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Amid the U.S. outrage over Syrian civilian deaths from banned weapons, we should not forget America’s role in creating and perpetuating the seemingly endless conflict.

California’s 34th District includes downtown Los Angeles (pictured), Koreatown and numerous other neighborhoods. (Giuseppe Milo / CC 2.0) Many liberals are counting down the days until the 2018 midterm elections, but residents of California’s 34th Congressional District were able to head to the polls this week to vote in the first congressional race since Donald Trump’s election. A whopping 24 candidates competed in the special election to replace former Rep. Xavier Becerra. Three candidates... Читать дальше...

By Nika Knight / Common Dreams Television and print journalists, along with many congressional Democrats, joined neoconservatives in offering immediate praise for the bombing.

President Donald Trump shocked the world by ordering missile strikes in Syria. Not everyone thinks the American military actions are justified.

Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer and columnist Bill Blum discuss the history of scapegoating immigrants for crimes, as well as former President Bill Clinton’s role in Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment The likelihood is that Thursday’s cruise missile attack was a one-off action rather than the beginning of a full-scale campaign.

The war in Afghanistan approaches the dubious distinction of being the longest conflict ever waged by the United States.

By Rebecca Gordon / TomDispatch In the Middle East and elsewhere, the Trump administration has begun to signal that human rights aren’t exactly on its agenda.

By Katrina vanden Heuvel The “poetician, not politician” always seemed conscious of the Russian adage that a great writer is more than a writer—he is a second government.

In a discussion with Truthdig, the political commentator and comedian argued that “brilliant comedians” are becoming establishment mouthpieces.