by John Lindsay-Poland | Jul 22, 2019 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev, War & Peace
When gun exporters and importers gather at a trade conference at the Trump Hotel in Washington later this month, they will confront mixed trends in their industry. Gun manufacturing in the United States fell sharply in the first year of the Trump presidency, by more...
by Phyllis Bennis | Jul 1, 2019 | Redev, War & Peace
Some things are still unclear about Trump’s recent decision to bomb Iran — and his rapid-fire follow-up decision not to. We still don’t know what he or his bomb-Iran cheerleaders — National Security Adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo —...
by John Feffer | Jun 26, 2019 | Redev, War & Peace
The ongoing conflict with Iran showcases all the reasons why Donald Trump remains a hit with his base. First of all, the guy tells a ripping yarn. While critics of U.S. policy drone on about complex agreements with opaque acronyms, Trump boils down the problem to a...
by Bill Frelick | May 30, 2019 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
Since the end of the Vietnam War, the U.S. resettlement program has provided safe harbor to more than 3.4 million refugees. This number might look large, but it represents relatively few of the millions of refugees in the past four decades who were fortunate enough to...
by Tom Engelhardt | May 22, 2019 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
In this country, reactions to the Mueller report have been all-American beyond belief. Let’s face it, when it comes to election meddling, it’s been me, me, me, 24/7 here. Yes, in some fashion some set of Russians meddled in the last election campaign, whether it...
