Donald Trump Wants to Make It Easier to Start a Nuclear War. This Should Petrify Us.
With little fanfare, Trump has rolled out a Nuclear Posture Review that allows for a nuclear response to conventional attacks, even cyber ones.
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Citing U.S. Prison Conditions, British Appeals Court Refuses to Extradite Accused Hacker Lauri Love to the U.S.
The closest ally of the U.S. recognizes that the American prison system is crude and oppressive for inmates with mental health issues.
The Nunes Memo and Katie Roiphe Article Show How Concerns for Due Process and Civil Liberties Are Highly Selective and Self-Centered
U.S. elites ignore, or even cheer and enable, severe rights abuses as long as the victims are Muslim, only to vehemently object when far more benign offenses happen to them or their friends.
In a Major Free Speech Victory, a Federal Court Strikes Down a Law that Punishes Supporters of Israel Boycott
The greatest free speech threat in the West — attempts to outlaw activism against Israeli occupation — may have just suffered a fatal blow.
Despite Liberalizing Marijuana Laws, the War on Drugs Still Targets People of Color
The war on drugs is still in full force against people of color — and not just because of Jeff Sessions and Donald Trump.
The Bigot Who Threatened CNN Got Out of Jail in Time for Dinner
Imagine if this man making homicidal threats was a Muslim immigrant.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Donald Trump: He Sounds Like ISIS
After Trump criticized him in a way that's widely seen as racist, Khan says the U.S. leader is "amplifying a message of division and hatred."
Centrist Democrats Launch Smear Campaign Against Young Transgender Woman, All to Keep an Old, Straight, White Man in Power
Why are establishment Democrats so determined to prevent the first transgender woman from becoming a U.S. senator?
Here Are the Four Things a Democratic Presidential Candidate Will Need to Beat Trump in 2020
And Oprah has them all.
The Same Democrats Who Denounce Donald Trump as a Lawless, Treasonous Authoritarian Just Voted to Give Him Vast Warrantless Spying Powers
How can the rhetoric about Trump from Democratic leaders be reconciled with their actions to protect his unchecked power to spy on Americans?