CBSN | (Video News Report) | “After weeks of controversial remarks, GOP primary candidate Donald Trump is still leading in the polls while other candidates like Mike Huckabee are stepping up their own attacks. CBS News senior political editor Steve Chaggaris has the latest from the campaign trail. CBSN: “Inflammatory talk from Trump, Huckabee draws […]
Syria Civil War leaves Civilians with Water Cut-offs, Raw Sewage in Rivers
By Kanya D’Almeida | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Caught in the grips of a summer heat-wave, in a season that is seeing record-high temperatures worldwide, residents of the war-torn city of Aleppo in northern Syria are facing off against yet another enemy: thirst. The conflict that began in 2011 […]
Jerusalem: Israeli forces, extremist Jews, storm Aqsa mosque compound
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces broke into Al-Aqsa mosque compound Sunday morning firing stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at Muslim worshipers as they cleared way for right-wing Jews who were visiting the compound to mark a Jewish fast day, witnesses said. Dozens of Palestinian worshipers were reportedly hit with rubber-coated bullets and suffered excessive […]
Is this how the Establishment takes down Outsiders like Bernie Sanders?
Thom Hartmann | (Video report) | – – “Thom Hartmann shares about media coverage of a new Quinnipiac poll, but the coverage leaves out some important information. Why? because Bernie is an outsider.” Thom Hartmann: “This Is How the Establishment Takes Down the Outsiders like Bernie Sanders…”
Climate Change Dunnit: The Case of the missing Woolly Mammoths
By Chris Turney and Alan Cooper | (The Conversation) | – – Imagine a world populated by woolly mammoths, giant sloths and car-sized armadillos – 50,000 years ago more than 150 types of these mysterious large-bodied mammals roamed our planet. But by 10,000 years ago, two-thirds of them had disappeared. Since the end of the […]
Iraqis Divided on Iran Deal: Sunnis say, “The US sold us to Iran”
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – While the rest of the world debates the merits of the Iranian nuclear deal, Iraqis are arguing about it too: Did the US sell them out? Will Iran now be able to interfere in Iraq with impunity? Earlier this month news broke that a deal on […]
Obama Walks Fine Line in Kenya on LGBTI Rights
By Aruna Dutt | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Jul 25 2015 (IPS) – U.S. President Barack Obama spoke in Nairobi at the end of a two-day visit Saturday, focusing on Kenya’s economy and the fight against terrorism, but also briefly touching on gay rights and discrimination. ‘“When you start treating people […]
Young Protesters Languish in Jail under Egypt’s Military Counter-Revolution
By Nelly Bassily | ( openDemocracy) | – – Yara Sallam is starting the second year of her sentence in Qanater Women’s prison outside Cairo. She says, “I do not feel any regret or self-defeat, the prison is not inside me.” Yara Sallam is starting her second year of detention in an Egyptian prison. No […]
White non-terrorist La. Cinema Shooter Loved Hitler, Hated Liberals
John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, Jayar Jackson, Michael Shure | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “A day after the shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana we now know a little about shooter John Russel Houser. Based on social media posts what’s clear is that he hated liberals and admired Hitler and the Westboro Baptist Church. John […]








