Senators Seek Answers From Pentagon on Troops’ Blast Exposure
A bipartisan group of senators is demanding to know what steps the military is taking to protect troops from brain injuries caused by the blasts from firing their own weapons.…
Opinion | Why Wasn’t DeSantis the Guy?
The DeSantis presidential pitch often was about the governor as this singular force stopping societal decline. His vision encompassed schools, corporations, the markets and government bureaucracy. This, at times, uneasily…
With Harsh Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law, Uganda Risks a Health Crisis
For decades, Uganda’s campaign against H.I.V. was exemplary, slashing the country’s death rate by nearly 90 percent from 1990 to 2019. Now a sweeping law enacted last year, the Anti-Homosexuality…
Getting Ready for the Worst. Just in Case.
In the chilly dusk on a recent Saturday, nine people were creeping through the California hills. Their faces were painted in shades of green, yellow, brown and black, so that…
In No Position to Fight a War, Pakistan Seeks an Off-Ramp With Iran
When Iran and Pakistan traded airstrikes this week, both targeting what they said were militant camps, the exchange raised fears that the upheaval sweeping the Middle East was moving into…
A Moonshot Plan to Fill a Cavernous, Dilapidated Armory in the Bronx
It has been called the world’s largest armory — a palatial fortress in the middle of the northwest Bronx, with turrets overlooking the subway station. But for nearly 30 years,…
How Biden’s Immigration Fight Threatens His Biggest Foreign Policy Win
The soaring number of people crossing into the United States from Mexico has been a political vulnerability for President Biden for the past three years, chipping away at his approval…
Young Activists Working for Change | naked capitalism
Yves here. This article by Poor People’s Campaign co-founder Liz Theoharis, argues that young activists have been far more effective than is widely acknowledged. Perhaps that is because the press…
Israeli Women Fight on Front Line in Gaza, a First
When Capt. Amit Busi gets a chance to sleep, she does so with her boots on — and in a shared tent in an improvised Israeli military post in northern…
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Rule He Is Eligible to Hold Office
Former President Donald J. Trump urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to reverse a ruling barring him from the primary ballot in Colorado and to declare him eligible to seek…