Usama Khalidi

Human rights NGOs urge rejection of CETA, RCEP, TPP, TTIP, EU-Vietnam FTA.
The Buckeye State has reformed its juvenile justice system because it understands that “children have to be treated like children.”
Inmates on their deathbeds should be free to spend their final days with their loved ones.
The GOP front-runner’s calls for violence against his critics are no joke.
A book that reveals how burn pits poison soldiers and can cause the rare brain cancer that killed Joe Biden’s son has been banned on military bases.
The feds dropped the ball on a key terrorism case, so now they’re going after privacy itself.
Former CIA counterterrorism officer and whistleblower John Kiriakou told Sputnik that the Syrian ceasefire offers the first substantive step towards a lasting peace and the possibility for a new era of US-Russian cooperation.
The federal system’s record isn’t anything to be proud of. Prison guards get away with abusing prisoners every day.
Inmates across America die every day because of substandard medical care.
America’s most notorious spy agency even deceives its own employees.
In the latest Republican Debate, Donald Trump vows to bring back waterboarding — an impeachable offence.
Survivors call solitary confinement “living death.”
Federal prison guards are brutalizing inmates, and too many are turning a blind eye.
Judges share the blame for America’s burgeoning incarcerated population.
Taking over a federal building at the point of a rifle gives protest a bad name.
Ending this imbroglio requires robust diplomacy.
Not 50 new laws. Fifty new crimes. That’s criminal.
What has modern American culture turned Christmas into?
Suspected terrorists can buy guns legally in the United States — and that’s how the NRA wants it.
The Pentagon shells out millions for sports leagues to “support the troops” with cheap stunts.