50 years later, a speech by King has lessons for a president
Difficult work remains for those in whom Martin Luther King Jr. had the most hope: the people, organizing grass-roots power for peace.
The spoils of war: Trump lavished with media and bipartisan praise for bombing Syria
The one constant of American political life is that the U.S. loves war. Martin Luther King’s 1967 denunciation of the U.S. as “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today” is more accurate than ever.
U.S. airstrikes killed 230 civilians in Mosul overnight
Over 130 civilians were killed in attack on a single building in western Mosul.
Doubling down on war in Yemen
It’s shocking how easily American Presidents make foreign policy decisions involving intervention in countries where Congress hasn’t declared war.
U.S. and UK ban laptops on Middle East flights
No electronic device larger than a smartphone is allowed on flights from these countries.
Facing famine, 20 million people need food, not bombs
Famine in these four countries is avoidable.
Trump to slash EPA funding to fuel U.S. war machine
“Most federal agencies will see a reduction as a result.”
Federal appeals court maintains block on Trump’s Muslim ban
The big question now is whether or not the Trump administration will appeal to the entire 9th Circuit Court of Appeals or ask the Supreme Court to intervene.
Danger ahead: Trump, Pompeo, the Kochs and the end of diplomacy
Trump says he will rely on his advisors. He has to as he knows nothing about policy, the world, the working class he always goes on about, or government in general.
How Trump could easily expand the war against ISIS to the entire Muslim world
It’s time the Trump administration start learning the lessons of the past and stop making the same mistakes again and again.