CEOs call for ‘de-escalation’ after Minneapolis shooting
Minnesota business leaders say they have been working behind the scenes with the White House.
Minnesota business leaders say they have been working behind the scenes with the White House.
By Tamara Pearson for Truthout An anti-imperialist movement is building in Mexico, where the U.S. invasion of Venezuela has been seen as an act of intimidation for all of Latin America. Protests are swelling in response to this latest blow after decades of political and economic subjugation by its neighbor to the north. Across the […]
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment The people of Palestine are occupied by the Israelis. In my experience most Americans do not even know this basic fact. Ignorance of it makes it impossible to understand what is even going on in the Mideast, and I fear until recently most Americans did not. I went to […]
By Julia Conley for Common Dreams Michael and Susan Pretti urged the press and the public to counter the Trump administration’s baseless claims about their son, Alex Pretti, after he was fatally shot by US Border Patrol agents on a street in Minneapolis and immediately—with no evidence—declared a “domestic terrorist” by top White House officials. Pretti’s parents expressed […]
The killing of a Minneapolis protester by federal agents compounds the political pressure on US President Donald Trump at a time when his domestic and foreign agendas are facing sharper opposition, analysts said.
Furor erupted across the US after immigration agents shot and killed a second person in the state of Minnesota on Saturday, escalating tensions over the Trump administration’s deportation crackdown.