Dr. Tom H. Hastings is PeaceVoice Director and on occasion an expert witness for the defense in court. Gail Skenandore is a Gila River Pima tribal member and a long-time worker for the poorest of the poor.
Lawmakers are demanding the Pentagon explain the legal basis for joint US-Ecuador operations after reports alleged civilian sites were bombed and detainees were tortured.
Researchers credit stronger enforcement and environmental protections in Brazil while warning that fires, illegal logging, and political threats continue to endanger the rainforest.
As distant as it may seem, I am only two generations removed from the 1948 Catastrophe of Palestine, where over 750,000 Palestinians were displaced from their land, and thousands were massacred.