Baghdad (Niqash.org) – In Baghdad, locals have been fretting about dramatic falls in the level of the Tigris river. The government has a plan. Only problem is, that plan requires billions in funding that Iraq does not have. The passengers in the small bus all peer out anxiously as the vehicle crosses the Sanak bridge […]
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Archives for 2018
Indian Country Remembers the Trauma of Children Taken from Their Parents
Grand Forks, ND (Yes! Magazine) – As Congress prepares to debate separating families at the border, a look back at the U.S.’s past with the cruel practice. Indian Country remembers. This is not the first administration to order the forced separation of families. The Trump administration has initiated a zero-tolerance policy on the border. Zero […]
Warning to US: Erdogan has used same techniques as Trump to de-Democratize Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, began his legitimate political career at the turn of this century with a push for more political pluralism in a Turkey that had long been dominated by an elite, secular military. Now that he has won another term, Erdogan’s rise as an authoritarian strong man is a key […]
Sarah Sanders complains about not being served in Restaurant after Urging same Treatment of Gays, Immigrants
Sara Sanders complained on Twitter about not being served at the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia. WaPo reports that the owner, Stephanie Wilkinson, insisted that patrons uphold standards of honesty and compassion, and that Sanders flacks for an “inhumane and unethical” administration, defending Trump’s “cruelest policies.” Wilkinson’s grounds for not serving the White House […]
“We Want the Children Free!” “I Really Care!”: Cries from Inside Migrant Detention Camp
Otay Mesa (United States) (AFP) – “Where are the children?” several women shout together from behind the detention center wall. “We want the children free!” “Do you hear us?” supporters ask from outside. “What do you need?” This was the short interplay Saturday between hundreds of protesters and people being held at a US detention […]
In Post-ISIL Iraq, Cleric al-Sadr adds PM Haidar al-Abadi in Quest for Gov’t of National Unity
Najaf (Iraq) (AFP) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr on Saturday said they had formed an alliance in a bid to create a new government after May polls. Sadr’s joint list with communists won 54 seats in the legislative elections to become the biggest bloc in Iraq’s 329-seat parliament, while […]
At Midnight, Riyadh Erupts in Cheers for Women Drivers–but Women Activists still in Jail
Riyadh (AFP) – Every few metres someone — a newlywed couple, a group of young girls with balloons — stops Samar Almogren to cheer her on or flash her a thumbs-up. It’s midnight in Riyadh, and she’s making her way across the city she was born and raised in, finally in the driver’s seat of […]
The American March to Inequality: Why the UN Alston Report Alarms the Trump Plutocrats
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It is no surprise that flacks for the plutocrats in charge of the US like Nikki Haley are squawking about the report on American poverty just issued by UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston. It throws loads of light on how unequal a society America is, how it is marching rapidly […]
US Navy Plans Detention Camps for Tens of Thousands of Immigrants on Remote Bases
Washington (AFP) – The US Navy plans to build sprawling detention centers for tens of thousands of immigrants on remote bases in support of President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy against unlawful migration, a report said Friday. According to a draft memo obtained by Time magazine, the navy plans to build “temporary and austere” tent […]








