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What the Godfather of Modern Whistle-Blowing Can Teach Us Now What the Godfather of Modern Whistle-Blowing Can Teach Us Now

As we face two “existential crises,” Daniel Ellsberg’s archives are finally being opened.

Oct 1, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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The Courts Are Fighting Back Against Trump’s Brutal Immigration Policies The Courts Are Fighting Back Against Trump’s Brutal Immigration Policies

Federal judges just issued rulings protecting immigrant children, slowing fast-track deportations, and restricting ICE detention orders.

Oct 1, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

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Letters From the October 14, 2019, Issue Letters From the October 14, 2019, Issue

Unrecognized labor… Taking offense… Hope amid troubles…

Oct 1, 2019 / Our Readers

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The Ukraine Scandal Might Be a Bad Gambit for Democrats The Ukraine Scandal Might Be a Bad Gambit for Democrats

Aaron Maté argues that impeachment is political, not legal—and that the transcript the White House released doesn’t, in itself, implicate the president.

Sep 30, 2019 / Aaron Maté

Syria

UN Accuses US-Allied Forces of War Crimes in Syria UN Accuses US-Allied Forces of War Crimes in Syria

US generals are seemingly unaware of the allegations or whether they leveled Syrian villages.

Sep 27, 2019 / Nick Turse

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Israel Canceled the FIFA Palestine Cup for No Apparent Reason Israel Canceled the FIFA Palestine Cup for No Apparent Reason

Many think it was done to drive a wedge between the West Bank and Gaza in order to thwart the aspirations to nationhood of the Palestinian people.

Sep 26, 2019 / Dave Zirin

The Pentagon

Pentagon Officials Are Promising to Spend Money More Efficiently. They’re Lying. Pentagon Officials Are Promising to Spend Money More Efficiently. They’re Lying.

We can’t expect the Pentagon to serve taxpayers first unless long-standing ties to private defense contractors are undone.

Sep 26, 2019 / William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger

The Republican Party Is Going Down With Trump

The Republican Party Is Going Down With Trump The Republican Party Is Going Down With Trump

The president has so thoroughly annexed the GOP that it’s going to be hard for its leaders to cut their losses—even as he flails.

Sep 26, 2019 / Joan Walsh

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The Tragic Logic of the Attacks on the Saudi Oil Plants The Tragic Logic of the Attacks on the Saudi Oil Plants

The strikes did not claim any human victims, they claimed oil, millions and millions of barrels of it—which is precisely why it may lead to war.

Sep 26, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

43 Hearts. Ayotzinapa Disappearances, 5 Years.

43 Hearts. Ayotzinapa Disappearances, 5 Years. 43 Hearts. Ayotzinapa Disappearances, 5 Years.

September 26 marks the fifth anniversary of the abduction and disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Teachers College by government forces in Guerrero, Mexico. There are ...

Sep 26, 2019 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

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