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![Iraqi Writers Reflect on US Invasion 20 Years Later](https://media.truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/BUSH-NYT-Orders-Start-of-War-400x300.jpg)
Iraqi Writers Reflect on US Invasion 20 Years Later
Sinan Antoon and Feurat Alani look back at how the unprovoked U.S. invasion devastated Iraq.
![Human Rights Groups Call on Biden Not to Revive Migrant Family Detention](https://media.truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/SEG1-Family-Detention-400x300.jpg)
Human Rights Groups Call on Biden Not to Revive Migrant Family Detention
“The Biden administration … is going against all the promises that they made on the campaign trail,” said Silky Shah.
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Blinken Visits Niger as Biden Moves to Counter China and Russia in Africa
The U.S. has about 800 military personnel in Niger and a drone base in the city of Agadez.
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Russia-US Drone Encounter Is “an Incendiary Development,” Says Jeremy Scahill
A U.S. drone crashed in international waters after being intercepted by Russian fighter jets over the Black Sea.
![Banks Lobbied to Weaken Regulations That Could Have Prevented Their Collapse](https://media.truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/seg1-Biden-SVB-400x300.jpg)
Banks Lobbied to Weaken Regulations That Could Have Prevented Their Collapse
Executives from the failed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were among those who lobbied to weaken the rules.
![East Palestine Disaster a Direct Result of Reliance on Fossil Fuels and Plastic](https://media.truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/SEG1-Ohio-Train-Water-Contamination-400x300.jpg)
East Palestine Disaster a Direct Result of Reliance on Fossil Fuels and Plastic
The toxic crash unveiled the plastics industry’s toll on the planet and public health. Will the U.S. ban vinyl chloride?
![Historian Alfred McCoy: As Tensions Rise over Taiwan, U.S. & China Edging Ever Closer to War](https://media.truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/seg1-Mccoy-Xi-Biden-400x300.jpg)
The US and China Edge Closer to War as Tensions Rise Over Taiwan
Alfred McCoy, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses the latest developments.
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Mississippi State GOP Puts Forth Bills to Take Over Majority-Black Capital
“These bills are an attack on Black leadership," says Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba.
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International Women’s Day Has a Radical History Rooted in Socialism
The day has always represented a struggle for “the conditions in which people can thrive,” says Professor Nancy Krieger.
![Watchdog Files FEC Complaint That Fox News Broke Election Laws, Lied for Trump](https://media.truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/SEG3-Fox-News-3-400x300.jpg)
Watchdog Files FEC Complaint That Fox News Broke Election Laws, Lied for Trump
Rupert Murdoch gave Jared Kushner confidential information about Biden’s campaign ads and debate strategy.