Andrea Germanos, staff writer
While the WHO maintains the vaccine is safe, Germany's health minister said Monday the halt "is a purely precautionary measure."
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The lawmakers' letter decried detention abuses including "medical neglect, long-term use of solitary confinement, sexual assault, and lack of access to legal counsel."
Mark Udall, Bob Goodlatte
This warrantless mass surveillance of people in the United States—often capturing information on millions of innocent Americans, with disproportionate impacts on communities of color—fuels resentment against the government from both ends of the ideological spectrum.
Leila N. Sadat
We are asking a court for protection from Trump's sanctions against the International Criminal Court.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A lawyer who interviewed children at a facility in Texas said that "one of them shared that he could only see the sun when he showered, because you can see the sun through the window."
Conn Hallinan
Drones are neither as cheap, targeted, or bloodless as advertised. They're ripe for international arms control.
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Junta leaders don't belong in power, they belong behind bars," said United Nations special rapporteur Tom Andrews.
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Evil thrives in silence," said survivor and Australian of the Year Grace Tame. "But... it gives me hope because the start of the solution is also quite simple—making noise!"
Woody Hastings
If a climate emergency resolution is to mean anything or is to be taken seriously, it must mean that the government in question puts a halt to the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure expansion within its jurisdiction.
James Zogby
Israel operates with impunity, while Palestinian actions have been scrutinized and condemned and their protests ignored or silenced.
Lawrence Wittner
After years of Republican governance or obstructionism, it's refreshing when the U.S. government actually lives up to its promise of promoting the welfare of the entire society, rather than a privileged few.
Jon Queally, staff writer
New analysis shows U.S.-based war profiteers have supplied increased demand by Qatar, Egypt, the Saudi Kingdom, and others in the Middle East over the last five years.
Robert Reich
The political lesson is that today's Democrats can gain political majorities by raising the wages of both middle class and poor voters, while fighting Republican efforts to suppress the votes of likely Democrats.
Nomi Prins
To build or not to build? That is the question.
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
The outcome of the congressional investigation could influence whether lawmakers vote to renew a multibillion-dollar subsidy, which expires at the end of 2021.
