Category: Politics & Human Rights
721 Posts
Former Blackwater guard found guilty of murder for role in Nisour Square massacre
‘Take out their families’: Trump fulfills criminal campaign promise as hundreds die in latest US-led Syria strikes
Rising Up With Sonali — US strikes in Afghanistan kill dozens of civilians
Common Dreams — US air strike kills at least 30 Afghan civilians, including 16 children
Antiwar.com — Latest US-led air strikes kill at least 80 Syrian civilians
Antiwar.com — Monitor: Death toll rises to 63 in US-led strike on Syria mosque, homes
Counterpunch — Pope declares slain Salvadoran archbishop Óscar Romero a saint
Common Dreams — Why John Bolton really hates the International Criminal Court
Counterpunch — John McCain: War Criminal, Not War Hero
Common Dreams — Why Trump can’t save coal from the ash heap of history
The American Conservative — What dirt does Russia have on Barack Obama?
Daily Kos — Obama is part of the problem. Ocasio-Cortez is part of the solution. For now.
Counterpunch — Israeli Arab Dareen Tatour sentenced to 5 months in prison over pro-Palestinian poem
Antiwar.com — US military investigating Afghanistan air strike that killed family of 14
Antiwar.com — Monitor: Recent US-led air strikes kill at least 73 Syrian civilians
The Lydda Death March and the Israeli state of denial
Common Dreams — ‘Ali is on the grill’: Israeli settlers taunt family of Palestinian toddler murdered in arson attack
‘Liberty and justice for all?’: Migrant child detainees forced to recite Pledge of Allegiance
Common Dreams — What have we become? What we have always been
Counterpunch — US-led strikes kill 100 Syrian civilians as Amnesty reports potential war crimes in Raqqa
Daily Kos — Ben Carson calls HUD rent hike plan a path from poverty. Critics call it a path to homelessness
Counterpunch — The Salvador option: US once again supporting death squads in Central America
Daily Kos — $15/hr minimum wage, free City College — Why wouldn’t I vote for Jane Kim for SF mayor?
Antiwar.com — Luis Posada Carriles, hemisphere’s most wanted terrorist, dies free in Miami at age 90
The Scott Horton Show — The importance of history, not hysteria, in US-Iran relations
To understand Iran, try history, not hysteria
WORT 89.9 FM — America’s Legacy of Torture, Gina Haspel’s Confirmation Hearing
The dark side of Israeli independence
Counterpunch — A Brief History of American Torture
Daily Kos — Why hasn’t Trump talked, or even tweeted, about the Waffle House shooting?
Antiwar.com — Unit 731: How Leaders of Japan’s WWII Germ Warfare Unit Ended Up Working for the US
Deir Yassin: 70 years ago, the Nakba’s most infamous massacre
Antiwar.com — Macedonia apologizes to innocent German seized and tortured by CIA
Daily Kos — MLK died fighting economic inequality and US militarism. Then came the whitewashing.
Common Dreams — Former US-backed Guatemalan Dictator Efraín Ríos Montt Dies Facing Genocide Charges
Counterpunch — The world according to Mad Dog: US support for Saudi war in Yemen reduces civilian casualties
‘March For Our Lives’ student-led protest against gun violence draws 10,000 in San Diego
Counterpunch — Trump touts $12.5B Saudi arms sale as US support for Yemen war literally fuels atrocities
Daily Kos — Pope approves sainthood for Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop slain by US-backed death squad
Daily Kos — Top Democrats blast Trump’s silence after Putin blames Jews for 2016 US election meddling
Brett Wilkins 