Over 180 “No War With Iran” Protests Planned Across US
By Jake Johnson After Iran’s retaliation for the killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani intensified fears of another catastrophic Middle East war, a coalition of progressive advocacy groups…
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“If You Are Wondering Who Benefits”: Weapons Makers Stocks Surge as US Risks War With Iran
By Jake Johnson Almost immediately after the United States assassinated Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike Thursday night, major American weapons manufacturers and…
Activist Facing Prison for Giving Water to Migrants in Desert Found Not Guilty on All Charges
By Jake Johnson and Jessica Corbett An Arizona jury on Wednesday found human rights activist Scott Warren not guilty of “harboring” undocumented migrants, charges that…
Applause as Federal Court Blocks “Unconstitutional” South Dakota Law That Would Hit Pipeline Protesters With Up to 25 Years in Prison
By Jake Johnson Environmentalists celebrated Wednesday after a federal court temporarily blocked enforcement of a recently enacted South Dakota law that aims to hit pipeline…
“Internment Camps for the Homeless”: Trump Pushes for “Crackdown” in California
By Jake Johnson Following reports that President Donald Trump is pushing for a “major crackdown” on homelessness in California that could include destroying existing encampments…
Leaked Audio Exposes Oil Lobbyist Bragging About Success in Criminalizing Pipeline Protests
By Jake Johnson As a growing number of states move to pass laws that would criminalize pipeline protests and hit demonstrators with years in prison, an audio…
Trump Wants to Permanently Bring Back Deactivated NSA Program Exposed by Snowden
By Jake Johnson Civil liberties groups and privacy advocates raised alarm Thursday after the Trump administration called on Congress to reauthorize an NSA mass surveillance…
Farmers Hit Back as USDA Chief Mocks Those Harmed by Trade War as “Whiners”
By Jake Johnson Farmers facing record bankruptcies and collapsing incomes due to President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China were not amused by U.S. Agriculture Secretary…
“Unprecedented, Wasteful, and Obscene”: House Approves $1.48 Trillion Pentagon Budget
By Jake Johnson In a bipartisan deal that one anti-war critic said demonstrates how thoroughly “broken and captured Washington is by the Pentagon,” 219 House Democrats…
400,000 Puerto Ricans Flood Streets to Demand Governor Resign Immediately
By Jake Johnson Hours after Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resisted calls to step down over messages mocking victims of Hurricane Maria and attacking fellow politicians with misogynistic slurs,…
FBI, ICE Using Facial Recognition to Scan Millions of Driver’s License Photos
By Jake Johnson A trove of public records obtained by privacy experts at Georgetown Law revealed that ICE and the FBI have used facial recognition…
Warnings of ‘Gulf of Tonkin 2.0’ as US Officials Blame Iran for Oil Tanker Attacks
By Jake Johnson (CD) — Is the Trump administration attempting to concoct a false pretext to justify launching a war against Iran? That question has become…
Bolton Threatens Iran With “Unrelenting Force” as US Bombers Deployed to Middle East
By Jake Johnson In a late Sunday statement warning—without any evidence whatsoever—of “troubling and escalatory” actions by the Iranian government, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton used…
“Landmark” Victory for First Amendment as Court Strikes Down Texas Anti-BDS Law
By Jake Johnson (CD) — In a decision hailed as a “landmark” victory for the First Amendment, a federal judge on Thursday struck down a Texas law requiring…