Justine Damond’s Murder Deserves Sympathy and Outrage. So Does Every Incident of Police Violence. Justine Damond’s Murder Deserves Sympathy and Outrage. So Does Every Incident of Police Violence.
The Minneapolis Police Department should be held accountable, but we can’t forget that police shootings disproportionately impact people of color.
Jul 25, 2017 / Collier Meyerson
Over 2,000 Migrants Have Died Crossing the Mediterranean So Far This Year Over 2,000 Migrants Have Died Crossing the Mediterranean So Far This Year
The failure of European nations to develop a unified humanitarian response is taking an unacceptable toll in lives lost.
Jul 25, 2017 / Michelle Chen
A Guide to Trump’s $1 Trillion Defense Bill A Guide to Trump’s $1 Trillion Defense Bill
This from a president who promised new efficiencies in government.
Jul 25, 2017 / William D. Hartung
Why Don’t Internationalists Care About Yemen? Why Don’t Internationalists Care About Yemen?
Saudi-led airstrikes are creating hundreds of Guernicas a month in northern Yemen.
Jul 25, 2017 / Juan Cole
An Alien Invasion in the Age of Trump An Alien Invasion in the Age of Trump
If extraterrestrials came to devour humankind, you can bet Trump wouldn’t get fair coverage.
Jul 25, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
Do You Trust Donald Trump’s Finger on the Nuclear Button? Do You Trust Donald Trump’s Finger on the Nuclear Button?
As tensions with North Korea escalate, Congress and the military must prevent a nuclear first strike.
Jul 24, 2017 / Mark Hertsgaard
Rio’s Olympic Legacy: A Body Count Rio’s Olympic Legacy: A Body Count
The current calamity in Rio was predictable. Every prospective Olympic city, especially Los Angeles, should be warned.
Jul 24, 2017 / Dave Zirin
Paul Ryan Hands Donald Trump a Blank Check for Endless War Paul Ryan Hands Donald Trump a Blank Check for Endless War
The Speaker and his allies block Barbara Lee’s drive to check presidential war making.
Jul 20, 2017 / John Nichols
Trump’s Russiagate Attorney Is Himself Entangled in Russian Corruption Trump’s Russiagate Attorney Is Himself Entangled in Russian Corruption
Meanwhile, Robert Mueller is quietly assembling a dream team of lawyers.
Jul 20, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss
The US Military ‘Liberated’ Mosul—by Destroying It The US Military ‘Liberated’ Mosul—by Destroying It
The only pattern in the American “war on terror” is disaster.
Jul 20, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt