In a deeply personal letter to Judge Liam O’Grady Daniel Hale explains he violated the Espionage Act to stop the cycle of violence perpetuated by the US’ extrajudicial killing programs BY SPARROW Alexandria, VA — Daniel Everette Hale, […]
Daniel Hale exposed the machinery of America’s clandestine warfare. Why did no one seem to care? By Kerry Howley Photo: Courtesy of Bob Hayes This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up […]
THE DRONE PAPERS 01.THE ASSASSINATION COMPLEX 02.A VISUAL GLOSSARY 03.THE KILL CHAIN 04.FIND, FIX, FINISH 05.MANHUNTING IN THE HINDU KUSH 06.FIRING BLIND 07.THE LIFE AND DEATH OF OBJECTIVE PECKHAM 08.TARGET AFRICA Jeremy Scahill From his […]
BY LAUREN WALKER Former U.S. drone operator Brandon Bryant testified before the German Parliament about the role the U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany, plays in the U.S. drone program. Hours later, Shadowproof reported, two American Air Force officers showed […]
The most severe consequences have been borne by Afghanistan war veteran Daniel Hale, who was prosecuted under the draconian Espionage Act and is serving a nearly four-year prison sentence because he was the source for […]
A mother and her children appear at a news conference to discuss the importance of the child tax credit at the Ethel Bradley Early Education Center on August 12, 2021 in Los Angeles. (Photo: Gary […]
BY: William Rivers Pitt, Truthout PART OF THE SERIES Despair and Disparity: The Uneven Burdens of COVID-19 The conversation on shutting down massive swaths of the economy and daily life, in order to corral the dual […]
BY: Shane Burley, Truthout The past four years have seen terms like “antifa” hit common parlance around the U.S., but have also seen confusing distortions of what that term means. As right-wing pundits work desperately to […]
BYJake Johnson, Common Dreams The lapse of Democrats’ expanded child tax credit program at the end of last month has progressive lawmakers and advocates vocally warning of a major spike in child poverty in the new […]
BYNick Turse, TomDispatch It began more than two decades ago. On September 20, 2001, President George W. Bush declared a “war on terror” and told a joint session of Congress (and the American people) that “the course of […]