Corporate media generally judge the potential for cessation of violence by how it affects US interests; we look at Afghanistan through a different lens.

"One of the themes of bin Salman’s reign is this absolute top-down, unilateral approach, that any rights or privileges granted to his subjects must be seen as coming directly from him, and a product of his will and his will alone."

"We could disagree, is 70 percent the right rate, but to act like that’s just impossible, we're going to see our economy collapse—that's nuts."

One would hope that reports that Saudi Arabia under Mohammed bin Salman is torturing women political prisoners would be sufficient to upset the narrative of a "young and brash" reformer.

Inchoate fears about public transit—and the people who use it—have a long history, both in New York and other US cities.

"There are, in fact, companies out there that purport to determine whether someone has a propensity to be a terrorist, simply by analyzing their face print."

"This is a bill that attempts to encourage states to coerce individuals and companies to toe a particular line regarding Israel and the Palestinians, and to punish individuals and companies that support Palestinian rights through nonviolent efforts to ...

Boycotts are a constitutionally protected form of speech, but Congress and some states are moving to penalize boycotts aimed at territories illegally occupied by Israel.

"What we saw at Standing Rock is that once people actually stop and pay attention and listen, and engage these indigenous ideologies, it's not that hard to understand."

"We're seeing the Trump administration try to go around Congress and do this unilaterally, because they know it's not something that the American people would allow to happen if it were done in the light of day."