Candidates for 2015’s “Hypocrite of the Year”
There are so many candidates. But the people included here stand out in their various areas of nefarious behavior: warmaking, tax avoidance, consumer gouging, environmental destruction, and criminal arrogance.
America’s nuclear gamble: The dangerous push to resume atmospheric testing
Experts warn of catastrophic fallout as calls grow to restart nuclear weapons tests abandoned since 1963.
Noam Chomsky on Bernie Sanders and Our ‘Bought’ Political System
Who does Noam Chomsky support in Election 2016? Watch as he discusses his reasons for his preference for Democratic candidates and the differences between the political parties.
The biggest killer of U.S. troops in the Middle East is not ISIS –...
So what is the solution? How can the U.S. rein in this epidemic of suicide among active duty troops and vets?
What mission accomplished? More questions than answers after Syria bombing
Hopefully, policy makers in the future will realize that drawing 'red lines' in terms of conflicts in other countries creates dangers of its own.
How people are fighting the world’s reliance on the war economy
Many people are already investing themselves in the local peace economy as they divest from the economy of war.
The arsenal of genocide: The US weapons that are destroying Gaza
Our government has delayed a planeload or two of bombs and issued a report that fails to hold either the U.S. or Israel accountable for their war crimes.
Global silence enables Gaza’s humanitarian catastrophe amid ongoing Israeli assault
Human rights groups condemn global complicity in Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.
Killing Someone Else’s Beloved
Who will get your support as the best candidate to continue killing the loved ones of others?
The Al-Qaeda Leader Who Wasn’t
The capture, torture, and propaganda use of Abu Zubaydah is the perfect example of the U.S. government’s unique combination of willful law-breaking, ass-covering memo-writing, and “strategic incompetence.”