A member of the Freedom Movement reflects on Dr. King’s legacy in our perilous times
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NYT’s James Risen risks Jail For Protecting Sources after SC declines to Take Appeal
By Trevor Timm: The Supreme Court today rejected New York Times reporter James Risen’s appeal of a 4th Circuit decision that ruled the government can […]
No Regime? Egyptian Satirist Bassem Youssef Cancelled b/c “Enormous Pressure”
So, no regime then? Jon Stewart was on al-Barnamag [“The Program”] last year this time and remarked of the then Muslim Brotherhood government’s prosecution of […]
Faced w/ Global Warming Threat, Obama fudges EPA Carbon Reduction
By Juan Cole President Obama’s decision to unleash the Environmental Protection Agency on US carbon dioxide emitters is a sea change in environmental policy and […]
Global warming and the vulnerability of Greenland’s ice sheet
Posted on 30 May 2014 by John Abraham News continues to emerge in the scientific literature on the future direction of the world’s largest ice sheets; they are undergoing major changes as the climate continues to warm. Among the latest, a new study…
#YesAllWomen Changes the Story in Wake of Isla Vista Massacre
By Rebecca Solnit via Tomdispatch.com It was a key match in the World Cup of Ideas. The teams vied furiously for the ball. The all-star […]
Top 15 Ways Republicans Have Screwed Our Soldiers and Veterans
Republicans love waging wars, but they sure don’t seem to love America’s soldiers and veterans. Whether they’re getting our soldiers killed in Iraq or cutting their food stamps here at home, here are the 15 top ways the GOP screws those who serve…
Dear GOP: The US has negotiated with Terrorists and Amnestied Them all through History
By Juan Cole The GOP talking points in response to the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in a trade for five former officials of the […]
Now Palestinians must go to the Int’l Criminal Court, and US Should Back Them
By Bill Van Esveld via Human Rights Watch Secretary of State John Kerry called the collapse of the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks “reality-check […]
Global Warming Threat: Florida could be overwhelmed by Sudden Sea Rise
By Harold R. Wanless, University of Miami It is amazing for me to see the very aggressive building boom underway in south Florida; on the […]
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