The solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, dubbed the Great North American Eclipse by some media, was a total solar eclipse visible within a band covering … More
Category: USA
highest paved road in North America
The Mount Blue Sky (Mount Evans) Scenic Byway is a 49-mile (79 km) National Forest Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Clear Creek and Jefferson counties, Colorado, … More
Military occupation
Military occupation, also known as belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is the temporary military control by a ruling power over a territory that … More
‘Madness’: Netanyahu’s handling of US relations under scrutiny after UN vote
The Israeli prime minister’s handling of relations with the Biden administration, which led the US on Monday to decline to … More
Israel fury at US abstention on Security Council ceasefire vote
Israel reacted angrily on Monday to the first UN Security Council vote to demand an “immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza … More
the single bloodiest day of conflict for Native Americans with U.S. troops
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend (also known as Tohopeka, Cholocco Litabixbee, or The Horseshoe), was fought during the War of 1812 in the Mississippi Territory, now central Alabama. On … More
Has the United States ever been a democracy?
In the early years of the United States, almost no one called the country’s highly unusual experiment in popular sovereignty … More
1967 USS Liberty – 1968 USS Pueblo
The sky was clear over the eastern Mediterranean when I assumed the forenoon watch as officer-of-the-deck on the bridge of … More
US pushes full-court press to stop Israel operations in Rafah
The Biden administration is desperately trying to convince Israel not to carry out a full-scale military operation in Rafah, the southern city in Gaza where more … More
Thousands will now die of starvation and disease in Gaza
That Israel’s destruction of essential infrastructure, siege, and obstruction of aid efforts in the Gaza Strip are causing severe hunger and … More
Systematic Inequality and American Democracy
While the nation has undoubtedly made progress, entrenched structural racism continues to corrupt American democracy and preserve racial inequality. The … More
The Tragic Absurdity of Biden’s Gaza Policies
Since Israel’s campaign of death began, President Joe Biden has perfected the art of cognitive dissonance, planting story after story about his … More
Hitler’s American Model
In September 1933, an important policy document known as the Prussian Memorandum began circulating among lawmakers and jurists of the … More
US Senate leader Chuck Schumer calls for new Israel elections amid Gaza war
The top legislator in the United States Senate, Chuck Schumer, has offered his most strident criticism of Israel since the war … More
Architects of the Disastrous Iraq War Want a Do-Over in Gaza
In an echo of Washington’s disastrous de-Baathification campaign in occupied Iraq, a new report puts special stress on “deradicalization” efforts … More
when did it become illegal to stand up for peace?
Last weekend, Ally was kicked out of a family Shabbat dinner. Ally is 21 years old and from New York. … More
The bloodshed in Gaza excludes Israel from the civilised world
The inhumane conduct of Israel’s military and its political leaders in the bloody campaign in the Gaza Strip puts Israel … More
world’s moral failure in Gaza should shame us all
As the Group of 20 (G20) meets in Brazil this week, the reported death toll in the Gaza hostilities is … More
Assange proves that it is illegal to tell the truth
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been imprisoned in London for nearly five years, pending extradition to the United States so he can … More
United States war crimes
United States war crimes are violations of the law of war which were committed by members of the United States Armed Forces after the signing … More
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