Truthout
War & Peace
For Barney Frank’s Legacy: Pass the Mulvaney Amendment to Freeze Military Spending
In the cause of working to rein in America's excessive, unnecessary, out-of-control military spending, Frank has stood out from his colleagues, both in terms of advancing the issue in …
Homophobic Chaplain Alliance’s Feeble, Failed Attempt to Rape Servicemembers’ Civil Rights
Under the approving gaze of successive generations of complicit military leaders, ever more powerful sections of the chaplaincy became strongholds for those who sought to turn the Armed Forces …
US Ship Attacks Fishing Boat in Persian Gulf, Killing One
A U.S. Navy fuel-resupply ship that had just passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf opened fire at a 50-foot fishing boat moving toward it, killing …
Kick the Habit: Fund Our Communities, Not War
Like a crack addict reaching for the next hit, unable to envision or take steps toward a regimen of health, too many of our political leaders are embracing their …
Obama Piles New Sanctions Against Iran
The Treasury Department said it was blacklisting 11 companies and several individuals associated with Iranu2019s defence ministry, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as well as Iranu2019s national shipping …
Defying Egypt’s Military Rulers, Morsi Orders Parliament to Reconvene
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi Sunday ordered the countryu2019s dissolved parliament back in session in his first public challenge of the ruling military council that some consider an extension of …
Numbers Tell of Failure in Drug War
When policy makers in Washington worry about Mexico these days, they think in terms of a handful of numbers: Mexicou2019s 19,500 hectares devoted to poppy cultivation for heroin; its …
The Paraguayan Coup: Agribusiness, Landowners, Media Elite and US Lead to Destabilization
It has been nearly two weeks since the parliament of Paraguay orchestrated an institutional coup that removed President Fernando Lugo from power and installed vice president Fernando Franco in …
Burying the Story Along with the Body: Anthony Shadid and The New York Times
The night before he left on his fatal trip into Syria, Anthony Shadid told his wife:
Libyans Vote in First Election in More Than 40 Years
Libyans voted on Saturday in their first election in more than 40 years, in some places braving sporadic gunfire and threats of violence in their determination to conceive a …