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War & Peace

Amid Nuclear Talks, 40 Groups Urge Biden to Lift Sanctions on Covid-Ravaged Iran

Members of the women-led peace group CodePink protest in 2020 outside the United States Treasury Department against U.S. sanctions on Iran during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: Medea Benjamin/CodePink)

'People Are Not Starving, They Are Being Starved': 250+ Groups Demand Rich Nations Provide Urgent Food Assistance

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

A Yemeni malnourished child lies on a bed where he receives treatment at the malnutrition treating department in Al-Sabeen hospital on January 26, 2021 in Sana'a, Yemen.

"It is human actions that are driving famine and hunger, and it is our actions that can stop the worst impacts."

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Nobel Laureate Warns of 'Devastating Marriage' Between Artificial Intelligence and Killer Robots

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

People take part in a demonstration as part of the campaign "Stop Killer Robots" organized by German NGO "Facing Finance" to ban what they call killer robots on March 21, 2019 in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

"The biggest threats are the 'modernization' of nuclear weapons and the new '...

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'The Status Quo Is Failing': 36 Progressive Groups Demand Pentagon Cuts

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby speaks at press conference on January 28, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

"We must change course and invest in the needs of people rather than the greed...

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A group of five Palestinian children ages 8 to 13 were gathering wild vegetable near the illegal Jewish settlement of Havat Maon when they were arrested by Israeli troops. (Photo: Nasser Nawaj'ah/B'Tselem/Twitter)

Jewish Voice for Peace Action Endorses McCollum Bill Placing Conditions on US Aid to Israel

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speak during a press conference following a vote in the U.S. House on ending US military involvement in the war in Yemen, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 4, 2019.

Afghanistan Withdrawal Good, Say Sanders and Khanna, But Biden Must Do More to End 'Forever Wars'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is co-sponsoring a bill to outlaw the first use of nuclear weapons by the United States. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Warren and Smith Reintroduce 'Critical' Bill to Block US From Starting Nuclear War

U.S. troops patrol near Forward Operating Base Baylough in Zabul province, Afghanistan. (Photo: U.S. Army/Public Domain)

After Nearly 20-Year Assault on Afghanistan, Biden Says 'It Is Time to End America's Longest War'

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

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

U.S. troops in Afghanistan prepare to enter and search a family's home. (Photo: Scott Nelson/Getty Images)

Progressives Welcome 'Incredibly Encouraging News' of Planned US Withdrawal From Afghanistan

Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clarke speaks during a press conference after he joined ISNAD, the defence committee of toppled Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, 28 December 2004 in Amman. (Photo: KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)

Ramsey Clark, Human Rights Lawyer and Critic of US Empire, Dies at Age 93

Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said at a Monday news conference accused Israel of being behind an attack on the Natanz nuclear facility and vowed revenge for the attack of sabotage that outside critics is clearly aimed a scuttling diplomatic efforts between Tehran, the U.S., and others. (Photo: PressTV)

Iran Says Israeli 'Nuclear Terrorism' Could Have Led to Catastrophic 'Crime Against Humanity'

Rejecting Biden's $715 Billion Proposal, Jayapal Says Congress Must Slash the 'Bloated Pentagon Budget'

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

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is seen on the House steps of the Capitol during votes on Friday, December 4, 2020.

Khanna Criticizes Biden for Proposing Pentagon Budget Larger Than Trump's

Further...

She Was A Child

Minutes before the Derek Chauvin verdict, a white cop in Columbus, Ohio shot and killed Ma'Khia Bryant, 16, a black girl in foster care who was threatening another girl with a knife. Many details are unclear - it was reportedly Bryant who called police when older girls were attacking her - but goddamn why can't cops disarm a 16-year-old girl without pumping four shots into her chest within seconds of arriving? Just kidding. We know why.

Progressive Newswire

National Iranian-American Council

NIAC Praises House Passage of NO BAN Act

National Iranian-American Council

40+ Orgs to Biden: Iran Needs Sanctions Relief

Demand Progress

Demand Progress on Today's Yemen Hearings

MPower Change

MPower Change Executive Director and Co-Founder Linda Sarsour Releases Statement on Biden Breaking His Promise to End Trump's Openly Xenophobic Refugee Cap

Public Citizen

36 Groups to Biden and Congress: Reduce Oversized Pentagon Request

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)

New Bill Would Protect the Rights of Palestinian Children and Families

Views

Danaka Katovich, Ariel Gold

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

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies

Biden's Appeasement of Hawks and Neocons Is Crippling His Diplomacy

Amanda Catanzano

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

Matthew Hoh

Biden's Progressive Path Through Afghanistan

Mélissa Godin

Why You Should Be Concerned About the Rise of the Border and Surveillance Industry

Brian Terrell

Biden's Drone Wars

Juan Cole

We Could Have Greened Half the US Electrical Grid With $2.26 Wasted on Afghan War

Chris Hedges

The Collapse of the American Empire

Mary Hladky

The US Did Not Bring Peace, Democracy, or Freedom to Afghanistan

Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies

What's Needed for a More Lasting Peace in Afghanistan

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