By Gregory Alonso Pirio | (Informed Comment) | – – The importance of opposing the resurgence of emboldened KKK, Neo-Nazis and other hate-filled white supremacists that were on display in Charlottesville cannot be easily underestimated. Equally, if not more urgent, however, is the need to take advantage of the national disgust of hate groups by […]
Cop Arrests Nurse For Doing Her Job (TYT Video)
Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian and Maytha Alhassen | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “A police officer in Salt Lake City arrested a nurse because she refused to break the law. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian and Maytha Alhassen of The Young Turks, break it down.” TYT: “Cop Arrests Nurse For Doing Her Job […]
Is Deregulation behind explosions at Texas Chem Plant, polluting of Air and Water?
By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – “People don’t know what’s seeping into their air and their homes.” “Now the thing’s exploded, and people don’t know what’s seeping into their air and their homes.” —Lydia DePillis, Houston Chronicle Two explosions and “plumes of black smoke” were reported early Thursday morning at […]
The Racism Heard Round the World: Even Fascists Denounce Nazis more than Trump
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – When the neo-fascist National Front is more willing to condemn neo-Nazis than Trump, we have a problem. On race relations, the United States has slipped into the same category as Burundi and Iraq. After the violence in Charlottesville earlier this month — and […]
Muslim Rohingya Refugees Drown as They flee Buddhist Persecution in Myanmar
TeleSur | – – Around 27,400 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar since Friday. Bangladeshi border guards have recovered two dozen bodies from the country’s shore in the last two days, as tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims flee violence in Myanmar. The bodies of 11 Rohingya children and nine women washed up […]
Where Do “Alt-Right” Groups Get Their Money?
AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “As white nationalists protest across the country, we wanted to know who’s financially funding their hate. And there’s more money in it than you realize.” AJ+ “Where Do “Alt-Right” Groups Get Their Money?”
Dozens of Houston Area Mosques are 24/7 Shelters without being Asked
ShiaWaves | (Video News Report) | – – “Houston’s Muslim community is at the forefront of helping those affected by Tropical Storm Harvey, which has flooded much of the fourth most populous city in the United States. Dozens of mosques have either opened their doors for shelter, aided in rescue operations or provided goods, such […]
Afghanistan: Pentagon Admits it Low-Balled Public on Troop Levels
TeleSur | – – The news comes prior to a boost in U.S. forces as part of Trump’s “new approach” to quelling the Afghan insurgency. In a rare step toward transparency, the Pentagon has revealed that about 11,000 U.S. troops are currently fighting in the 16-year-long war in Afghanistan, nearly a quarter more than the […]
Trump’s offer to Harvey Victims (Cartoon)
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