What to Do? I am writing especially thinking about Palestinian women. They have suffered so immeasurably and grotesquely while they have tried to care for their children and their pregnancies, while being malnourished, dehydrated, starved, and heartbroken while death...
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Cold War with China Aggravates Urgent Global Concerns, Say 66 Orgs
The Strategic Competition Act of 2021 would introduce measures to increase American competitiveness with regards to China. These 66 organizations urged legislators to consider how militarization and demonizing China risks violence against Asian Americans and failing to confront the U.S. most pressing challenges.
Is China Going to Invade Taiwan?
Only if the U.S. tries putting missiles or a Navy base on the island. I’ve never wanted to be a war correspondent. The closest I ever came was working as a reporter for Business Week based in Hong Kong during the mid ’90s, when I was dispatched by the magazine to...
What’s in the US’s Massive Military Aid Package to Ukraine
The colossal $40 billion Ukraine military aid package passed by Congress is not all for weapons. Still, even $17 billion buys a hell of a lot of destructive and deadly weaponry.
NRA Convention Went on ‘As Planned’ after Uvalde Shooting
The National Rifle Association held its annual conference in Houston on Friday, just three days after and 300 miles away from the May 24 mass shooting of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Former President Donald Trump spoke at...
Cannes, Zelenskyy, Social Media, and the Mise en Abyme of Independent Media
“Hundreds of people are dying today. Is cinema going to stay out of it?” demanded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
U.S. ‘Military Aid’ to Ukraine at $54 Billion as Media Calls for More
As the Russia-Ukraine war continues, U.S. media echoes calls from Ukrainian officials for more weapons. The total U.S. spending on Ukraine has reached $54 billion, with largely bipartisan support on aid packages from U.S. lawmakers.
The Ukraine War Must Be Stopped Before It Goes Nuclear
We can’t rely on luck anymore. It has become commonplace for presidents, and presidential candidates on the stump, especially since 9-11 two decades ago, to declare solemnly that their “number one responsibility” as president is “to keep Americans safe.” Now I grant...
Jeff Cohen: “Magical Thinking” When U.S. Drops the Bombs
Jeff Cohen appeared on Free Speech TV’s “Just Solutions” this month to speak about wartime censorship in United States news media. While today’s empathetic coverage of Ukrainian civilians provides appropriate emphasis on the non-combatant casualties of war, such...
Turning off the Tap: The Pentagon Fails its 4th Consecutive Audit
For the fourth Year in a Row, the Pentagon Failed a $200-Million Audit of its $780-Billion Budget and $3-Trillion Balance Sheet One of the biggest blacked-out stories of 2021 surely has to be the news, on November 16, that the Pentagon once again had abysmally failed...