Cover art by: Cover image: Europe after a 75 meter rise in sea level; design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels, based on a map by Dave Pape/State University of New York, Buffalo
President Obama has lifted the twenty-year ban on federal funding of needle exchanges. But if he wants to promote public health–over politics–on substance abuse, there are plenty of other bold steps his administration should take.
Later this month thousands of international solidarity activists will take part in the Gaza Freedom March to end Israel’s blockade. They deserve your support.
Escalation in Afghanistan means a surge in contractors, which means that thousands more Afghans will be hired to work at US bases, guard US installations and participate in US training programs.
ICE agents regularly impersonate civilians–OSHA inspectors, insurance agents, religious workers–in order to arrest longtime US residents who have no criminal history.