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Tag: Ville Platte

How the Trump administration went easy on small-town police abuses

The Obama Justice Department thought Ville Platte, Louisiana – where officers jail witnesses to crimes – could become a model of how to erase policing abuses that plague small towns across the nation. Jeff Sessions decided not to bother.

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“The madness of militarism,” the 2023 Ellsberg lecture by Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon reflects on 'the madness of militarism' in the Ellsberg Lecture

Unprecedented crisis engulfs Gaza as Israeli strikes intensify

Escalation in Gaza: recent surge in violence deepens humanitarian crisis.

U.S. arms transfers to Israel: over 70,000 weapons since 1950

A detailed report unveils the extent of U.S. military aid to Israel, spotlighting the profound implications of this support on the longstanding conflict in Gaza.