U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Smith uses a dog to torture a terrified Iraqi detainee at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. (Photo: U.S. Army) “Meanwhile, the U.S. government STILL hasn’t provided compensation or other redress to people tortured by U.S. troops in Iraq,” said one observer. “These three men are the… Continue reading
Dani Bar On/Haaretz Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (photo: Fatima Shbair/AP) 20 april 24 (RSN.org) The justices didn’t lash out at the state, they opted for soft activism, even though around a third of small children in northern Gaza are… Continue reading
Francis Farrell/The Kyiv Independent A view of a building destroyed by Russian shelling in the center of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, on Dec, 23, 2022. (photo: Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency) 20 april 24 (RSN.org) https://t.co/wtePiETnRO — The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 19, 2024 Moments of quiet are few and far between… Continue reading
OPINION | What Happened to the Joe Biden I Knew? OPINION NICHOLAS KRISTOF Credit…Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist During the Darfur genocide and humanitarian crisis two decades ago, then-Senator Joe Biden passionately denounced then-President George W. Bush for failing to act decisively to ease suffering. Biden… Continue reading
by ANDREW GILBERT APRIL 19, 2024, 5:06 AM (MissionLocal.org) Joshua Kosman’s announcement last week that he’s retiring from the San Francisco Chronicle at the end of the month, giving up the classical music critic’s chair he’s so ably occupied since 1988, is more than the end of an era. As one… Continue reading
by XUEER LU APRIL 18, 2024, 12:00 PM (MissionLocal.org) Welcome back to “Meet the Candidates” series for District 11, where we ask each candidate to answer one question per week leading up to the election, with answers in about 100 words. District 11 Supervisor Ahsha Safaí is termed out — and… Continue reading
Grants Pass v. Johnson could make the entire criminal justice system far crueler. It also tests the limits of judicial power. By Ian Millhiser Apr 17, 2024 (Vox.com) Ian Millhiser is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the decline of liberal democracy in the United… Continue reading
Upgrade to paid Workers at a Volkwagon factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, are now voting on whether to join the United Auto Workers (UAW). Is this the restart of a unionized nation? MATT STOLLER APR 19, 2024 (mattstoller@substack.com) Welcome to BIG, a newsletter on the politics of monopoly power. If you’d… Continue reading
Gabriel Marmentini | TED Democracy • November 2023 What does it mean to be an active citizen? It’s about more than just voting and paying taxes, says social entrepreneur Gabriel Marmentini. He explains why we can’t rely on the state alone to solve all our problems — and presents the four… Continue reading
Mobilizing the grassroots PATRICK MAZZA APR 19, 2024 (theraven@substack.com) This map from One Payer States depicts in yellow states where some level of action toward expanded health care coverage is taking place. Actions are detailed at this site. States move to address a systemic failure One of the greatest systemic failures… Continue reading
