‘Far Too Little, Far Too Late,’ Say Critics as Biden Finally Removes Cuba From Terror List
"Seriously? You wait until six days before leaving office to do what you promised to do during your 2020 campaign?" said one observer.
When Israeli Warplanes Rain Death on Gaza, the Copilot Is Uncle Sam
Arming Israel Still Has Bipartisan Support in Washington.
Patrick Lawrence: The Nihilism of Antony Blinken
Antony Blinken is utterly indifferent to “what the public thinks” by his own profession. He doesn’t do politics, you see.
Jeffrey Sachs: A Comprehensive Deal for Peace in the Middle East
The sheer majority of people in the Middle East, and in the world, yearn for peace. Yet a violent extremist minority commits the region to endless war.
Lancet Study: Gaza Health Ministry Undercounted Death Toll By 41%
The study doesn't account for indirect deaths caused by the Israeli siege.
Chris Hedges: Genocide: The New Normal
Israel and the U.S. government will continue the genocide in Gaza for many months until the Palestinians are annihilated or driven from their homeland and Greater Israel is consolidated.
Norman Solomon: Genocidal President, Genocidal Politics
Following the reports last month from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch concluding that Israeli actions in Gaza are genocide, Biden’s decision was a new low for his presidency.
John Kiriakou: US System of Prison Injustice
As we bump up against the end of the Biden administration, here’s a look at this president’s final year in office and his criminal-justice legacy.
US Has Given Israel $22 Billion in Military Aid Since October 2023
According to data from SIPRI, US weapons now account for 78% of Israel's arms imports.
Jonathan Cook: Is US Democracy a Sham? Biden Gave Us the Answer. Were You Listening?
Only in a world of political make-believe would the Wall Street Journal’s account of Biden’s years-long cognitive decline, and its concealment by his officials, count as a scoop.
Patrick Lawrence: Our World of Wars, Our War of Worlds
What happens when a great but declining power loses a war, the very most decisive war, it cannot afford to lose?
Biden Administration Announces Nearly $6 Billion in New Ukraine Aid
Ukraine is receiving about $2.5 billion in military aid and $3.4 billion in 'budget support,' which funds government salaries and services.
Pentagon Admits It’s Been Lying About the Number of Troops in Both Iraq and Syria
The US has said it has 2,500 troops in Iraq, but the Pentagon says the actual number is higher.
Chris Hedges: How Fascism Came
America’s democracy was destroyed by the two ruling parties who sold us out to corporations, militarists and billionaires. Now we pay the price.
Chris Hedges: Catastrophe for the Palestinians and the Region
The Zionist project to overthrow the Assad regime through slow economic strangulation was decades in the making, says Chris Hedges.