By Charles Kurzman | – Over the past two decades, how many people have been killed in the U.S. by extremists from the six countries on the Trump administration’s new travel ban list? The answer is zero, according to data I have collected from Department of Justice records and other sources. Immigrants from these countries […]
This is how ancient Rome’s republic died – a classicist sees troubling parallels at Trump’s impeachment trial
By Timothy Joseph | – The U.S. Senate has made its judgment in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, acquitting the president. Fifty two of 53 senators in the Republican majority voted to acquit the president on the abuse of power charge and all 53 Republican senators voted to acquit on the obstruction of […]
As Warhawks Eye Iran, Iraq War has already cost the US nearly $2 trillion
By Neta C. Crawford | – Even if the U.S. administration decided to leave — or was evicted from — Iraq immediately, the bill of war to the U.S. to date would be an estimated US$1,922 billion in current dollars. This figure includes not only funding appropriated to the Pentagon explicitly for the war, but […]
Trump’s Middle East ‘vision’ is a disaster that will only make things worse
By Tony Walker< | - US President Donald Trump’s “vision” for Israelis and Palestinians is not a realistic peace plan to end a decades-old conflict. Rather, it’s more like a real estate deal in which one side is a recipient of a low-ball offer. In the meantime, the other side is continuing to expand its […]
It is All Right for Journalists to Call Denials of the Climate Crisis what they are: Lethal Falsehoods
By Denis Muller | – In September 2019, the editor of The Conversation, Misha Ketchell, declared The Conversation’s editorial team in Australia was henceforth taking what he called a “zero-tolerance” approach to climate change deniers and sceptics. Their comments would be blocked and their accounts locked. His reasons were succinct: Climate change deniers and those […]
When the Senate Refused to Call Witnesses, it Contravened the Founders’ intent for Impeachment
By Clark D. Cunningham | – Senators will soon decide whether to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump without hearing any witnesses. In making this decision, I believe they should consider words spoken at the Constitutional Convention, when the Founders decided that an impeachment process was needed to provide a “regular examination,” […]
Islamophobia in the White House: Trump’s Tweets Perpetuate a Long History of Equating Muslims with Terrorism
By Evelyn Alsultany | – President Donald Trump retweeted a doctored image of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wearing a hijab and Senator Chuck Schumer wearing a turban on Jan. 13. In the fake photo, both were seen standing in front of an Iranian flag with a caption saying: “The corrupted Dems trying their best to […]
The Other Crisis: How the Microplastics we’ve Sown Everywhere are Harming Wildlife
By Kennedy Bucci and Chelsea Rochman | – Plastic pollution is a growing global concern. Large pieces of plastic have been found almost everywhere on Earth, from the most visited beaches to remote, uninhabited islands. Because wildlife are regularly exposed to plastic pollution, we often ask what effects plastics have on the animals. Over time, […]
Does Impeachment Need a Crime? Not According to the Framers of the Constitution
By Stefanie Lindquist | – Donald Trump’s legal and political defenders are all singing the same refrain: The president can’t be impeached; he hasn’t committed a crime. Alan Dershowitz, the constitutional lawyer now representing Trump, said it during an appearance on CNN. Sen. Ted Cruz echoed it on Twitter, noting there was “not even a […]
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