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Congress to Consider Bills That Would Gut Oversight of US Arms Sales
If passed, the bills would reduce vetting of future sales in the name of speeding up the process.
Trump’s War on Iran Killed Any Shot at Dialogue With North Korea
Trump’s strikes on Iran may show North Korea that US diplomacy is masking its real strategy of coercion or aggression.
80 Years After the Trinity Nuke Test, We’re Still Living an Atomic Nightmare
We can’t know exactly how events would have unfolded had dissent been amplified, but we must now demand a safer future.
Pushing Military Spending and Neoliberal Austerity, French PM Emulates Trump
Both the left and the far right in France see the government budget plan as something of a class war budget.
Trump Admin’s Focus on Child Labor After California Raids Is a Bait and Switch
The Trump administration’s raids are part of the same immigration system that makes child labor conditions possible.
Israel’s Decimation of Transportation Is Adding to Gaza’s Death Toll
When movement is restricted and ambulances are scarce, the smallest wound can become a death sentence in Gaza.
US Leaders Gave Up on Diplomacy With Iran. We Must Make Them Return to It.
Building an antiwar movement means preventing the systemic US aggression that creates the conditions for war.
Trump Plan to Expand Land for Arctic Drilling Is an Ecological Disaster
Trump has announced he will open millions of acres of National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska up to oil and gas companies.
US Aid Has Always Been a Tool of Control. Under Trump, It’s a Tool of Death.
The president’s cuts to USAID are starving the nations that were made dependent on aid by previous administrations.
Trump Revoked Rules Meant to Protect Against Disasters Like Texas Floods
A commonsense rule created building requirements for projects receiving federal funds. Trump revoked it twice.