As critics warn that President Donald Trump has dramatically intensified the threat of war with Iran, the former head of Israel’s spy agency disclosed in “Amid New Threat of War, Former Mossad Chief Admits Israel Had 2011 Plan to Attack Iran”
Month: September 2020
President's Clemency for 63-Year-Old Serving Life for Non-Violent Drug Offense Is 'Unambiguously Good.' But Trump Is Also Working to Make Mass Incarceration Worse
President Donald Trump’s decision on Wednesday to commute the prison sentence of Alice Johnson—a 63-year-old woman who was unjustly punished with life without parole for “President's Clemency for 63-Year-Old Serving Life for Non-Violent Drug Offense Is 'Unambiguously Good.' But Trump Is Also Working to Make Mass Incarceration Worse”
Creating 'Massive Media-Telecom Behemoth,' Judge Approves ATT-Time Warner Merger
Dealing a significant blow to consumers by placing “unprecedented power in the hands of a single, massive media-telecom behemoth,” a federal judge on Tuesday approved “Creating 'Massive Media-Telecom Behemoth,' Judge Approves ATT-Time Warner Merger”
Cruel Separation of Families 'Rooted in the Racism' of Bannon, Miller, and Trump's Xenophobic Base
Trump critics argued on Monday that the debate over President Donald Trump’s policy of prosecuting asylum seekers and separating children from their parents at the “Cruel Separation of Families 'Rooted in the Racism' of Bannon, Miller, and Trump's Xenophobic Base”
On 30th Anniversary of Famous Climate Testimony, James Hansen Called 'The Paul Revere We Desperately Needed'
Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of James Hansen’s prophetic climate warning to Congress. Commenting on the then-NASA scientist’s testimony, climate activist and author Bill McKibben “On 30th Anniversary of Famous Climate Testimony, James Hansen Called 'The Paul Revere We Desperately Needed'”
At Historic Habeas Corpus Hearing, Guantanamo's 'Dangerous Experiment in Indefinite Detention' Challenged
Lawyers representing a group of men held for over a decade without charge at Guantánamo asked a federal court on Wednesday to provide judicial intervention “At Historic Habeas Corpus Hearing, Guantanamo's 'Dangerous Experiment in Indefinite Detention' Challenged”
'Enshrining Apartheid Into Law,' Israeli Legislature Approves Bill Making Nation's Palestinian Arabs Second-Class Citizens
The Knesset, Israel’s legislature, provoked immediate outrage early Thursday when it passed a controversial law that critics within and beyond Israel have denounced as “an “'Enshrining Apartheid Into Law,' Israeli Legislature Approves Bill Making Nation's Palestinian Arabs Second-Class Citizens”
To Protect Children From Trump Border Policy, Canadian Youth Refugee Choir Cancels US Performance
Citing President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban which was upheld this week by the U.S. Supreme Court, a Syrian children’s choir based in Canada canceled its “To Protect Children From Trump Border Policy, Canadian Youth Refugee Choir Cancels US Performance”
ACLU Says Less Than Half of Kids Trump Ripped From Parents Will Be Reunited Before Court Deadline
Forcing families that have already suffered the immense trauma of being wrenched apart and jailed separately for weeks to wait even longer before they are “ACLU Says Less Than Half of Kids Trump Ripped From Parents Will Be Reunited Before Court Deadline”
Denouncing 'Centrist, Corporate Democrats,' Cynthia Nixon Declares: 'This Is a Time to Fight'
New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon on Friday called for a transformation of the Democratic Party, and said “we have to turn the system upside “Denouncing 'Centrist, Corporate Democrats,' Cynthia Nixon Declares: 'This Is a Time to Fight'”