Tag: military weapons
The inevitable militarization of space?
For decades, international treaties and diplomatic pressure largely constrained the militarization of space. But in the 2020s, open defiance has replaced subtle circumvention, and the prospect of full-scale weaponization is no longer theoretical.
America dominant again (in arms sales)
Will Biden continue to promote this country as the world’s top arms exporter of all time?
Rewarding failure
Why Pentagon weapons programs rarely get canceled despite major problems...
The US of A(rms)
Don’t be shocked if, even in a Biden presidency, such weaponry continues to flow in and it remains business as usual for this country’s giant arms merchants to the detriment of the peoples of the Middle East.
Trump to give surplus military gear to law enforcement to keep...
There have been 11 school shootings this year alone. And Trump's response is to equip law enforcement with more guns.
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Forest Service files proposal to rescind the roadless rule on more than 44 million...
The rule's own text puts the 2001 protections at 58.5 million acres, and comments close at midnight on September 21.
Farm Action report details the reach of Taylor Farms after a cyclospora outbreak hit...
The company says the FDA has no positive product test, and that about 2,000 of its own samples from central Mexico came back clean.
The Danger of De-contextualized Reporting: A Case Study of Mainstream Media’s Cuba Coverage
NPR's interview with Arturo Sandoval described Cubans as desperate and hopeless without mentioning the 67-year embargo, the terrorism designation or the oil blockade behind it.
Republican chair of the Senate health panel says he has strong concerns about Trump’s...
Heidi Overton stood beside Trump at the signing of an order cutting the shots recommended for all children to 11, and she would need to clear a committee where Republicans hold a single seat
Appeals court upholds order limiting ICE arrests at Quaker, Sikh and Baptist houses of...
The Justice Department never argued a compelling government interest before the district court, and the Fourth Circuit held that defense waived.