Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “My own view is that however ferocious the current hour feels, American history tells us that the people, when properly engaged in politics, have alw... Read more
After careening from one diplomatic extreme to another, President Trump finds himself with a fragile deal that is already showing signs of fraying. [...]
The investigation into the nation’s second-largest school district was prompted by a lawsuit from parents who say the policies contributed to their child’s death. [...]
The next two weeks will tell if the ceasefire announced yesterdaty is just another negotiation deception that seems to have become standard practice in Israeli—and now US—military operations. Last June [...]
Since the latest tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, Richard Shirreff, NATO’s former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, has pointed out that US military planners had long considered conflict scenarios [...]
As a human rights activist, Angélica Macario was used to the hubbub and noise of protests and to seeing her people take their clamor for justice from the mountains of [...]
You report the facts, of course: when the war began, how many countries are involved, how many people have been killed (especially American troops), how much oil is or isn’t [...]
We are living, right now, through a fire that is not metaphorical. On February 28, the United States and Israel launched deadly airstrikes across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei [...]