76 Years of Pearl Harbor Lies

“New Pearl Harbors” are longed for by war makers, claimed, and exploited. Yet the original Pearl Harbor remains the most popular U.S. argument for all things military.

David Swanson
December 8th, 2017
By David Swanson
December 8th, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump lay a wreath at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 3, 2017. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump is tweeting about a particular spot in Hawaii. He visited it recently on his way to threaten war in Asia. It’s a big feature this week in lots of U.S. magazines and newspapers. It has a lovely name that sounds like murder and blood because Japanese airplanes engaged in large-scale murder there in 1941: Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor Day

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Reflections On The 50th Anniversary Of Executive Order 9066

What have we learned about the dangers of racism and groupthink in the 50 years since the creation of WWII internment camps in the U.S.?

Frederick Reese
February 21st, 2014
By Frederick Reese
February 21st, 2014
In this file photo from the 1920s, a group of Chinese and Japanese women and children wait to be processed as they are held in a wire mesh enclosure at internment barracks in Angel Island, Calif. Chinese immigrants were essential to the founding of California. (AP Photo, file)

Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066. The order gave the Department of War the authority to “exclude any and all persons” from any areas deemed vulnerable to espionage or attack. Two months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and fueled by a half-century of racism, the military

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If The “War on Poverty” Failed, Then It Failed Because Of Politicians Like Paul Ryan

In the whole of American history, there have been only four serious attempts made on the federal level to establish and strengthen the social safety net.

Frederick Reese
January 25th, 2014
By Frederick Reese
January 25th, 2014
Paul Ryan

In the United States today, one in every six Americans live in poverty. One in seven is unsure where their next meal will come from and 1.6 million kids were forced to live in emergency shelters. In his first State of the Union address 50 years ago, Lyndon B. Johnson called on Congress to declare war against this plight.   “Let this session

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