes a partnership between US and Turkey over aggression against Syria that would serve the interest of the Israeli occupation entity. It also reflects how evasive and misleading the policies of the Turkish ...
Tulsi Gabbard tore into Kamala Harris’s record as a prosecutor and attorney general of California during the second Democratic debate. Harris countered by pointing to Gabbard’s low polling numbers and questionable appraisals of world leaders ...
“Economic analysis suggests that bilateral trade wars are unwinnable in an interconnected world. By firing his latest tariff salvo against China, Trump has further raised the stakes in an increasingly damaging dispute. And America is ...
The statement revealed that the Israeli government endorsed construction of 2,400 housing units in existing Israeli settlements in C areas this week. It also highlighted that the expansion of existing settlements has been going unabated ...
“When I first started, 21 years ago, I was told that it was hard for me to get onto covers of magazines because black people did not sell. Clearly, that has been proven a myth.” ...
“Hearing/seeing an act of terrorism happen so close to home, my family, and my friends has been unbelievable and shocking. Singing ‘915′ and ‘city of El Paso’ on tour every night feels indescribable.” Grammy-nominated R&B ...
“We’re saying to Leader McConnell: Do the right thing. Gavel the Senate to an emergency session so we can take immediate action on the bipartisan, already passed, gun legislation.” In the wake of last weekend’s ...
The Turkish president reiterated his earlier threats to northern Syria’s Kurdish group that an imminent attack in the northeast would take place. The American administration warned on Tuesday against any Turkish military intervention in northern ...
“I don’t understand the mind-set that you can’t talk about what happened because somehow it is disrespectful to the victims. I think what is disrespectful to the victims is to ignore why it happened. There ...
“The car was going in the wrong direction when it collided with seven cars, parking in front of the NIC. The collision caused the car to detonate and led to a huge explosion that left ...
This is from a BBC story posted Sunday: ‘“This is a tragedy that we never, ever would have thought would happen in El Paso,” El Paso Mayor Dee Margo told CNN. “It tears me up.” ...
As forests around the world continue to shrink, reforestation efforts have begun gaining momentum. “In a record-breaking day this week, at the Gulele Botanical Garden in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia launched an [sic] historic tree planting campaign. Over 350 million trees ...
“He was that kind of a blue-collar, lunch-pail kind of a guy. Went to work every day, worked really hard, was frugal like a lot of Iowans.” Before Dale Schroeder died in 2005, the hard-working ...
“Some of Reagan’s most divisive policies—like embracing the apartheid government of South Africa and inventing the trope of the ‘welfare queen’—may take on a different light now.” The National Archives released a previously withheld recording ...
Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson is encouraging the UK to leave the EU without a ‘withdrawal agreement.’ “Prime Minister Boris Johnson pushed Britain closer to a no-deal exit from the European Union on Monday, ...
“We’ve been speaking with Russia about the pact for nuclear. China is very excited about it too.” – President Trump The U.S. officially withdrew from the Cold War-era strategic nuclear deal signed in 1987, known ...
Under U.S. refugee laws, a political asylee has the right to stay in the United States if they would be tortured, killed or both back home. (By Mario Garcia, The Conversation) The ongoing threat of ...
![Deputy Crown Prince, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud participates in the Counter-ISIL Ministerial Joint Ministerial Plenary Session, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 21, 2016. [State Department Photo/Public Domain]](https://citizentruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/mbs-288x180.jpg "Saudi Arabia to Host Media Forum One Year After Khashoggi Murder 63")
“The murder of Jamal Khashoggi caused extensive damage to Saudi Arabia’s international image, marking a real low point for a country that has one of the world’s worst press freedom records.” Saudi Arabia will stage ...
Sudan’s military announced all officers involved in the Monday deaths of protestors were fired and will be brought to justice. The news brings hope a civil government will soon form. A spokesman for Sudan’s Transitional ...
“The extraordinary heat was accompanied by dramatic ice melt in Greenland, in the Arctic and on European glaciers. Unprecedented wildfires raged in the Arctic for the second consecutive month, devastating once pristine forests. This is ...
In an effort to quell the record-breaking protests across Hong Kong, China released a video threatening violence against protestors who refuse to “fall back.” In late July Citizen Truth reported the following concerning the continuous ...
Never before has the separation of church and state been more relevant, been more vital, been more required, if we as Americans are to survive as a nation.
Bucking potential imprisonment, “Paulchard” of Rammstein stood up for LGBTQ rights with a bold kiss on stage in Moscow. German heavy metal band Rammstein doesn’t seem like a likely ally for the LGBTQ community, but ...
“If ‘the cruelty is the point’ of the Trump administration’s immigration policies, allowing for the indefinite detention of children would be its posterchild. I wanted to introduce an amendment stripping indefinite detention from the Graham ...
President Trump announced another round of tariffs on Chinese goods on Thursday, the latest development in an escalating trade war between the world’s greatest economies. In a series of tweets, Trump said his administration would ...
President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is off on a Middle East tour possibly ahead of an Arab states conference at Camp David. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reiterated his country’s support for a Palestinian-Israeli peace ...
A now powerful player in the White House, the MKO/MEK group has become a force to be reckoned with, most likely to the detriment of peace. In a rare move last month Congressional members crossed ...
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