By Andrea Williams | (The Conversation) | – – The Syrian Civil War has been raging for six years. It has killed nearly half a million people and left over 12 million, about half of Syria’s total population, without a home. A few weeks ago, a devastating chemical attack brought this conflict back into the […]
Do Illegal Flynn Russia-Turkey Payments Implicate Trump White House?
Al Jazeera English | (Video News Clip) | – – “Michael Flynn, former national security adviser, may have broken the law by not disclosing payments he received from Russia when applying for government security clearance.” Al Jazeera: “New questions raised over Flynn-Russia ties”
Refugees, Militias, Sectarianism: Middle East Engulfed by a ‘Perfect Storm’
By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME (IPS) – A perfect storm has engulfed the Middle East, and continues to threaten international peace and security. Hardly anyone could sum up the Middle East explosive situation in so few, blunt words as just did Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the […]
The Criminalization of Immigrants From Clinton to Trump
By Aviva Chomsky | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Ever since he rode a Trump Tower escalator into the presidential race in June 2015 and swore to build his “great wall” and stop Mexican “rapists” from entering the country, undocumented immigrants have been the focus of Donald Trump’s ire. Now that he’s in the […]
Can Climate Solutions also help Low-Income Consumers fight inequality?
By Basav Sen. | ( Inequality.org) | – – Renew Oregon is advancing innovative climate justice proposals, building on a legislative victory to expand the state’s use of renewable energy, with strong benefits for low-income consumers. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to participate in the People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C. and around […]
Merkel Had To Explain EU Trade To Trump ELEVEN TIMES
Cenk Uygur | (Video News Clip) | – – “Trump has been bragging about what great chemistry he has with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. During his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel last month, Trump insisted on to negotiating a trade deal between the U.S. […]
No Woman Has Ever Run For Iranian President. Will Azam Taleghani Be The First?
By Golnaz Esfandiari. | ( RFE/RL) | – – Update: Ms. Taleghani has been disqualified. Her journey is still amszing. On April 14, a tiny, frail-looking woman wearing a chador and using a walker made her way slowly up the stairs of Iran’s Interior Ministry in Tehran. Seventy-three-year-old Azam Taleghani was there to register as […]
100 Days: How much Damage has Trump already done to the Earth?
By Martin Khor | (Inter Press Service) | – – PENANG (IPS) – This week, Donald Trump will mark his first hundred days as US President. It’s time to assess his impact on the world, especially the developing countries. It’s too early to form firm conclusions. But much of what we have seen so far […]
Trump’s Hunger Games are Deadly Serious
By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – As famine descends on a huge swath of the globe, the White House is rolling back aid, ramping up conflict, and risking more climate chaos. One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. The quote comes from Stalin. The policy comes […]
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