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Fact-check finds U.S. strikes killed about 115 people before Venezuela raid
PolitiFact says the administration has offered no evidence of drugs aboard the targeted vessels, while analysts and rights groups question the strikes' legality.
Trump’s boat strike campaign reaches 57 attacks as legal questions mount
The Trump administration’s latest strike killed two people and left one survivor missing, intensifying scrutiny of a military campaign that has offered no public evidence for its drug-trafficking claims while experts describe the attacks as extrajudicial killings.
UN rights chief says Trump’s boat strikes are illegal as death...
UN human rights officials, independent experts, and rights groups say U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific violate international human rights law, amount to extrajudicial killings, and may constitute a crime against humanity.
Trump expands boat-bombing campaign to Pacific as death toll climbs and...
Critics denounce the latest strikes as “unlawful extrajudicial killings” as the Trump administration extends its maritime attacks beyond the Caribbean and signals possible land strikes ahead.
Trump’s boat strike in international waters triggers legal firestorm and charges...
Administration claims an attack killed 11 members of Tren de Aragua in international waters, but offers little proof as legal experts, rights groups, and lawmakers cite violations of international and constitutional law.
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Chris Hedges and Albert Raboteau on ‘American Prophets’ importance in an age of radical...
Watch the two thinkers talk about Raboteau’s book, which discusses the work of religious figures such as Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and Martin Luther King, Jr.
How the psychology of oppression perpetuates harm to animals and the environment
To achieve justice for all species and the environment, we must create a more relational world.
“The People’s Historian”: Dave Zirin’s New Book Explores “Remarkable” Life of Howard Zinn
We speak to Dave Zirin, author and sports editor at The Nation , about his new book, The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn , chronicling the life and activism of the legendary historian Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States .
Cats are fueling a global eco-crisis, pushing birds and other species to extinction
Free-roaming cats are an invasive species and one of the most significant sources of human-caused bird mortality.