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racism
Facebook Ad Option allows Discrimination Against Blacks, Latinos

Facebook Ad Option allows Discrimination Against Blacks, Latinos

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By Julia Angwin and Terry Parris Jr. | (ProPublica) | – – Imagine if, during the Jim Crow era, a newspaper offered advertisers the option of placing ads only in copies that went to white readers. That’s basically what Facebook is doing nowadays. The ubiquitous social network not only allows advertisers to target users by […]

Colonialism
60 Years later, Suez Crisis looks a lot like Iraq War

60 Years later, Suez Crisis looks a lot like Iraq War

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By Nigel Ashton | (The Conversation) | – – Does history repeat itself? Never perfectly or precisely, but some of the parallels between Anthony Eden’s handling of the 1956 Suez Crisis and Tony Blair’s role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq are worth pondering. In both cases prime ministerial decision-making dictated the course of British […]

Israel/ Palestine
UNESCO dared say Jerusalem is Sacred to *3* Faiths & So Netanyahu Smeared It

UNESCO dared say Jerusalem is Sacred to *3* Faiths & So Netanyahu Smeared It

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By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – Did Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi actually read the UNESCO Resolution full text of the UNESCO resolution [pdf] on Palestine and Israel, before he raved with anger? “I think this is a mistaken, inconceivable resolution,” he said. “It is not possible to continue with these […]

Christians
Does Trump's lag prove the end of White Christian America?

Does Trump’s lag prove the end of White Christian America?

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Robert P. Jones | The Atlantic | (Video News Report) | – – ‘The United States is no longer a majority white, Christian country, and that is already beginning to have profound social and political implications. At 45 percent of the population, white Christians are a shrinking demographic—and the backlash from many members of the […]

Iraq
Int'l Conflict over Aleppo & Mosul is Making local Civil Wars Worse

Int’l Conflict over Aleppo & Mosul is Making local Civil Wars Worse

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By Christopher Hill | (Project Syndicate) | – – DENVER – The Middle East’s tragic tale of two cities – Aleppo in Syria and Mosul in Iraq – speaks to a fundamental lack of consensus in the region and within the broader international community. The lack of order in the international order is greatly complicating […]

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Is the Islamic State finished? Five possible scenarios

Is the Islamic State finished? Five possible scenarios

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By James L. Gelvin | (The Conversation) | – – Most military analysts believe it’s only a matter of time before Mosul falls. Mosul is Iraq’s third largest city. The Islamic State captured it in June 2014 during a campaign that left it in control of territory the size of the United Kingdom. But on […]

Republican Party
Megyn Kelly-Newt Gingrich Blow-up on Fox: Are White Women deserting Trump?

Megyn Kelly-Newt Gingrich Blow-up on Fox: Are White Women deserting Trump?

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Farron Cousins | (Ring of Fire Video Report) | – – “Newt Gingrich tried to tell Megyn Kelly of Fox News that she was obsessed with sex. Ironic coming from a man who spent years obsessing over Bill Clinton’s sexual escapades.” The Ring of Fire: “Fox’s Megyn Kelly Hammers Pervert Newt Gingrich”

Corporate Surveillance
AT&T Profits by Spying on You for Gov't, Killing 4th Amendment

AT&T Profits by Spying on You for Gov’t, Killing 4th Amendment

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By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – If companies are allowed to operate in this manner without repercussions, our democracy has no future.’ Telecommunications giant AT&T is spying on Americans for profit and helped law enforcement agencies investigate everything from the so-called war on drugs to Medicaid fraud—all at taxpayers’ expense, according […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Blockade of Gaza is Inherently Violent

Israel’s Blockade of Gaza is Inherently Violent

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By Mike Merryman-Lotze | (Otherwords) | – – Every day Palestinians live in fear of another U.S.-funded attack by the Israeli government. This fall, the U.S. agreed to provide $38 billion in military aid to Israel over the next ten years, ensuring America’s continued role in funding the occupation of Palestine. Meanwhile, my friends and […]

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