Lithuania Continues To Strengthen Its Military Amid Belarus Concern

Lithuania continues to buy American military equipment despite assurances that Belarus has no cause for Lithuanian military buildup concern. Economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many European countries to consider cancelling or delaying their military acquisition programs. This does not apply to Lithuania. It has confirmed that initial deliveries of the Joint [...]

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September is National Recovery Month – and This Year is More Important Than Ever

With isolation being the key contributor to an increase in drug-related overdose deaths, celebrating National Recovery Month is more important than ever.

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Latest US Military Report on Somalia Airstrikes Makes No Mention of Civilians Killed

AFRICOM acknowledges 46 bombings of claimed militant targets this year, while critics warn that harm to innocent civilians continues to fuel the very terrorism such strikes are purportedly meant to destroy. (By: Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams) The latest statement by U.S. Africa Command acknowledges the military carried out dozens of airstrikes in Somalia targeting al-Shaabab [...]

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Nuclear War: A Thought Experiment

(Caitlin Johnstone) Russia has declassified the video footage of the largest nuclear explosion of all time, the Arctic detonation of the so-called “Tsar Bomba” in 1961. The explosion was 1,500 times more powerful than those which destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined, and ten times more powerful than all munitions detonated during the entirety of World War Two. Its mushroom cloud [...]

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Florida’s Eight Biggest Counties Will Save Digital Ballot Images If There’s a Presidential Recount

A legal stipulation preserves the images, which could become evidence proving who won the presidential election in a major battleground state. In November 2018, Florida faced its biggest recount nightmare since the 2000 presidential election. There were three statewide races to simultaneously recount, including a U.S. Senate race with a vexing problem. Days after the [...]

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The U.S. Is Determined to Make Julian Assange Pay for Exposing the Cruelty of Its War on Iraq

On September 7, 2020, Julian Assange will leave his cell in Belmarsh Prison in London and attend a hearing that will determine his fate. After a long period of isolation, he was finally able to meet his partner—Stella Moris—and see their two sons—Gabriel (age three) and Max (age one)—on August 25. After the visit, Moris said that he [...]

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Are Corporate CEOs Worth $20 Million?

Does the typical CEO of a major company add $20 million of value to the company that employs them or could they hire someone at one-tenth of this price who would do just as much for the company’s bottom line? (Common Dreams) This simple and important question does not get anywhere near the attention it [...]

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