Tag: Gitmo
Holding the line on torture
Here’s a disclaimer of sorts: ever since I witnessed the effects of U.S. torture policy firsthand in Central America in the 1980s, I’ve had a deep personal interest in American torture practices.
A children’s Gitmo on the border
It's time to do what we have failed to do for so long now: push back hard on the truly un-American policies.
U.S. Escalates Battle to Keep Guantánamo Force-Feeding Tapes Hidden
A federal judge had given the government until Friday to release footage in which a Syrian detainee was force-fed. The government has now appealed.
Send Obama to Gitmo
President Obama has said he’s like to visit Cuba before leaving office. Wouldn’t it be grand if he visited Caimanera to make an announcement that the prison would be closed and the lovely Cuban seaport would finally be returned to its rightful owners?
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Trump just admitted on live television he will ‘terminate’ Social Security and Medicare if...
"We just heard it straight from Trump's own mouth: If reelected, he will destroy Social Security."
A good news storyline: Trump repudiated, Biden steady but insufficient. Enter systemic reformers.
Biden is no FDR. To expect systemic reform from Biden is naive but to envision him as a stepping stone is good progressive strategy.
It could have been different
And keep in mind, when assessing this world I’m going to leave behind to those I hold near and dear, that Covid-19 is hardly the worst of it. Behind that pandemic is something so much worse.
Era of US domination of Latin America coming to an end
As U.S. empire fades, so might the Monroe Doctrine come to an end.
Bernie and colleagues introduce Make Billionaires Pay Act
“As our country faces vast economic and health needs, billionaires continue to display their appetite for greed.”