“I won’t back down,” Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestine territories, after being sanctioned by Rubio’s State Department. Albanese’s sanctions were triggered by taking positions at [...]
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GUEST POST by TOM SANTULLI On the fridge door this Indian proverb: All we need is the morning for that is blessing enough. The greeting sustains me, reminds me of the extraordinary luck just to be born, yet… Outside the front door: homelessness. A few blocks away: families struggle to put food on the table, stay warm as winter comes; hesitate [...]
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For most Americans the Vietnam War has been reduced to a historical footnote. For those who served, it is not easily forgotten. Many Vietnam vets continue to suffer from PTSD or, for the truly unlucky, from crippling wounds or from Agent Orange. Other vets, like Peggy Akers of Portland, Maine, bemoan the fact that the lessons of Vietnam continue [...]
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