Revised for 2018 By Juan Cole | — The popular story about Thanksgiving is an environmental parable that we would do well to remember today. It was a harvest festival in 1621, participated in by the 50 (out of 100) survivors at Plymouth Plantation and 90 Native Americans. Some of these latter, such as Squanto, […]
Archives for November 2018
John Roberts, SCOTUS Chief Justice, Slams Trump in Extraordinary Rebuke
“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges”
United Arab Emirates Court Sentences British Student to Life for Espionage
by Mohamad Ali Harissi Dubai (AFP) – A United Arab Emirates court sentenced British student Matthew Hedges to life in jail on spying charges on Wednesday, prompting a “shocked” Britain to warn of repercussions for relations with its longstanding Gulf ally. Hedges, a 31-year-old PhD student, had protested his innocence ever since his arrest at […]
Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 85,000 Children
The United Nations (UN) warned that around 14 million Yemenis were “on the brink of a famine.”
Top five ways Trump put America Last with Whitewash of Saudi Prince
Trump has dishonored the Constitution.
Israel has Jailed 900 Palestinian Children since Start of 2018: PPS
Children are usually detained in the middle of the night from their family homes, often severely beaten, and threatened
He Really did intend to Lock Her Up: Trump went after Clinton and Comey
McGahn, who has since left the White House, advised Trump that he could face the risk of impeachment if he took such a measure
US Planetary Military: From Failed Mideast Counter-Insurgency to Nuclear Brinkmanship
Make no mistake: war with Russia would be an unnecessary disaster — and it could go nuclear.
Ivanka Trump’s use of Personal Email for Gov’t Business called a “blatant derogation of the law.”
Cummings: “We need those documents to ensure that Ivanka Trump, (her husband) Jared Kushner and other officials are complying with federal records laws…”
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