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Pat Boone, Why Do You Hate America’s Freedom?

The statements of an aging symbol of White America in its heyday exemplify American blindness to white privilege.

Ian Berman
بواسطة Ian Berman
Pat Boone sings at the National Senior Games, Friday, June 9, 2017, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP/Butch Dill)

Many Americans have become polarized by players protesting during the National Anthem.  Apparently, those opposing the protest believe respect for the flag comes before the exercise of Free Speech. Their logic is simple - professional athletes have no right to make political statements at their place of employment. Yet that same place is

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US H-Bomb Testing Forgotten In Media Frenzy Over North Korea Threat

As the U.S. detonated nuclear bomb after nuclear bomb in the Marshall Islands – amounting to 23 tests of both fission and fusion bombs over a 12-year period – evacuated islanders and others nearby were intentionally exposed to radiation fallout from the testing, in what would become known as “Project 4.1.”

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
A mushroom cloud from the Operation Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton experimental thermonuclear device, detonated in the Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. (Photograph: US Air Force/Public Domain)

In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s bellicose United Nations speech – where he threatened to “totally destroy” the 25 million inhabitants of North Korea – Trump’s own use of provocative and unprecedented language was largely ignored. Instead, frenzied coverage focused primarily on North Korea’s response to his shocking UN address. North

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The Passion Of Colin Kaepernick

By directly challenging white supremacy, racism and imperialism, Colin Kaepernick is making himself a household name for all the right reasons. And the NFL, its billionaire owners and the corporate errand boys of sports journalism simply cannot stand it.

Eric Draitser
بواسطة Eric Draitser
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick listens to a question at a news conference after an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, in Chicago. The Bears won 26-6. (AP/Charles Rex Arbogast)

In light of recent statements by President Donald Trump calling for retaliation against NFL players engaged in the free exercise of their First Amendment rights, this editorial - originally published on Jun 23, 2017 - has once again become relevant.  MintPress brings you the original piece by Eric Draister in its entirety. Like a million and a

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US Provides Military Aid To More Than 70 Percent Of World’s Dictatorships

About three-quarters of the world’s dictatorships currently receive military assistance from the United States. This is a strange record for a nation that consistently justifies its sweeping foreign interventions as aimed at “promoting democracy” and “thwarting evil dictatorships.”

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for Israe from Saudi Arabial, the next stop in his international tour, at King Khalid International Airport, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Riyadh. (AP/Evan Vucci)

About three-quarters of the world’s dictatorships currently receive military assistance from the United States. This is a strange record for a nation that consistently justifies its sweeping foreign interventions as aimed at “promoting democracy” and “thwarting evil dictatorships.” In the Cold War it was “He may be a son of a bitch, but he’s our

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Trump Deletes Tweets Backing GOP Loser As Anti-Sharia Crusader Wins Alabama

Roy Moore has suggested that the 9/11 attacks were God’s way of punishing America for sinfulness, that former President Barack Obama was not born in the United States, and that Muslims should be barred from serving in Congress.

Jake Johnson
بواسطة Jake Johnson
Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore during speaks during his election party, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP/Brynn Anderson)

President Donald Trump and the Republican leadership suffered a series of humiliating losses Tuesday, starting with the collapse of their Obamacare repeal efforts and culminating in the victory of Roy Moore—a pistol-waving Christian "theocrat" who believes communities in the United States are being overtaken by Sharia law—over the Trump- and

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Top US General Says China To Be “Greatest Threat” By 2025

“China is focused on limiting our ability to project power and weakening our alliances in the Pacific.”

teleSUR
بواسطة teleSUR
Soldiers from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy watch as the USS Blue Ridge arrives at a port in Shanghai, Friday, May 6, 2016. (AP Photo)

A top U.S. military official has said that the U.S. needs to increase its military budget, already the largest in the world, to keep an "advantage" over China. A top U.S. military official, General Joseph Dunford, said on Tuesday that China is going to be the U.S.'s supposed “greatest threat” in several years, surpassing Russia, CNN

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