The Pentagon Just Gave up the Pretense of Deterring Conflict
U.S. Department of Defense Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a shift that defied twenty years of precedent, the US Department of Defense changed the mission statement on its website recently. Instead of using its 2 million staff members to “deter war,” as has been its stated mission since the Clinton administration, the department will “provide…
Up Is Down and Red Is Black: Federal Deficit Edition
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s the federal deficit by month for the past three years: As you can see, the deficit through April is bigger than both of the last two years—and since April is tax-collection month and it went poorly this year, the FY18 year-end deficit is likely…
There’s Still So Much of the Border Crisis to Cover. We’re There. Here Are Our Video Dispatches.
A the border crossing between Bownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico, migrants are forced to rely on donations of food and water from volunteers.Noah Lanard/ Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The White House may have officially ended its policies of dividing families at the border last week, but roughly…
The Answer to the Family Separation Crisis Is Right There in Front of Us
People who have been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Throughout the ongoing…
Even the Trump Administration Agrees: Separating Children From Their Parents Is Appalling and Cruel
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ripping children apart from their parents can cause serious developmental problems: Removal of a child from the family should only be considered as a temporary, last resort….Yet, about eight million children worldwide live in these facilities, even though an estimated 80 to 90 percent of…
Not All Undercover Stings Are Covered Equally
Dania Flores in 2015. She visited 43 “crisis pregnancy centers” throughout California and was routinely presented with false information.NARAL Pro-Choice California/YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Robin Abcarian writes about an undercover sting operation from a teenager working for NARAL Pro-Choice California three years ago: In 2014, a recent high…