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Iraq’s New One Percent Gets Rich, fails to Establish Security (Baquba Bombing kills 20)
Another deadly bombing was conducted this morning in Baquba, Iraq, killing 20 and wounding 60. Radicals detonated it outside a political rally for a small […]
UN, Host Countries, Running out of money for Syria Refugee Relief
The United Nations is warning that the vast scale of the Syrian refugee crisis is straining the resources of the UN, Jordan and Lebanon. Jordan […]
Homeless in the Shadow of High Tech (Moyer Video)
Bill Moyer investigates the phenomenon of homelessness and poverty in the high tech Mecca, San Jose, California. It turns out to be a good metaphor […]
How Corporate Media Consolidation has Corrupted our News (Democracy Now! Interview)
Democracy Now! interviews the maker of “Shadows of Liberty,” a new film about how the concentration of ownership of news media in fewer and fewer […]
Bigots Smash Window of Iraqi-American Restaurant: Then . . . Vets come to Save the Day
Vets, some of them having served in Iraq, come to eat at an Iraqi-American restaurant in Lowell to give them some business and make up […]
If N. Korea is the Threat, Why is all the War Talk about a Weak Iran?
All the talk in Washington is about war on Iran, which poses no threat to the United States. But one never hears belligerence toward North […]
Can you Pass the Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Quiz? (Rudolph)
By Jeffrey Rudolph While Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community was a marginal presence in 1948, it has since grown into a meaningful social and political force. […]
Jon Stewart Risks Jail in Egypt by Satirizing President Morsi, Provokes Diplomatic Incident
The US embassy in Cairo’s twitter feed is known for its informality and irreverence, and tweeted out a link to Jon Stewart’s interventions on the […]
Congress Obsessed with American Muslims, Neglects real threat of White Supremacists
The shooting of Kaufman, Texas district attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia remains a mystery. But investigators are increasingly looking into a cell of […]