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Biden Turns His Back on Yemen

While he is a welcome change from the incompetence, venality, and cruelty of the Trump Administration, Biden has continued the Obama and Trump Administrations' support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen.
Aisha Jumaan ·
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Arms Sales: What We Know About Bombs Being Dropped in Our Name

Danaka Katovich ·

Many U.S. citizens have begun to wonder whether they really want their tax dollars funding Israel’s occupation of Palestine and its military assault on Gaza. (Photo: Screen shot / Twitter)

What Solidarity With Palestine Means

Rebecca Ruth Gould ·

Relatives of Palestinian Diama Assalea, 11, mourn during her funeral following an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip on May 20, 2021. (Photo: Momen Faiz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Study Shows 91% of People Killed or Injured by Explosives in Global Cities Were Civilians

Jessica Corbett ·

Amnesty International activsits demostrate for the closure of the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba outisde the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. in this undated photograph. (Photo: Amnesty International/Twitter)

As US Clears 3 Detainees for Release, Amnesty Demands Biden Close Gitmo

Brett Wilkins ·

A Tale of Two Presidencies: Biden's First 100 Days

When it comes to economic issues, the Biden administration has shown some surprising progressivism. On foreign policy, not so much.

Max B. Saw­icky ·

Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP stands on the grid before the F1 Grand Prix of Emilia Romagna at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari on April 18, 2021 in Imola, Italy. (Photo: Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)

Can Formula 1 Star Lewis Hamilton Send a Message to the Saudi Government?

His willingness to speak out comes at an opportune time, as 2021 is the first year that Formula 1 will go to Saudi Arabia.

Danaka Katovich ·

Yemeni children from families who were affected by the war and blockade, receive a lunch meal from a charitable center on April 12, 2021 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Here's What the US Must Do to Help End Humanitarian Emergency in Yemen

Amanda Catanzano, International Rescue Committee's Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy, testified at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Yemen.

Amanda Catanzano ·

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The Saudi Lobby Moves from K Street to Main Street

How to make a gulf monarchy all-American.

Ben Freeman ·

A man walks by a U.S. drone graffiti painted on a wall during a campaign against drones in Yemen on May 31, 2018 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Biden's Drone Wars

Talk of peace in Afghanistan, Yemen, the streets of the U.S., is not coherent while waging wars with drones.

Brian Terrell ·

F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp and the RAF prepare to refuel from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 8, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.

'Shame': Biden to Advance Trump-Era Sale of $23 Billion in F-35s and Armed Drones to UAE

"We have to stop choosing political expediency over human rights," said Kate Kizer of Win Without War.

Jake Johnson ·

Yemeni children from families affected by the war and blockade receive a lunch meal from a charitable center on April 12, 2021 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Pressure on Biden to End Yemen Blockade Builds With New Letter From Lawmakers

Rep. Ro Khanna says members of Congress are "assessing" whether a War Powers Resolution is needed to fully end U.S. involvement.

Jessica Corbett ·

Medical personnel check people's temperature on the street as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 on April 5, 2020 on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen.

Yemen Is a Public Health Catastrophe

The country's civilians have been the unwilling participants in a proxy war that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and has left the public health system in shambles.

César Chelala ·

Twenty-six-year-old Iman Saleh, on hunger strike for Yemen, speaks during a press conference while joined by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on April 9, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

As Activists' Hunger Strike Reaches Day 13, Calls Mount for Biden to End US Complicity in Starvation of Yemen

"My pain cannot amount to that of Yemenis under siege," said one hunger striker. "I am starving, but I am not being starved. I am suffering, but I can choose to end that suffering."

Jake Johnson ·

Iman Saleh (with drum) on hunger strike in Washington D.C. to protest the blockade and war against Yemen; seated next to her is Rep. Ilhan Omar.

Hunting in Yemen

"It's not normal for people to live like this," says Iman Saleh, now on her thirteenth day of a hunger strike demanding an end to war in Yemen.

Kathy Kelly ·

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