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Archives for April 2019

Israel/ Palestine
Sharp Rise in Number of Palestinian Children Killed by Israeli Military in 2018

Sharp Rise in Number of Palestinian Children Killed by Israeli Military in 2018

Maan News Agency

Children in Palestine comprise 45% of the total population

Health Care
The Measure of our Happiness: Our Miserable Plutocracy

The Measure of our Happiness: Our Miserable Plutocracy

H. Patricia Hynes

Most policies adopted by our government are those that favor the economic elite and business interests.

astronomy and outer space
The Coming Great Satellite Space War between Nuclear-Armed India and Pakistan

The Coming Great Satellite Space War between Nuclear-Armed India and Pakistan

Dilip Hiro

In late March, India launched a rocket shooting down one of its satellites, proving it could preemptively “blind” the Pakistanis

Featured
Dear Trump: Top 7 Signs Puerto Ricans might be Americans

Dear Trump: Top 7 Signs Puerto Ricans might be Americans

Juan Cole

When they move to the mainland and reside in a state, they can vote for president

Islam
Muhammad: an anticlerical hero of the European Enlightenment

Muhammad: an anticlerical hero of the European Enlightenment

contributors

Some saw Islam as a pure form of monotheism close to philosophic Deism

Plutocracy
It's the Corporations, Stupid.  Russia Collusion was never the Real Scandal

It’s the Corporations, Stupid. Russia Collusion was never the Real Scandal

Peter Certo

Arm in arm with the private prison industry, they’ve loosened federal restraints on private detention facilities

Algeria
Arab Spring Pt. 2?  Massive Crowds forced out Bouteflika, but What Next for Algeria?

Arab Spring Pt. 2? Massive Crowds forced out Bouteflika, but What Next for Algeria?

Brian Whitaker

What will become of the entrenched political, military, business and tribal interests?

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Senators Grill Rick Perry on Transfer of Nuclear Info to Saudi Arabia Despite "Troubling Actions"

Senators Grill Rick Perry on Transfer of Nuclear Info to Saudi Arabia Despite “Troubling Actions”

Juan Cole

“Many deeply troubling actions and statements that have provoked alarm in Congress”

Neoliberalism
"Free" Markets and the Attack on Democracy

“Free” Markets and the Attack on Democracy

John Buell

The neoliberal deification of markets has many parents.

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