Tax havens are “the core of a global system that allows large corporations and wealthy individuals to avoid paying their fair share, depriving governments, rich and poor, of the resources they need to provide vital ...
About 2% of public water systems across the country exceeded the federal limit on lead between 2014 and 2016 – but that could be underestimating the extent of the problem. (By Laura Pangallozzi, The Conversation) ...
“Oncolytic viruses such as the coxsackievirus could transform the way we treat cancer and could signal a move away from more established treatments such as chemotherapy.” A group of researchers recently conducted a clinical trial ...
“It is shameful that Kim Darroch has effectively been forced out for doing the job that diplomats are appointed to do.” The United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United States resigned Wednesday after leaked diplomatic cables ...
“There is no question that Wester’s crimes were deliberate and that his actions put innocent people in jail.” Jackson County, Florida Deputy Zach Wester was arrested Wednesday on 52 counts including racketeering, false imprisonment, fabricating ...
The fate of Libya may be determined by which side bought the better public relations team. (By Reid Champlin, Center for Responsive Politics) The Libyan civil war rages well into its eighth year as warlord Khalifa ...
“Going along with such dubious invitations is acting against the freedom and independence of our people and an attempt to split the Palestinian people.” Several Palestinian journalist institutions turned down a U.S. invitation this week ...
With Mitch McConnell’s approval ratings in his home state hovering near 33%, can Amy McGrath bring an end to the over 30-year reign of long-time Senator? (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom and Jessica Piper, the Center for Responsive ...
Trump inherited an immigration system that already left millions of undocumented people with few rights and had militarized the southern border. (By Anthony W. Fontes, The Conversation) From the Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban to ...
America is facing a major drug problem, we know that, but people are not staying clean and keep dying. What can be done?
“Iran’s latest expansion of its nuclear program will lead to further isolation and sanctions.” On Sunday, July 7, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Secretary Abbas Araqchi told reporters in a press conference that Tehran would produce uranium ...
Turkey contends that its current drilling explorations off the Greek Cyprus waters abide by international law, as they take place in international waters off Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus. On Wednesday, the Turkish foreign ministry rejected ...
Florida’s anti-democratic poll tax will cost the state hundreds of thousands of voters — and hundreds of millions of dollars. (By Robert P. Alvarez, OtherWords) The poll tax Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just signed into law ...
With a new case against billionaire socialite Jeffrey Epstein, a who’s who of politicians, celebrities, intellectuals, royals and more could come tumbling down in the investigation into Epstein’s child prostitution ring. Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein ...
“I think the spirit of a character is what really matters. What you bring to the table in a character as far as their heart and their spirit is what really counts.” The casting of ...
Recent examples abound of the U.S. government detaining citizens after falsely accusing them of breaking immigration laws. (By Cassandra Burke Robertson and Irina D. Manta, The Conversation) We are law professors who have studied civil ...
Experts are warning that ISIS insurgents may return stronger than before once the United States withdraws from the region, and without commitment by other U.S. allies to fill in the gap. The U.S.-based Foreign Policy ...
Despite announcing the defeat of ISIS in Iraq in 2017, Iraq is still fighting the militant group in pockets of the country. Iraqi forces, supported by U.S. air forces, launched an intensive military campaign on ...
This is the second part of Citizen Truth’s coverage of the “Highlighter Man” incident and the events following. The first part, including an interview with Nicholas Kitchen, can be seen here. “What happens to these ...
Despite President Donald Trump’s umpteen comments in reference to the “failing” New York Times, the “Fake News Washington Post,” and other notable publications critical of his leadership, there has been a lot of good reporting during his ...
“Japan can help in easing the ongoing tension between Iran and America…. As a goodwill gesture, America should either lift the unjust oil sanctions or extend the waivers or suspend them.” Japan is willing to ...
![U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo joins President Donald J. Trump for a working lunch with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27, 2019. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]](https://citizentruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/trump-bolton-pompeo-288x180.jpg "Trump’s Version of the Iran Accord: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose 24")
Trump and Bolton’s game plan is, and has always been, to beat Iran into total submission. Trump’s Iran policy is akin to that of a schoolyard bully. More worrying is the passivity of the rest ...
“For a fraction of the cost of the Trump tax cuts, we could pay for a trillion new trees and offset 2/3rd of all emissions to date.” New research from the journal Science shows that ...
“The report is devastating for Moro’s reputation. Devastating for the reputation of Brazil’s legal system. And this is only just the beginning.” The tides have turned against Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro, formerly idolized by ...
Former UN special rapporteur Alfred de Zayas slams UN High Commissioner Bachelet’s report on Venezuela as a politicized collection of baseless accusations by “advocates of regime change.” (By Anya Parampil, The Grayzone Project) When United ...
