Justice

Cornel West: Justice and Accountability are Necessary to End Tension over Killings by Police

We discuss the killing of three police officers in Baton Rouge and the recent nationwide protests against police brutality with Cornel West. Cornel West is a professor at Union Theological…

July 18, 2016
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NYT Looks at the Political Exploitation of White Supremacism–but Not Too Hard

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The New York Times (7/13/16) had a piece headlined “For Whites Sensing Decline, Donald Trump Unleashes Words of Resistance.” As FAIR contributing analyst Adam Johnson put it on

July 14, 2016
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A U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle prepares to land at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. after flying a routine training mission, Jan. 25, 2013.

U.S. Drone Program Proves Counterproductive on Own Terms

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If there’s any debate right now in the major U.S. media regarding blowing people up with missiles from drones, it’s about “transparency” (official reporting on who’s killed) or death counts…

July 14, 2016
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Media Silent After Video Shows Off-Duty Cop Gun Down Another Unarmed Man

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As protests over the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile erupt across the nation, the media has remained mostly silent on the death of another unarmed African-American citizen who was killed by an off-duty…

July 13, 2016
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Human Rights

Bush, Blair and the Lies That Justified the Illegal Iraq War

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The Chilcot report, released today by the British government, concluded what most have known for a long time: that Tony Blair took Britain to war on the basis of

July 6, 2016
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Armed drones became the symbol of US counter-terrorism policy under Obama

Comment: Official estimates show civilians more likely to be killed by CIA drones than by US Air Force actions. The reality is likely far worse

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Targeted killings or assassinations beyond the battlefield remain a highly charged subject. Most controversial of all is the number of civilians killed in US covert and clandestine drone strikes since…