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Cuba Embargo Lifted

Tell Your Senators: Don’t Let Donald Trump Take Our Cuba Policy Backwards Tell Your Senators: Don’t Let Donald Trump Take Our Cuba Policy Backwards

A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill that would guarantee Americans the right to travel to Cuba.

Jun 8, 2017 / NationAction

Trump Is Sending a Murderer to Do a Diplomat’s Job

Trump Is Sending a Murderer to Do a Diplomat’s Job Trump Is Sending a Murderer to Do a Diplomat’s Job

Trump just put Michael D’Andrea—the man who invented so-called “signature drone strikes”—to head up intelligence operations in Iran. 

Jun 7, 2017 / Robert Greenwald

jeremy corbyn rally

Bernie Sanders Is Super Excited About Jeremy Corbyn’s Anti-Austerity Campaign Bernie Sanders Is Super Excited About Jeremy Corbyn’s Anti-Austerity Campaign

You should be too.

Jun 7, 2017 / John Nichols

Trump and McMaster

H.R. McMaster and the Blindness of American Hubris H.R. McMaster and the Blindness of American Hubris

Trump’s national-security adviser understands the limits of military triumphalism. But can he change US policy?

Jun 6, 2017 / William Greider

Trump Navy

Rather Than Russia, America Should Fear Itself Rather Than Russia, America Should Fear Itself

Like the Soviet Union, it is now defined by surveillance, militarism, and shadow government.

Jun 6, 2017 / William J. Astore

The Way Forward in France

The Way Forward in France The Way Forward in France

This week’s legislative elections offer an opportunity to steer President Emmanuel Macron in the direction of justice and away from a moneyed autocracy.

Jun 5, 2017 / Jesse McCarthy

US Warships near Korean Peninsula

Trump’s Handling of North Korea Is Going to Lead Us Straight Into Nuclear Disaster Trump’s Handling of North Korea Is Going to Lead Us Straight Into Nuclear Disaster

Public strong-arming isn’t the key to de-escalating confrontation—it’s the key to igniting it.

Jun 5, 2017 / Rajan Menon

2014 Israeli invasion of Gaza

How Israel’s Occupation Shifted From a Politics of Life to a Politics of Death How Israel’s Occupation Shifted From a Politics of Life to a Politics of Death

Palestinian life has become increasingly expendable in Israel’s eyes.

Jun 5, 2017 / Neve Gordon

After a Terrorist Attack, Spain Rejected Its Hawks. Will Britain?

After a Terrorist Attack, Spain Rejected Its Hawks. Will Britain? After a Terrorist Attack, Spain Rejected Its Hawks. Will Britain?

Spanish voters turned against the incumbent conservative party after the 2004 Madrid bombings.

Jun 5, 2017 / Sam Husseini

Haram al Sharif during the 1967 war

The Historians’ War Over the Six-Day War The Historians’ War Over the Six-Day War

Ever since 1967, writers have been debating the conflict.

Jun 5, 2017 / Guy Laron

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