Author: Brett Wilkins
732 Posts
10 years after Iraq War Logs, it’s impunity for war criminals, war on whistleblowers
ACLU sues to obtain key records on government handling of coronavirus pandemic in prisons
State Department plan to declare human rights groups ‘anti-Semitic’ slammed as ‘desperate,’ ‘obscene’
Proposal by House Dems would fund mental health first responders to reduce police violence
Critics call upcoming visit by Indonesian defense minister accused of genocidal atrocities a ‘human rights catastrophe’
California Republicans double down on defying order to cease and desist deployment of bogus ballot boxes
Study: Nearly 5.2 million Americans will be disenfranchised in 2020 election due to felony convictions
Amy Coney Barrett condemned for implying that being LGBTQ is a choice
UN report warns humanity’s continued destruction turning parts of planet into ‘uninhabitable hell’ for millions
UNRWA chief says Palestinians suffering dual pandemics of Covid-19 and poverty
Trump hails Covid-19 drug he took made possible by fetal cell research GOP opposes
House report on Big Tech monopolies calls for far-reaching antitrust measures
San Francisco activists sue city over ‘illegal dragnet surveillance’ of George Floyd, BLM protests
Oklahoma jail guards charged with torturing inmates with ‘Baby Shark’ song
Texas cop Shaun Lucas charged with murder of unarmed Black man Jonathan Price
Indigenous leaders furious after EPA grants Oklahoma control over sovereign tribal lands
Shut Down Creech: CodePink, Veterans for Peace lead protest against drones at Nevada air base
With focus on Assange, Belmarsh Tribunal puts ‘US war crimes on trial’
US agents—including snipers with ‘shoot to kill’ authorization—deployed to George Floyd funeral
Reproductive rights advocates say Barrett signing ‘extremist’ anti-choice ad confirms worst fears
Katie Porter, Squad members eviscerate Big Pharma CEOs over ‘exorbitant’ drug prices
Life in supermax for the ‘crime’ of journalism? UK court told Assange likely to be sent to notorious US prison
Raskin raps Trump administration for ignoring white supremacist threat in law enforcement
Trump 2016 campaign used Facebook for deterrence operation targeting millions of Black voters
Investigation reveals BP, Shell still back anti-climate lobby groups, despite pledge
Jayapal leads demand for White House answers on possible illegal mass surveillance
‘Recognize what is at stake,’ progressives warn amid reports Trump to tap Barrett as Ginsburg’s successor
Ro Khanna introduces bill for 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices
US-Guyana maritime patrols near Venezuela border denounced as latest American imperialism
Trump EPA OKs continued use of chlorpyrifos
Sanders leads 30 Democrats in call for OAS to avoid prolonging ‘crisis of democracy and human rights’ in Bolivia
‘Fox Lied, 200,000 Died’: Video mash-up chronicles Fox News downplaying Covid-19 dangers as deaths soared
Outrage over Florida Gov. DeSantis’ proposed anti-protest bill
Trump blasted for ‘McCarthy-like’ call for ‘patriotic education’ and attack on Howard Zinn, 1619 Project
ACLU rebukes Barr for urging sedition charges against protesters
Daniel Ellsberg tells UK court that US seeks both ‘revenge’ against Julian Assange and to ‘crush’ future whistleblowers
USDA and meatpacking industry collaborated to undermine Covid-19 response
Study shows richest 1% of Americans have taken $50 trillion from bottom 90% in recent decades
For Palestinians and their supporters, Arab-Israeli pacts are ‘a stab in the back’ amid ongoing oppression
Former US-backed Salvadoran colonel sentenced by Spanish court to 133 years in prison for 1989 Jesuit massacre
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