Truthout
Human Rights and Global Wrongs
Marjorie Cohn analyzes the impact of US imperialism and human rights violations.
Who Is the US Killing With Drones?
Americans need to know more about US drone policy than the body count.
How Scalia’s Absence Will Affect Pending Supreme Court Cases
Following Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's death, what will happen to the cases pending in the Supreme Court?
Revoke ExxonMobil’s Corporate Charter for Climate Destruction and Cover-Up
We should petition the attorney general of New Jersey, where ExxonMobil is incorporated, to revoke the oil firm's corporate charter.
Governors Have No Right to Exclude Syrian Refugees
Only the federal government has the power to decide if and where refugees can settle in the US.
The US Is Still Manipulating the UN After 70 Years
Seventy years after the founding of the United Nations, armed conflict, especially US wars that violate the UN Charter, continues to plague the world.
Do the Democrats Offer a Progressive Choice for President?
If included in the presidential debates, Green Party candidate Jill Stein could push other candidates to the left on foreign policy.
From Japan to Vietnam, Radiation and Agent Orange Survivors Deserve Justice From the US
Decades later, radiation and Agent Orange survivors and their families are still seeking justice from the US government.
One Year After Gaza Massacre, UN Exposes Likely War Crimes
Israel and Palestinian armed groups likely violated international humanitarian law during the 2014 conflict in the Gaza Strip.
Next Steps in the Normalization of US-Cuban Relations: Thoughts From the Cuban Five
Marjorie Cohn interviewed two members of the “Cuban Five.”
Congress Should End Metadata Collection
The Court of Appeals struck down the US metadata collection program, but left it to Congress to come up with a legal fix.