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Afghanistan Enacts Law That Gives War Criminals Blanket Immunity
A law that provides blanket immunity and pardons former members of Afghanistan’s armed factions for war crimes and human rights abuses committed prior to December 2001 was quietly enacted …
Premature Withdrawal: Washington’s Cult of Narcissism and Iraq
Hubris? We’re bigger than that!
Education Day of Action Rippled Through California and Beyond
Walkouts, student strikes, and marches shook every level of California's embattled public education system on March 4. University of California students blocked access to campus entrances at Berkeley and …
Kucinich Forces Congress to Debate Afghanistan
On Thursday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) introduced H. Com Res. 248, a privileged resolution with 16 original cosponsors that will require the House of Representatives to debate whether to …
CREW Files Lawsuit, Alleges the VA Underreported Number of PTSD Cases
The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a lawsuit against the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) after the VA admitted to destroying documents responding to CREW's …
National Archives, Watchdog Demand DOJ Probe Destruction of John Yoo’s Emails
Editor's note: This story has been updated to include new information about the filing of FOIA request by a good government group seeking documents related to the destruction of …
GRITtv: STD Vaccines for Minors Without Parental Consent?
A new bill is making its way through the New York state legislature that would give minors the ability to consent to vaccinations for sexually transmitted infections, like Gardasil, …
Operation Breakfast Redux: Could Pakistan 2010 Go the Way of Cambodia 1969?
Tom Engelhardt: Introduction Washington’s Greatest Afghan War Danger: Self-Deception
What the Muslim World Can Teach Us About Nonviolence
It might be a bad dream, but it feels real enough. The mantle of warfare slips seamlessly from one president to another, from one party to another, from one …
Does President Obama Really Want a “Better Approach” to Fix Health Care?
Obama keeps saying he wants better ideas, but then will not meet with doctors desperately trying to let him know a better approach. Last Friday, when President Obama vanquished …