Tag: Iraq
How Mesopotamia’s urban and industrial revolution started politics as we know...
Giorgio Buccellati’s At the Origins of Politics takes readers to the early stages of a process that became the structure of modern life.
The New Yorker publishes 2005 Haditha, Iraq massacre photos Marines ‘didn’t...
The graphic images show dead Iraqi men, women and children, many of them shot in the head at close range.
Shift in strategy: Iran-backed Iraqi militia halts operations against US forces
The Iraqi government has publicly advocated for the withdrawal of U.S. troops, a sentiment that may gain further traction in light of recent events.
‘Enough is enough’: Australian PM throws support behind movement to free...
A growing number of politicians are calling on the United States to drop its case against WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange.
Bush’s ‘Mission Accomplished,’ 20 years later
The more difficult truths to plow through have to do with why the mission should never have been attempted in the first place.
12 ways the US invasion of Iraq lives on in infamy
“Today, it is we Americans who live in infamy.”
Trump tells Iraq order US troops out and I’ll freeze your...
it must be stated that Trump’s latest threat is simply another blatant example—this time a fiscal bomb rather than an actual one—of American imperialism and rogue nation behavior.
Two Iraqi peace activists confront a Trumpian world
As the Trump administration weighs war, Iraqis prepare a carnival for peace.
U.S.-led coalition admission of 1,300 civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria
"The Coalition has so far failed to carry out investigations on the ground or provide reasons for the civilian casualties."
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The real evil empire may surprise you
Serving in (or thinking about) the U.S. military for 40 years.
One in ten Americans lives in a sinking city, new study finds
Groundbreaking research from Columbia University reveals that land beneath America’s largest cities is sinking—mostly due to groundwater extraction—posing a hidden but growing threat to infrastructure, flood safety, and climate resilience.
Seven dead in ICE custody in Trump’s first 100 days as detainee population swells
At least seven migrants have died in ICE custody since January, as the Trump administration expands detention and dismantles oversight across a system plagued by abuse, neglect, and inhumane conditions.
Texas voters reject far right school boards in sweeping backlash to book bans
Dozens of candidates who backed book censorship policies lost their seats in school board elections across Texas, signaling public fatigue with partisan attacks on students, educators, and libraries.
Millions would lose Medicaid under GOP cuts, says new CBO report
A nonpartisan analysis shows Republican efforts to slash Medicaid by $880 billion would strip healthcare from millions of low-income Americans in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthy.