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War & Peace

Millions Lack Food, Housing, and Healthcare, But 38 Democrats Just Joined GOP to Spend $716 Billion on Endless War and Empire

Poverty Rampant, Puerto Rico Destroyed, Single Payer "Too Expensive," and Flint Still Doesn't Have Clean Water. But You Can Have Space Force!

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

U.S. President Donald Trump looks up toward the Solar Eclipse on the Truman Balcony at the White House on August 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Trump channels Jim Crow era in announcing more militarized space

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Coalition Ignores Famine Warnings and Continues Assault on Yemen as Critics Question US Complicity

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Yemeni women and girls

While senators demand answers from the Pentagon, anti-war advocates are calling...

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On Prison's 6,000th Day, Groups Demand Trump "Choose Justice Over Inhumanity" and #CloseGitmo

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

A Witness Against Torture protest at NYC City Hall on June 26, 2012. (Photo: Felton Davis/flickr/cc)

"It is outrageous that the U.S. government continues to perpetuate the myth of...

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)

Progressives Denounce Democratic Senators for Trying to Keep Trump on a 'Permanent War Footing' in Korea

Can US Government 'Secretly Plot to Assassinate' Americans Without Due Process? Judge Says No, Allowing Case Against 'Kill List' to Proceed

Amid Scathing Accusations of War Crimes, UN Votes 120-8 to Condemn 'Indiscriminate' Israeli Violence Against Palestinians

Saudi Arabia Yemen Trump

'Dark Moment of Shame': With Explicit US Backing, Saudi Attack on Yemen's Humanitarian Lifeline Begins

Amid Warnings Saudi Attack Will Plunge Yemen Into Famine, Urgent Demand for US to End 'Complicity in This Atrocity'

'Peace Is Bad for Business': War Profiteer Stocks Plummet After Diplomatic Progress With North Korea

Donald Trump North Korea Kim Jong-un Iran

Speaking From Experience, Iran Warns North Korea Trump Could Scrap Agreement Before He Even Gets Home

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Trump's Diplomatic Strategy for Summit With Kim Jong Un Included 'Batshit Crazy' Fake Movie Trailer

FULL STATEMENT: Joint Agreement Signed by Trump and Kim at Singapore Summit

'Better Than Threats of Nuclear War': Trump Vows to End US War Games After Summit With North Korea's Kim Jong Un

Senator: "Let Me Repeat... The US Helped Bomb A DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS CHOLERA TREATMENT FACILITY"

One of several murals being created by Kabul's "ArtLords" painters to welcome the Helmand to Kabul peace walkers. (Photo: Kathy Kelly/VCNC)

We Want Peace: Afghan Marchers Head to Kabul to Denounce War and Occupation

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Broken Children In Cages Are Sobbing For Mommy and Daddy, and Mobsters Are Governing America

Man. New audio of incarcerated toddlers crying for their parents did us in, never mind growing evidence of the lifelong damage being done. Meanwhile, a new poll says two-thirds of Americans want it to end, all Senate Dems - NO Repubs - now support a Keep Families Together Act, and Mad Dog PAC billboards - "What If It Was Your Child?" - are circling the Capitol. These kids' stories will be told, says Charlie Pierce; the rest of us "are choosing the history of which we one day will be a part."

Progressive Newswire

Amnesty International - USA

Yemen: Prominent Human Rights Defender Arrested

Amnesty International - USA

Honduras: Authorities Are Denying Due Process to People Arrested During Post-Election Protests

Amnesty International - USA

Yemen: Attack on Hodeidah Threatens Civilian Lives and Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid

Stop the War Coalition

Theresa May’s Backing for Saudi Assault on Hudaydah Is Another Sickening Blow to the People of Yemen

Win Without War

Congress Must Stop UAE, Saudi-led Military Offensive in Yemen

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s Statement on Singapore Summit with Kim Jong-Un

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Views

Neve Gordon, Nicola Perugini

The Fallacy of Israel's Human Shields Claims in Gaza

Michael T. Klare

Is War With China on the Horizon?

Peter Dreier

One Hundred Years Ago, Eugene Debs Gave An Anti-War Speech That Landed Him in Prison

Doug Rawlings

Does the Burns/Novick Vietnam Documentary Deserve an Emmy?

Gregory Shupak

Pundits Worry Threat of Nuclear War Is Being Reduced

Shervin Malekzadeh

Boys Go to Baghdad, Real Men Go to Tehran

Rasha Abdul Rahim

Why Project Maven Is the Litmus Test For Google’s New Principles

Sarah Eckel-Dalrymple, Brienne Kordis

From Wall Street to the Vatican; The Pope’s Chat With Larry Fink

Sonali Kolhatkar

Trump Helps the Cause of Peace in the Koreas, but What About Elsewhere?

Robert Reich

The Military Industrial Drain

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