The Obama Wars
Obama’s legacy of warmaking has largely been maintained, advanced, and imitated by bipartisan consensus and by Donald Trump.
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Official Secrets: Best Movie So Far This Year
Official Secrets dramatizes the story of how British whistleblower Katharine Gun tried to expose the false pretenses used to justify the war on Iraq.
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The people of Bougainville wanted independence, but were made part of Papua New Guinea instead. And in the 1960s the most horrible thing happened…
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Updated Data: Mass Shooters Still Disproportionately Veterans
Could it be that being trained and conditioned and given a familiarity with mass shootings makes one more likely to mass shoot?
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Ten Questions About the Gulf War Monument Planned for WashingtonÂ
Evidently, there aren’t enough war monuments in Washington yet because now they’re planning one to memorialize the Gulf War.
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Humanitarian Aid Blocked from Entering Venezuelan Embassy in Washington D.C.
The outrages and atrocities of the Venezuelan government are, of course, matched by those of dozens of other governments, including the U.S. government.
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The Line Between U.S. Prisons and Death Camps
The typical treatment of U.S. prisoners who are ill, including with life-threatening illnesses, is absolute denial of any medical care.
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Closing Military Bases, Opening a New World
The US has built an empire of military bases around the globe, but the good news is that popular activism can get bases shut down.
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Does Washington D.C. Need a U.S. Embassy?
The old joke that the U.S. government is never overthrown because it’s in the one capital that doesn’t have a U.S. embassy rings unfunnily true.
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The Secretary of the Navy Lied to Congress
The Pentagon has forced open every schoolhouse door and still can’t manage to gather its cannon fodder. Perhaps someone will ask why that is.Â
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