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The Pentagon Trained Over 100 Foreign Militaries That Staged Coups in Home Nations

Nick Turse August 11, 2017 Nick Turse

Source: The Nation

Winning! It’s the White House watchword when it comes to the US armed forces. “We will give our military the tools you need to prevent war and, if required, to fight war and only do one thing—you know what that is? Win! Win!” President Donald Trump exclaimed earlier this year while standing aboard the new aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.

Since World War II, however, neither preventing nor winning wars have been among America’s strong suits. The nation has instead been embroiled in serial conflicts and interventions in which victories have been remarkably scarce, a trend that has only accelerated in the post-9/11 era. From Afghanistan to Iraq, Somalia to the Philippines, Libya to Yemen, military investments—in lives and tax dollars—have been costly and enduring victories essentially nonexistent. read more

The Dakota Access pipeline is now a matter of global interest. More than 380 tribes around the world came forward to stand with the water protectors. Photo by Vlad Tchompalov on Unsplash.

Standing Rock Lawsuit Started a Year Ago. Here’s Where We Are Now

Yessenia Funes August 7, 2017 Yessenia Funes
The Dakota Access pipeline is now a matter of global interest. More than 380 tribes around the world came forward to stand with the water protectors. Photo by Vlad Tchompalov on Unsplash.
The Dakota Access pipeline is now a matter of global interest. More than 380 tribes around the world came forward to stand with the water protectors. Photo by Vlad Tchompalov on Unsplash.

Source: Yes! Magazine

A recent victory has sent the Army Corps of Engineers back to analyze the environmental justice effects of the Dakota Access pipeline.

On July 27, 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux filed a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers for authorizing the construction of the 1,172-mile Dakota Access pipeline. Just over a year later, the project has been completed and carries crude oil from North Dakota’s Bakken oil fields to an export terminal in Illinois. The case is still pending, and continues to be the tribe’s last hope to protect its water and land. read more

'Alarming' levels of malnutrition and famine-like conditions in north-east Nigeria. Credit: UN Photo

Inching Closer to Mass Starvation: Nigeria’s Ticking Time Bomb

Cheick Ba August 7, 2017 Cheick Ba

In the dusty arid town of Dikwa, tens of thousands of Nigerians queue for hours in sweltering 40-degree heat for water. Fatuma is one of 100,000 people displaced in the Borno State town, the epicenter of Nigeria’s conflict. She sifts through remnants of food aid seeds, drying them out to prepare them to eat. The violence was the first thing Nigerians feared for their lives. Now they fear famine.