Dena Takruri | (AJ+ Vidoe Report) | – – “White” – without the privilege. Arab-Americans are ready to check their own box on the U.S. census. Dena Takruri explains.” AJ+: “Are Arabs ‘White’?”
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Archives for 2016
Alt-Right Fever Swamp or 1st liberal Supreme Court in a Generation?
By David M. Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – The U.S. presidential election continues to grind agonizingly to its conclusion. Maybe you haven’t noticed, but America has turned into a kind of permanent Halloween for Nazis and white supremacists. This week former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke shared a Louisiana Senate debate […]
Hasan Minhaj on New Brown America and His Superpowers
Hari Kondabolu and W. Kamau Bell interview Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj on their podcast Politically Re-Active.
Save America from Trump to fix America, or, Did your Mother Drop you on Your Head?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – When I trained as a lifeguard they warned us that you have to be very careful how you approach a drowning victim flailing around. They will be so happy to be rescued that they will grab you and pin your arms and freeze up, and then […]
The Struggle Of Palestinian Olive Farmers Under Israeli Occupation
AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “These Palestinians can only access their land for a couple of days per year. This is how they harvest olives under occupation. Filmed by video journalist Elia Ghorbiah in Palestine.” AJ+: “The Struggle Of Palestinian Farmers Under Occupation”
Civilians in both Aleppos are Hurting
By Hadeel al-Shalchi | (Human Rights Watch) | – – The small child cries hysterically on the hospital bed, covered in dust and blood. The video, posted by the pro-Syrian government news agency al-Akhbariya, shows scene after scene of civilian men, women, and children injured from what they say were rockets launched by armed opposition […]
Black Mississippi Church Burned, Vandalized with ‘Vote Trump’
TeleSur | – – Hopewell Baptist Church is damaged by fire and graffiti in Greenville, Mississippi, U.S., Nov. 2, 2016. An online fundraising campaign was also set up to help the church rebuild and repair the damages and donations have reached almost $60,000 within hours. A Black church in Mississippi was burned and spray-painted with […]
War within War – Iraqi PM: We don’t want to fight Turkey but we’re Ready
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – AFP Arabic reports that Iraqi PM Haydar al-Abadi said Tuesday that “We do not want a war with Turkey, and do not want a confrontation with Turkey, but if a confrontation takes place, we are ready for it.” He added that if Turkey “attacks Iraq, it […]
Israel bans for 10 yrs. Mairead Maguire, others on International Women’s Boat to Gaza
By Mairead Maguire | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, Nov 1 2016 (IPS) – A few weeks ago, the US government agreed to give Israel $38 billion dollars, the largest military funding package the U.S. has given any nation. This $38 billion in military and other type of Aid will be used to […]