The US has the highest rate of maternal deaths of any industrial country & we are the “child poverty capital”
Archives for April 2018
A coming Crash? Massive Bank deregulation and a Trump-appointed Fed: What could go Wrong?
Trump has appointed more members of the Fed board than any president since Woodrow Wilson
Tunisian women hit campaign trail as equals to men
The 2011 Tunisian Revolution resulted in a constitution that recognizes the equality of women and men (even the US doesn’t have that)
Russia and China slam Trump-Macron Push to Renegotiate Iran Deal
Moscow and Beijing value Iran’s Role in Syria, plan arms sales to Tehran
Iraqi Oil for Israel? 15 Years later, new Light on the Iraq War
By Gary Vogler | ( University of Kansas Press Blog) | – – April 24 marks the 15th anniversary of my initial entry into Baghdad as the senior oil advisor to retired Lieutenant General Jay Garner, our US government civilian leader in Iraq. It was the beginning of my six plus years in Iraq working […]
Syrian Gov’t Secures Capital, takes E Qalamoun from Saudi-backed ‘Army of Islam’
Displaced fundamentalists flee to Afrin, settled by Turkey in anti-Kurdish security Belt near Border
China’s Climate Policies Could Save 94,000 People from Early Grave
The difference is that the Chinese Communist Party Cares and our Capitalists do not.
Turkish Youth, WW I’s Gallipoli Battle, and the Secular-Religious Divide
The Secular Legacy of Kemal Ataturk is increasingly embattled in Erdogan’s Turkey
Macron and Trump talk new Iran Deal, but is it Pie in the Sky?
Macron wants to add the Syria issue to negotiations with Iran, which may be a deal breaker