Feeding two birds with one hand
“Nuclear weapons are always in the wrong hands.”
UN chief: ‘Climate change is running faster than what we are’
The world is not on track to achieve the objectives defined in the Paris Agreement.
Restrictions on Syrian Refugees Driven by Fear, Xenophobia
Interview with Congressmember Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim member of Congress. “We’ve had 750,000 refugees come into this country since the year 2001. None of them – not one – has been engaged in terrorism,” Ellison says.
Whether Dealing With Jewish Refugees in ’30s or Syrians Today, U.S. Falls Short of...
Steve Jobs’s father was an immigrant from Syria. We need more like him, and we need fewer children washing up dead on beaches. If we’re going to bomb Syria, we need to take care of the displaced.
‘What corporate welfare is all about’: Sanders condemns lack of price controls on taxpayer-funded...
“Gilead did not make this drug alone. The public has a stake and must have a say in setting the price.”
The truth about Social Security: Setting the record straight
Eighty-three years later, Social Security addresses universal economic risks that have always been with us and always will be.
Why Bernie Needs To Take Satan’s Advice & Create An Un-Christian Coalition
In this week’s Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Election Crimes Bulletin, Dennis J. Bernstein and Greg Palast explain how Bernie can take a tip from Satan’s playbook and seize this moment to create one hell of a powerful a movement!
Berlin lawyers launch legal battle to halt German arms sales to Israel amid Gaza...
Citing potential violations of international law, this legal challenge seeks to uphold Germany's constitutional commitment to protecting human life and questions the ethical implications of supplying weaponry in a conflict-ridden region.
Malaysia to return 3,300 tons of plastic waste illegally imported from countries including the...
"Malaysia will not be a dumping ground to the world ... we will fight back."
Court: Bush administration officials can’t be held liable for post-9/11 mass roundup of Muslims
There doesn’t appear to be a way to hold high-level officials accountable for these types of actions.