Nicki Minaj is scheduled to perform in Saudi Arabia, a nation that beheaded five men in April for admitting to sexual relations with other men. The Human Rights Foundation is advising Nicki Minaj to cancel ...
“The movement at large is peaceful, but some young people are overwhelmed by a strong sense of helplessness and they’re emotionally charged.” “Demonstrations are likely to continue until a controversial extradition bill is completely withdrawn ...
A new report from the Sunlight Foundation documented 26 instances in which references to the Affordable Care Act were removed or altered on government websites. A new detailed report from the Sunlight Foundation claims the ...
“The anger is very real. Workers are taxed to the hilt. Why should large groups – Google, Amazon – be able to find a way round it?” France is pioneering big tech regulation with a ...
One of the many advantages of hemp is its natural sustainability. Over the last few decades, the effects of unsustainable practices have become more apparent than ever before. Accelerated climate change, inhuman working conditions, and ...
Global warming in the Arctic means environmental disaster but also economic opportunity and a geopolitical power struggle. The melting of the polar ice caps has rightfully alarmed the global population. However, the world’s largest economies ...
Sudan’s power-sharing deal will include a joint investigation of recent waves of violence across Sudan and the formation of a technocrat government of independent national figures. The Sudanese opposition Coalition of Freedom and Change said ...
President Donald Trump is continuing the battle to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census despite a Supreme Court ruling blocking the question. The Department of Justice is seeking a new rational to implement ...
The UK’s joint project with American military firm Lockheed Martin is the largest in the world but poses risks to deep sea ecosystems. (By Zach Boren and Alice Ross, Unearthed) Deep sea mining could lead ...
“There’s a massive shift in Australia’s strategic situation taking place.” A new book by a former top Australian Defence Department official and intelligence analyst urges Australia to consider developing a nuclear arsenal to counter China’s ...
“This is the first time that the E.U. has done something so public and so aggressive. I imagine it was also coordinated in some manner with the U.S. given that NATO member forces have been ...
A new UK proposal wants to implement ‘Ghost Protocol’ which would add law enforcement as an invisible participant to conversations on messaging apps. (Paulo Garcia, The Conversation) The term “ghost protocol” might remind you of ...
“What is happening in coastal Alaska is what is coming in one sense for everybody else. Changes are happening, and changes will be magnified.” Anchorage, Alaska, reached 90 degrees on Thursday, shattering all-time temperature records ...
Ninety percent of the money spent by the Portuguese government on issues related to drug use is spent to increase access to treatment and rehabilitation and to fund harm reduction programs. The opioid epidemic in ...
Rami Malek has agreed to portray a terrorist in the next Bond film but promised the villain will be “a very different kind.” Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek revealed that he would only play the new ...
“To see these aggressive, and even predatory, collection strategies affect everyday teachers, farmers, even nurses — it’s heartbreaking and it’s wrong and it needs to stop.” After ProPublica revealed a nonprofit Christian hospital filed thousands ...
“People have to speak up and they have to take action,” Castro said of his decision to release footage of women detained in an El Paso border facility. “This was about shining a light on ...
“I’ve become disenchanted with party politics and frightened by what I see from it. The two-party system has evolved into an existential threat.” (By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) Weeks after becoming the lone Republican to call for ...
The government of Gibraltar thanked British forces for seizing an oil tanker bound for Syria on Thursday. British Royal Marines and port officials of Gibraltar boarded an oil tanker believed to be bound for Syria ...
“We have lost too many of our men and women, and the poor Afghan people have lost even more.” A Taliban attack near a school in Kabul on Monday killed at least 39 people and ...
“The president is using the armed forces in a political ploy for his reelection campaign and I think it’s absolutely obscene.” President Trump’s “Salute to America” 4th of July spectacle will feature tanks and military ...
This is the third part, in a three-part series on the Roma people in Europe. Roma, who are commonly referred to as “gypsies” though the term is often considered derogatory, face widespread and often state-sanctioned ...
Concerned about the presence of Iranian and Hezbollah forces in Syria, Israel launched an offensive into Syria which left six civilians dead on Monday. In air raids on Syrian territories, six Syrian civilians including a ...
The U.S. “war on terror” was actually the catalyst for al-Qaida’s growth. (By Christian Taylor, The Conversation) Al-Qaida has recruited an estimated 40,000 fighters since Sept. 11, 2001, when the Osama bin Laden-led extremist group ...
“The latest air strike could constitute a war crime that has caused hideous and most tragic deaths.” At least 44 civilians including women and children, believed to be African migrants, were reportedly killed and more ...
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