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Rep. Ro Khanna is Vice Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and is co-sponsoring House Resolution 246 attacking the BDS movement. (Photo: Screenshot)

Why Are Progressive Democrats Backing an Anti-BDS Bill That Was Introduced at an AIPAC Conference?

"They are deluding themselves."

Michael Arria ·

how could Trump get reelected, and how could democracy get wiped out in the USA? (Photo: AP)

How a Trojan Horse Project to Rewrite Our Constitution Could Actually Happen if Trump Wins in 2020

It’s looking more and more like the endgame here for Trump—and the right-wing billionaires who support him and the GOP—is not just to get reelected, but to actually rewrite our Constitution and end the American experiment

Thom Hartmann ·

A vast expanse of toxic waste fills the tailings dam on April 21, 2011, frequently whipped up by strong winds dumping mllions of tonnes of radioactive materials toward surounding villages where farmers blame the state-owned giant Baogang Group, China's largest producer of rare earths and a major iron ore miner and steel producer, for poisoning their fields and ruining their livelihoods near Baotou city in Inner Mongolia

Amid China Trade Tensions, Pentagon Eyes Toxic Rare Earths Development in US

Processing of rare earths has unleashed environmental catastrophe in China

Andrea Germanos ·

If Donald Trump Is the Symptom... Then What’s the Disease?

In the context of both Trump change and climate change, we're obviously still awaiting our true transformative president, the one who is not a symptom of decline, but a factor in trying to right this country and the Earth before it's too late.

Tom Engelhardt ·

Militia members and supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro take part in a march to protest against economic measures imposed by the US government and support the CLAP (Local Committee for Supply and Production) box -which contains basic family basket products at a low cost- in Caracas, Venezuela on June 8, 2019.

Big Media Get Big Things Wrong on Venezuela

Janine Jackson ·

Reuters depiction (6/7/19) of Venezuelan refugees. (Photo: Pilar Olivares/Reuters)

Study Linking US Sanctions to Venezuelan Deaths Buried By Reuters for Over a Month

It is up to all of us to not be passive consumers of news, and continually bear in mind that the news we are getting about official enemies may be less than half the story

Joe Emersberger ·

Yemen

Trump's Use of Emergency Loophole to Export US Bombs to Saudis, Critics Warn, Will Only Intensify World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

"Every bomb sold to Saudi Arabia is another bomb for Saudi bomber jets to drop on Yemeni hospitals, weddings, markets, and school buses."

Jessica Corbett ·

Pro-Guaidó police officers walk around Altamira distribuitor on April 30, 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela. Through a live broadcast via social media, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido called for a military uprising against the government of Nicolás Maduro. (Photo: Carolain Caraballo/Vizzor Image/Getty Images)

This US-Backed Rightwing Coup Attempt in Venezuela Must Be Condemned

We must do all we can to join this historic struggle for peace, justice and self-determination in our hemisphere.

Gerry Condon ·

US puppet Juan Guaidó speaks to reporters during his failed coup attempt yesterday.

It’s Looking Like Another Failed Coup Attempt by the US and Its Puppet Guaidó in Venezuela

The US cannot understand how loathed it is south of the border

Dave Lindorff ·

"If This Isn't an 'Armed Coup,' Then What the Hell Is?" US Denounced for Backing Attempted Overthrow in Venezuela

"Who are the punks? Who are the bullies? Let me say their names... Donald Trump. Mike Pence. John Bolton. Mike Pompeo. Elliott Abrams. Marco Rubio."

Jake Johnson ·

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