NOVANEWS It is a bedrock principle of our system of justice that everyone who is charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. That includes “high-value detainees” awaiting trial in Guantánamo’s […]
NOVANEWS This is a historic verdict. Judge Denise Lind correctly found Bradley Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy because the evidence failed to establish that Manning knew information he provided to WikiLeaks would reach […]
NOVANEWS By Marjorie Cohn and Jeanne Mirer Today marks the 52nd anniversary of the start of the chemical warfare program in Vietnam, a long time with NO sufficient remedial action by the U.S. government. One […]
NOVANEWS By Marjorie Cohn and Jeanne Mirer The drums of war are beating again. The Obama administration will reportedly launch a military strike to punish Syria’s Assad government for its alleged use of chemical weapons. […]
NOVANEWS by Marjorie Cohn Drone operators are asked to execute missions (which sometimes means executing individuals) from thousands of miles away. (File: US Air Force)Last weekend, I participated in a panel on the illegality of drones […]
NOVANEWS As unrest simmers in the Middle East and the United States edges toward detente with Iran, Israel and Saudi Arabia are trying to ride out the storm together. by Carl Bloice For years, Iranian Shiite […]
NOANEWS In this series of Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, James Early talks about American identity and growing up African-American facing the deep racism of the South.
NOVANEWS Democracy Now! broadcasts from Warsaw, Poland, where the U.N. climate summit, known as COP 19, has just entered its second week. On Saturday, thousands of protesters marched in Warsaw calling for climate justice, culminating in […]
NOVANEWS by Robert Naiman By keeping key information secret, the Administration has been able to avoid having its two key claims in defense of its drone policy refuted in media that reach the American public, says […]
NOVANEWS by Richard Smith (Image: STEVE MEISEL / AFP)When, on May 10th, scientists at Mauna Loa Observatory on the big island of Hawaii announced that global CO2 emissions had crossed a threshold at 400 parts per […]