We Refuse to Live in a Torture State
by Curt Wechsler | Breaking news: Guantanamo prisoner volunteers to share information about CIA nominee Gina Haspel with the Senate Intelligence Committee. When Congress begs forbearance for failure to indict torture collaborators, it forfeits the opportunity to confront the moral disaster of a lifetime: capitulation to the “America First” doctrines of contempt, prejudice and racial division driven by […]
Trump Pulls Out of Iran Deal – Escalating Danger of War
Donald Trump just formally announced that he will withdraw the U.S. from the Iran Nuclear Deal. Withdrawing from this agreement signals a dangerous shift towards war on Iran, including the potential for use of nuclear weapons on the Middle East. In his speech Trump said that Iran was the greatest threat to stability in the […]