North Korea

Faith Groups Part of Human Rights Coalition Urging Biden to Ease Sanctions Amid Pandemic

General view of a hospital where health officers, wearing masks and special protective suits, take care of a patient infected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) at a hospital in Tehran, Iran on March 02, 2020. (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

UN Experts Urge Biden to Abolish 'Inherently Flawed' Death Penalty

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

"There is no time to lose with thousands of individuals on state death rows across the country and several executions scheduled at state level in 2021."

Citing 'Moral and Public Health Imperative,' Progressive Lawmakers Press Biden on Sanctions Relief

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Iranian medical personnel cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for an elderly woman who has infected by the new coronavirus disease in a COVID-19 section of the Rasoul-e-Akram hospital in western Tehran at midnight on December 14, 2020. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The 27 Democrats called for "much-needed and overdue changes to the way we use...

Excerpts of John Bolton Book Showing Unhinged Behavior by Trump Evidence Former Advisor Is '100% Complicit,' Say Critics

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

"Bolton is a moral abomination in every way. It's also the case that basically...

'Time for a Major Shift': Groups Demand Biden Vow End to Endless Wars and Destructive US Foreign Policy

Rumors and Fake #KimJongUnDead Hashtag Spark Concern Over Health, Whereabouts of North Korean Leader

70+ Groups Demand Trump Immediately End US Sanctions Against Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and Others During Covid-19 Crisis

Economists Demand Trump Immediately Lift Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela Sanctions That Are 'Feeding the Coronavirus Epidemic'

Largely Driven by Climate Crisis, 9 Out of 10 Least-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2019 Were in Africa

Arms Expert Warns of 'Reckless and Unnecessary Escalation' After Pentagon Tests Missile Banned by INF Treaty That Trump Ditched

Progressives 'Overjoyed' as John Bolton Leaves White House

'We Need Real Diplomacy,' Not Just Photo-Ops, Says Bernie Sanders as Trump Restarts Nuclear Talks With North Korea

North Korea Calls John Bolton a 'War Maniac' Who Is 'Wrecking Peace and Security' Across the Globe

North Korea Warns 'Gangster-Like' Tactics of Bolton and Pompeo Undermining Nuclear Talks

Spanish Investigators Believe CIA Was Involved in Violent Attack on North Korean Embassy: Report

'A Major Failure': North Korea Summit Cut Short as Trump Refuses to Lift Sanctions

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A World to Win: Abolishing Capitalism For A More Just and Sustainable Economic System

Evidently taking to heart the notion that White House petitions serve a legitimate purpose by "making it easier for politically underrepresented groups to mobilize themselves (and) help solve collective action problems," Chicago theologian and professor Adam Kotsko has begun a We the People petition to abolish the capitalist mode of production. The petition has garnered hilarity from the right wing - cue talk of fascists, liberals, idiots, North Korea - but some thoughtful dialogue elsewhere...