by Ronald Suny, University of Michigan The first casualty of war, says historian Ronald Suny, is not just the truth. Often, he says, “it is what...
Sergiy Kyslytsya also denounced the Russian president’s decision to put nuclear forces on special alert as “madness.” Amid rapidly escalating fears of global nuclear war, Ukraine’s ambassador to...
More than 5,500 peace advocates have been detained across the country since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his war on Ukraine, according to a human rights...
There must be “an immediate halt to use of the internationally banned weapon,” said the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munition Coalition. Allegations on...
The ICC prosecutor, who is following the invasion “with increasing concern,” signals the court may launch an investigation. Amnesty International declared Friday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “has been...
The U.S. senator from Vermont called for “serious sanctions on Putin and his oligarchs” in response to the Kremlin’s latest moves. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday called...
“Ahmaud Arbery was lynched in broad daylight,” said the NAACP’s president, “and today’s verdict brings us one step closer to justice.” This is a developing story… Please...
In the past few weeks, U.S. officials have warned several times that Russia plans to create the appearance of an attack on its own forces and...
The U.S. has been warning for weeks about the possibility of Russia invading Ukraine, and threatening retaliation if it does. Just eight years after Russia’s incursion...
“This money belongs to the people of Afghanistan, not to the United States,” said an Afghan protest organizer in Kabul over the weekend. With the people...
“Climate change is here and now,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. “If a 1,200 year mega-drought isn’t enough to make people realize that, I don’t know what...
Without more regulation, this will continue,” said one critic. “We need governments and regulatory bodies to step up and put an end to this greenwashing trend.”...
“A large across-the-board increase in interest rates is a cure worse than the disease,” says economist Joseph Stiglitz. “That might dampen inflation if it is taken...
The last thing average working people need is for the Fed to raise interest rates and slow the economy further. The problem most people face isn’t...
The wealth-hoarding by ultrarich families would be equivalent to over four Build Back Better plans Over the next few decades, the richest American families could avoid paying...
One critic said the company’s explanation for the coming price hikes amounts to “word salad to hide corporate greed.”‘ Starbucks on Tuesday reported a 31% increase in...
A new legal filing by New York’s attorney general this week accused former President Donald Trump’s company of misleading lenders about the financial health of its...
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Jan. 19, 2022, that he thinks Russia will invade Ukraine, and cautioned Russian president Vladimir Putin that he “will regret...
“Wall Street’s toxic fossil fuel investments threaten the future of our planet and the stability of our financial system and put all of us, especially our...
What are the institutions—public and civic—that could roll back this fast-approaching U.S.-style fascism with the snarling visage of serial criminal and constitutional violator, Donald J. Trump?...
People everywhere are waking up to the realization that they must fight to organize the world in such a way that there is a sustainable future...
Here’s a tale of two Stephen Rosses. Real life Stephen Ross, who founded Related Companies, a global firm best known for developing the Time Warner Center...