Global Assassinations List to Date

Global Assassinations List to Date

Assassinations In History By region (chronologically) Assassinations in Afghanistan Habibullah Khan, (1919), emir of Afghanistan. Mohammed Nader Shah, (1933), king of Afghanistan since 1929. Sardar Mohammed Daud Khan, (1978), president of Afghanistan killed in...
Tears of Gaza: The War They Don’t Show You

Tears of Gaza: The War They Don’t Show You

“Disturbing, powerful and emotionally devastating, Tears of Gaza is less a conventional documentary than a record — presented with minimal gloss — of the 2008 to 2009 bombing of Gaza (dubbed ‘Operation Cast Lead’) by the Israeli military. Filmed by several Palestinian...
Gaza, The World’s Largest Open-Air Prison

Gaza, The World’s Largest Open-Air Prison

A look at life under occupation. Gaza has the look of a Third World country, with pockets of wealth surrounded by hideous poverty. It is not, however, undeveloped. Rather it is “de-developed,” and very systematically so, to borrow the term from Sara Roy,...
Afghan Corruption, and How the U.S. Facilitates It

Afghan Corruption, and How the U.S. Facilitates It

When it comes to corruption in Afghanistan, the time may be now for the United States to look in the mirror and see what lessons can be learned from contracting out parts of that war. On Sept. 30, Afghan President Hamid Karzai told CBS’s “60 Minutes” that the...
Who Bought Your Politician? Check via Embeddable Widget

Who Bought Your Politician? Check via Embeddable Widget

Ask politicians whether campaign contributions influence their decisions, and they’ll tell you certainly not. Ask any citizen, and they’ll likely give the opposite answer. With that in mind, we’re re-introducing a web-based embeddable widget — for anybody to use —...
What Happens After Jurors Get It Wrong?

What Happens After Jurors Get It Wrong?

About 300 people have been wrongfully convicted and exonerated in the U.S. thanks to DNA evidence. But overlooked in those stories are the accounts of jurors who unwittingly played a role in the injustice. One of those stories is playing out in Washington, D.C., where...