Tag: Middle East
Cassius was correct
How many Amerikans, like the good Germans in 1940, cheered the carpet bombing of Iraq, and the subsequent invasion?
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.
The biggest killer of U.S. troops in the Middle East is...
So what is the solution? How can the U.S. rein in this epidemic of suicide among active duty troops and vets?
Aleppo Rebels were defeated because they alienated Syrians
Syria is much more diverse a country than it might seem from cold social statistics.
“Nothing short of a slaughter”: 1 million Syrians in Aleppo under...
The United Nations is warning nearly 1 million Syrians are living under siege, double the number last year.
Human Rights Watch and FIFA test Middle East fallout of Trump’s...
The rise of Mr. Trump potentially throws a monkey wrench into Middle Eastern politics, the fallout of which is uncertain.
A nonviolent strategy to liberate Syria
The difference between success and failure in any struggle is the soundness of the strategy.
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GOP plans to sidestep Senate rules to force $4.6 trillion tax giveaway for the...
Republicans aim to make Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent by bypassing the Senate parliamentarian—an approach Democrats refused to take to raise the minimum wage.
Why more environmental justice organizations must join the call for a militarism-free future
An open letter initiated by CODEPINK urges the world to take the arduous baby step of recognizing the deadly intersection of war and environmental destruction.
A lawyer who helped the Kushners crack down on poor tenants now helps renters...
This attorney used to represent companies owned by Trump’s in-laws, whose apartments were known for shoddy maintenance and aggressive legal tactics.
Trump Administration fires thousands of US health workers, putting well-being of Americans at ‘serious...
Termination emails were sent out to employees of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and several smaller agencies.