NOVANEWS By Brian Becker butcher President Richard Nixon told his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger, in May 1972 in a taped phone call that he wanted to step up the bombing of North Vietnam and […]
NOVANEWS Actions at the White House, in LA, Chicago, Albuquerque and many more cities The following is a call by the ANSWER Coalition originally posted on AnswerCoalition.org. The U.S. government killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis […]
NOVANEWS by Ira Chernus President Barack Obama waves at the conclusion of his remarks to U.S. troops at Bagram Airfield in Bagram, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 25, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)When George W. […]
NOVANEWS The River Kwai passes through Latin America and Washington by Ariel Dorfman (Credit: Michael Gomel/cc/flickr)What a way to celebrate Torture Awareness Month! According to an Amnesty International Poll released in May, 45% of Americans believe […]
NOVANEWS by Juan Cole U.S. bombing of Baghdad in 2003. (Image: Screenshot)In March of 2003, we were treated to an intensive bombardment of Iraq, which the Bush White House propagandists termed “Shock and Awe.” As usual, […]
NOVANEWS New report exposes failures of for-profit system and prompts renewed calls for universal care – Sarah Lazare On October 26, 2013, Marylanders from across the state marched for the human right to healthcare. (Photo: […]
NOVANEWS Choosing the same path of military intervention that wrought the current crisis would be a disaster, war critics charge. – Andrea Germanos and Sarah Lazare A sign seen at a 2007 anti-war protest. (Photo: […]
NOVANEWS Image: ISIS clearly did not materialize spontaneously within Iraq, it has clearly redeployed from its NATO-sponsored destruction of Syria to northern Iraq, perhaps in an attempt to justify a NATO incursion and the creation […]
NOVANEWS Whistleblower Groups Praise “First Step Toward a Safe Alternative to Leaks for Potential Whistleblowers” The Government Accountability Project (GAP), Project on Government Oversight (POGO), and Public Citizen praised Senate action last Wednesday night to […]
NOVANEWS During National Pollinator Week (June 16-22), the White House is expected to announce an initiative to protect pollinators in light of recent population declines, particularly among bees. Exposure to neonicotinoid pesticides has been identified […]