Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly told President Joe Biden during their meeting in Jeddah Friday that while the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is "regrettable," U.S. hands are not clean and other journalists are killed with impunity.Bin Salman...
House Votes Down Amendments To Cut ‘Outrageous’ Military Budget
Progressive campaigners rebuked members of Congress who on Wednesday night voted down a pair of amendments to the latest National Defense Authorization Act that would have significantly limited the U.S. military budget.With the US House of Representatives set to vote...
‘You Don’t Got This’: Peace Group Blasts NYC’s New Nuclear Survival PSA
Peace advocates on Tuesday derided a New York City public service announcement meant to prepare residents for a nuclear attack as a 21st-century version of the absurd Duck and Cover civil defense film of the early Cold War era."So, there's been a nuclear attack," the...
‘Sad Day for Western Democracy’: Chomsky, Ellsberg, Others Denounce Assange Extradition
As supporters of Julian Assange held a news conference Friday at the United Kingdom's consulate in New York to demand freedom for the jailed WikiLeaks founder, a trio of leading leftist figures decried the British government's approval of the ailing Australian's...
Israeli Cops Won’t Be Punished for Attack on Shireen Abu Akleh’s Funeral
No Israeli police officers will be punished, despite brutally assaulting mourners at last month's funeral procession for slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a leading newspaper in Israel reported Thursday.According toHaaretz, the decision to not...
US Asks Israel to Dial Back Oppression of Palestinians – But Just During Biden’s Visit
The United States is asking Israel to refrain from certain violations of international law in Palestine during President Joe Biden's visit to the apartheid state next month, according to a report published Wednesday.Axios reports U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for...
New Demands for Yemen War Powers Resolution as Report Reveals Depth of US Complicity in Airstrike
A leading peace group on Monday said a new report detailing the depth of US support for Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen – hundreds of which have been called war crimes by international legal experts – shows the need for Congress to pass a recently introduced...
US Groups Demand Full Probe After Israeli Forces Kill Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Human rights advocates on Wednesday called for a thorough and transparent investigation after Al Jazeera and witnesses said Israeli forces shot and killed one of the network's reporters while she was at work.Shireen Abu Akleh, a well-known 51-year-old...
Study Reveals Sweeping Extent of ICE’s Secret Surveillance Dragnet
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is operating a digital surveillance dragnet through which the agency is able to access information about nearly every person in the United States, a two-year investigation by researchers from the Center on Privacy &...
Rights Group Says Ukraine Torture or Killing of Russian POWs Would Be Clear ‘War Crime’
A leading international human rights group said Thursday that if genuine, unverified videos showing Ukrainian troops shooting Russian prisoners of war would depict war crimes, while calling on Ukraine to "ensure an effective investigation" into the alleged abuse.Human...


