Millions of Leaked Police Files Detail Suffocating Surveillance of China's Uyghur Minority
Invasive digital monitoring and community informants drive a system all too ready to classify Muslims in Ürümqi as extremists and terrorists.
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Donald Trump Just Admitted That It Makes Sense for America’s Enemies to Get Nuclear Weapons
Trump noted that the overthrow of Moammar Gaddafi in 2011 sent foreign leaders a lesson: Disarmament can lead to your own personal doom.
Will a Quiet Week in Afghanistan Lay the Groundwork for Peace?
The weeklong reduction in violence was pitched as a trust-building measure that, if successful, could set the stage for a formal truce with the Taliban.
Don’t Forget That Saudi Arabia Is Imprisoning and Torturing Women’s Rights Activist Loujain al-Hathloul
Loujain al-Hathloul fought for women to be able to drive in Saudi Arabia. The kingdom arrested her and is torturing her in a dark dungeon in Riyadh.
Everyone Is Denouncing the Syrian Rebels Now Slaughtering Kurds. But Didn't the U.S. Once Support Some of Them?
It’s a lazy, cynical rewriting of history to pretend these groups have nothing to do with the U.S., or were never backed by the U.S., in their current form.
All of America’s 607 Billionaires Must Run for President
For all intents and purposes, the United States is already run by its billionaires. They should care about us enough to make things official.
Congress Quietly Adopts Exxon Mobil-Backed Law Promoting New Gas Pipeline, Arms to Cyprus
The authorization of support for a new pipeline in the Mediterranean never received a hearing, up-or-down vote, or open debate.
Congress to Vote on $22 Billion Defense Increase One Week After Trump Slashed Food Stamps
Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna called the defense bill an example of “astonishing moral cowardice.”
Political Ploy by Mitch McConnell Blocks Attempt to Stop War With Iran
Though the amendment failed to pass, it represented a major bipartisan challenge to Trump’s escalatory Iran policy.
House Says Trump Can’t Go to War With Iran Unless Congress Approves
The vote was a remarkable display of unity for House Democrats on an issue that frequently sparks dissent within the caucus.