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Leahy Calls for Expanding Human Rights Law to Cover US Intelligence Agencies
The Vermont senator says the agencies should be barred from providing training and equipment to human rights violators.
Advocates Call on Biden to Commute Sentence of Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale
Rep. Ilhan Omar, human rights attorney Steven Donziger and whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg joined calls for a full pardon.
Inside Google’s Quest to Digitize Troops’ Tissue Samples
Defense department staffers have pushed back, raising ethical and legal concerns, but Google might win anyway.
House Passes $858 Billion Military Spending Bill
Progressives rebuked the new NDAA, which authorizes an $80 billion military spending increase over the 2022 bill.
Sanders Moves for Senate to Vote on Ending US Support for Saudi-Led War in Yemen
Sanders says that the resolution has the votes to pass the Senate.
Pentagon to Spend $200 Billion on New Nuclear Bomber as Millions Live in Poverty
Each new plane will cost the government $750 million that could go to housing, health care or education.
Three Palestinians Killed in 24 Hours in Israel’s “Operation Break the Wave”
Palestinian youth and resistance fighters in Nablus continue to resist colonial encroachment and pay the price for it.
Russia’s Uranium Sales Help Fund Ukraine War, Exiled Environmentalist Says
If the U.S. and Europe continue to pay Putin, that means more people will die in Ukraine, says Vladimir Slivyak.
US Arms Sales Continue to Enable War Crimes, Human Rights Violations Worldwide
Meanwhile, a majority of Americans consider arms sales to be “a hazard to U.S. security.”
Chomsky: Options for Diplomacy Decline as Russia’s War on Ukraine Escalates
There is still hope if the U.S. withdraws from its insistence on sustaining the war to weaken Russia and defeat Putin.