by Nick Turse | Jan 17, 2018 | Redev, War & Peace
At around 11 o’clock that night, four Lockheed MC-130 Combat Talons, turboprop Special Operations aircraft, were flying through a moonless sky from Pakistani into Afghan airspace. On board were 199 Army Rangers with orders to seize an airstrip. One hundred miles to...
by Conn Hallinan | Jan 2, 2018 | Democracy & Governance, Energy, Environment, Human Rights, Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev, War & Peace
Each year Foreign Policy In Focus columnist Conn Hallinan gives awards to individuals, companies, and governments that make reading the news a daily adventure. Here are the awards for 2017. The Reverse WEBBY Award goes to the Colsa Corporation — a Huntsville,...
by Maha Hilal | Dec 19, 2017 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
This article is a joint publication of Foreign Policy In Focus and In These Times. Two years ago this December, Donald Trump issued his now infamous statement: “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until...
by John Feffer | Dec 13, 2017 | Democracy & Governance, Environment, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
Donald Trump is contemplating wars that would dwarf anything that his immediate predecessors ever considered. He has dropped the mother of all bombs in Afghanistan, and he’s considering the mother of all wars in the Middle East. He is abetting Saudi Arabia’s...
by John Feffer | Nov 15, 2017 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev
As a candidate, Donald Trump rallied voters against a variety of enemies. He vilified Mexicans. He stereotyped Muslims. And he went after the Chinese for “raping” the United States. President Trump still wants to build that wall along the border with...
