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Archives for June 2018

Climate Change
Climate Terror Stalks us, and We Yawn-- 3 Decades Later

Climate Terror Stalks us, and We Yawn– 3 Decades Later

Juan Cole

Global heating is a vastly bigger danger to us than terrorism or war

Climate Change
$120 bn. in Coastal Property in Jeopardy from CO2-induced Sea-Level Rise

$120 bn. in Coastal Property in Jeopardy from CO2-induced Sea-Level Rise

Kerry Sheridan

Experts warn of a looming economic crisis caused by water-logged homes that will someday become uninhabitable

China
Is China Stealing a March on Trump in Pakistan amid New Trade War?

Is China Stealing a March on Trump in Pakistan amid New Trade War?

Neil Thompson

The outbreak of tit-for-tat tariffs means the US-Sino confrontation now embraces both the military sphere in the South China Sea and over Taiwan

Afghanistan
Did You Hear about the Great Afghan Peace March?  MSM Ignores Nonviolent Activists

Did You Hear about the Great Afghan Peace March? MSM Ignores Nonviolent Activists

Mushtaq Mojaddidi

Dozens of peace protesters arrived in Kabul on Monday after walking hundreds of kilometers across war-battered Afghanistan

Featured
It's all about the Midterms: Trump took those Children Hostage to Stoke his Base

It’s all about the Midterms: Trump took those Children Hostage to Stoke his Base

Juan Cole

Some 46% of Republicans approve of separating children from their parents at the border, according to an Ipsos poll done for the Daily Beast

Houthi
What do the Warring Parties in Yemen Want, now that the Conflict is Heating Up?

What do the Warring Parties in Yemen Want, now that the Conflict is Heating Up?

Kelly McFarland

The military conflict now escalating in Yemen threatens the lives of more than 250,000 people in the port city Hodeidah

Syria
Plot Thickens:  Israeli Airstrike blamed for Killing 22 Iraqi Shiite Militiamen in Syria

Plot Thickens: Israeli Airstrike blamed for Killing 22 Iraqi Shiite Militiamen in Syria

AFP

More than 20 fighters from an Iraqi paramilitary force key to the battle against ISIS were killed in a Syria air raid the US linked to Israel

Immigration
Listen to Children Who've Just Been Separated from their Parents at the Border

Listen to Children Who’ve Just Been Separated from their Parents at the Border

Ginger Thompson

The desperate sobbing of 10 Central American children separated from their parents makes for excruciating listening

Featured
Top Six Dictators who also Divided Children from Parents like Trump/Sessions

Top Six Dictators who also Divided Children from Parents like Trump/Sessions

Juan Cole

Some of the most notorious dictators of the modern era separated parents from their children

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