Jeffrey Sachs: No US War on Iran: An Open Letter to the UN Security Council
The current threat of an attack by the US did not begin with any failure by Iran to negotiate. On the contrary, it began with the United States’ repudiation of…
US Military Helping Trump to Build Massive Network of ‘Concentration Camps,’ Navy Contract Reveals
The Department of Homeland Security is using a repurposed $55 billion Navy contract to convert warehouses into makeshift jails and plan sprawling tent cities in remote areas.
Seth Harp Speaks on New York Times Spiking US Foreign Policy Interview With Ross Douthat
“I think the US is only the latest in a very long history of military empires,” he told Common Dreams. “This is a perspective to which New York Times readers…
Jeffrey Sachs: Iran’s Comprehensive Peace Proposal to the United States
The Middle East stands at a crossroads between endless war and comprehensive peace. A framework for peace does exist. Will the US finally seize it?
ACLU Calls On UN to Initiate ‘Urgent Action’ Protocols Over Trump’s Authoritarian Abuses in Minnesota
Federal law enforcement officials “have ignored basic human rights in their enforcement activity against Minnesotans, especially targeting Somali and Latino communities,” said the ACLU.
Largest Federal Workers Union Demands Ouster of Noem, Miller Over Killing of VA Nurse Alex Pretti
“Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a ‘domestic terrorist,’” said the national president of the American Federation of Government…
Bondi Demands Walz Turn Over Minnesota Voter Rolls to ‘Restore Rule of Law’ to State
“This is blackmail. This is the way organized crime works.”
The Gratuitous Barbarity of Trump’s So-Called ‘Board of Peace’
In the fantasy being pushed by Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and Jared Kushner, Palestinians appear only as an absence, buried beneath the rubble of the real Gaza.
Jeffrey Sachs: Every Nation in the World Should Reject Trump’s Absurd and Dangerous ‘Board of Peace’
Refusal to join will be an act of national self-respect. The UN-based international order, however flawed, should be repaired through law and cooperation, not replaced by a gilded caricature.
7 House Democrats Vote With GOP to Give ICE More Money Despite Deadly Invasions of US Cities
“The billions in funding in this bill will only embolden ICE and CBP to continue arresting our neighbors—immigrant and US citizen alike,” warned one ACLU attorney.
‘The Fourth Amendment Literally Exists to Prevent This’: Memo Claims ICE Can Forcibly Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrants
“Every American should be terrified by this secret ICE policy authorizing its agents to kick down your door and storm into your home,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, demanding congressional hearings.
‘It Has to Stop’: Minnesota Police Chief Says Off-Duty Cops Racially Profiled by ICE
“Every one of these individuals is a person of color,” said Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley—whose own department has been criticized for racial policing.
Jeffrey Sachs: The US-Israel Hybrid War Against Iran
Understanding the hybrid war tactics helps to explain why Trump’s rhetoric oscillates so abruptly between threats of war and phony offers of peace.
‘Get ICE Out!’ Protests Intensify After Another Shooting by Federal Agent in Minneapolis
“This is a military occupation,” said the president of the Minneapolis City Council, “and it feels like a military occupation.”
‘ICE Has Gone Rogue’: Khanna Demands Arrest, Prosecution of Jonathan Ross for Murder of Renee Good
“We need to hold ICE accountable and we need to uphold human rights in ICE facilities. This is the time for Americans to speak up.”