DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY DIGEST: Andrew Bacevich: Trump Sparked "Unnecessary Crisis" by Killing Soleimani, Barely Avoiding War, Andrew Bacevich: The U.S. Needs to Abandon "Militarized Approach" to Middle East and Build Peace & Uyghurs & Other Muslim Minorities Forced into Labor Programs to Staff Chinese Factories & More 9JAN20

Andrew Bacevich: Trump Sparked "Unnecessary Crisis" by Killing Soleimani, Barely Avoiding War President Trump vowed on Wednesday to hit Iran with new sanctions but appeared to pull back from taking any new military action. Tension between the two ... Read More →

Andrew Bacevich: The U.S. Needs to Abandon "Militarized Approach" to Middle East and Build Peace We continue our conversation with Andrew Bacevich, president and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He is a retired colonel, Vietnam ... Read More →

Uyghurs & Other Muslim Minorities Forced into Labor Programs to Staff Chinese Factories In China, a shocking new exposé has revealed that Chinese authorities are systematically forcing Muslims — mostly Uyghurs and Kazakhs — into labor programs ... Read More →

"A Translation Crisis at the Border": U.S. Immigration Courts Are Failing Mayan Language Speakers As record numbers of migrants seek refuge and asylum in the United States, we look at a key problem preventing many of them from getting due process: ... Read More →

"Modern-Day Slavery": China Is Forcing Muslims into Forced Labor, Prison & Indoctrination Camps We look at the systematic oppression of Muslim minorities in China, from labor programs pushing Uyghurs and Kazakhs into low-wage work in Chinese ... Read More →