The need for such a team speaks to the failure to reverse the conditions — including U.S. sanctions — that displace people in the first place, writes Phyllis Bennis.
The Olympic Refugee Team — Inspiration & Tragedy
Category: Commentary
Scott Ritter: The FBI’s Raid on Peace
Maybe the F.B.I. thought I would be intimidated by the raid, and opt to remain silent out of fear of generating unwanted attention. But all it really accomplished that day was to execute a raid on peace, the author says.
The FBI ‘Visits’ Scott Ritter
Andrew P. Napolitano on the Patriot Act’s destruction of the Fourth Amendment wall between law enforcement and spying.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: James Baldwin at 100
Craig Murray: We Are the Bad Guys
US Medalist Scores Free Healthcare at the Olympics
After the medical care she’s received in Paris, U.S. rugby player Ariana Ramsey says she is ready to push for universal free healthcare in her home country.
SCOTT RITTER: The Murder of Others
The U.S. has had a moral obligation to commemorate Nagasaki, but this year the U.S. refused to mark its murder of innocent Japanese by defending its murder of innocent Palestinians.
US to Iran: Only Israel May Escalate
The imperial spin machine operates by reversing victim and victimizer, aggressor and defender — claiming to act in self-defense while existing in a continuous state of attack, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Labor & the Southern ‘Battery Belt’
Ben Carroll reports on an EV manufacturing boom that is bringing heavy investment into the South and, in the process, creating a new battleground for union organizing.
Israel’s Been Like This Since 1948
We have been lied to for decades about the creation of Israel, writes Jonathan Cook. It was born in sin, and it continues to live in sin.