Historically, the country ignited the imagination of black people across the globe. Brooks Marmon looks into what happened.
AFRICA: The Decline of Liberia in Black Internationalism
Month: May 2021
AFRICA: Early Humans in Stone Age Africa Permanently Changed the Landscape With Fire
Human environmental impacts are associated with the time after the Industrial Revolution, but paleo-scientists have a deeper perspective.
Selling Death
William Hartung says the bombing of Gaza this month by the U.S.-financed and supplied Israeli military is just the latest example of the devastating toll exacted by American weapons transfers.
Changing the Way the Military Handles Sexual Assault
If it took the death of a young woman to launch a relatively timid bill, Andrea Mazzarino asks what it will take to move the judging of violent crimes entirely off military bases and into the regular court system.
Outrage at Israel Fueling Global BDS Movement
Amid growing opposition to the violation of Palestinian human rights, Marjorie Cohn notes that 31 U.S. states have legislation against boycott of and divestment.
A People’s Guide to the War Industry -2: Profits & Deception
Christian Sorensen maps out the global system of weapons mongering. Second in a series of five articles on the U.S. military-industrial-congressional complex.
THE ANGRY ARAB: The Palestinian Cause After the War on Gaza
The U.S. and Israel tried to erase the Palestinian problem from the face of the earth, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
Gaza Assault Left 400,000 Without Regular Access to Clean Water
“We stay up all night looking for water to fill plastic buckets,” said one mother in northern Gaza.
COVID-19: Lack of Transparency Risks Global Response
The Transparency International report reveals a pattern of poor transparency and a disturbing trend of governments censoring key details of their orders from drug companies.
Big Media and Independent Journalism
Big Media depends on big money from big corporations. No wonder that it promotes the corporate agenda and the agendas of governments that serve corporate interests.