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Rebecca Gordon

Human Rights
The Exceptionalism of the Warmongers:  John Bolton and Mike Pompeo Defy the International Criminal Court

The Exceptionalism of the Warmongers: John Bolton and Mike Pompeo Defy the International Criminal Court

Rebecca Gordon

In its rejection of the court, Trump is turning his back on the international law the United States helped establish at Nuremberg

Donald Trump
A Well-Regulated Militia in the Hands of an Out-of-Control President: Is Nat'l Guard his Toy?

A Well-Regulated Militia in the Hands of an Out-of-Control President: Is Nat’l Guard his Toy?

Rebecca Gordon

(Tomdispatch.com) – A young friend is seriously considering joining her state’s National Guard. She’s a world-class athlete, but also a working-class woman from a rural background competing in a rich person’s sport. Between seasons, she works for a local farm and auctioneer to put together the money for equipment and travel. Each season, raising the […]

Donald Trump
Trump's Republic of Lies: Once to every nation comes the moment to decide

Trump’s Republic of Lies: Once to every nation comes the moment to decide

Rebecca Gordon

Pilate responds with his show-stopping query: “What is truth?”

Donald Trump
Life at Trump Speed: Mental Whiplash and Forgotten Outrages

Life at Trump Speed: Mental Whiplash and Forgotten Outrages

Rebecca Gordon

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) – I took my first hit of speed in 1970 during my freshman year in college. That little white pill — Dexedrine — was a revelation. It made whatever I was doing absolutely fascinating. Amphetamine sharpened my focus and banished all appetites except a hunger for knowledge. I spent that entire night […]

Democratic Party
What Happens in Vegas may Swing the Senate Blue

What Happens in Vegas may Swing the Senate Blue

Rebecca Gordon

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) – It’s what campaigners say every November, I know, but this year’s election really is as important as it gets. Will U.S. voters choose to halt the progress of Donald J. Trump’s slow-motion coup? Or will the tide just continue rolling over us? So much depends on what happens in Nevada — […]

Torturers
No one, not Psychologists or Supreme Court Justices, should be Helping with Gov't Torture

No one, not Psychologists or Supreme Court Justices, should be Helping with Gov’t Torture

Rebecca Gordon

San Francisco ( Tomdispatch.com) – Sometimes the good guys do win. That’s what happened on August 8th in San Francisco when the Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association (APA) decided to extend a policy keeping its members out of the U.S. detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The APA’s decision is important — […]

Donald Trump
US War on the Weak: Trump in Mideast helps Crush Palestinians, Yemenis

US War on the Weak: Trump in Mideast helps Crush Palestinians, Yemenis

Rebecca Gordon

In the Trump era, Washington’s alliance with Israel has only grown tighter

Latin America
Nicaragua's People Power at the Barricades again, this Time against Ortega

Nicaragua’s People Power at the Barricades again, this Time against Ortega

Rebecca Gordon

If Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega refuses to leave office we may see more killings, beatings, and jailings

Donald Trump
Should Trump Have the Discretion to Murder at Will? His Drones Are at It

Should Trump Have the Discretion to Murder at Will? His Drones Are at It

Rebecca Gordon

The post-9/11 Authorization for the Use of Military Force is still used as justification for an expanding drone program

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