By Adam Lynch | ( Yes! Magazine) | – – A Former EPA Adviser on How to Push for Environmental Justice Under Trump “In our country there are two things that move policy. One is money. The other is the power of people.” Clean-air crusader Mustafa Ali spent more than two decades and most of […]
Trump’s Mulligan in Afghanistan: Mercenaries
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Donald Trump loves to play golf. So far, he has teed off twice as many times as Barack Obama had at the same point in his term. Indeed, Trump has spent as much as 20 percent of his presidency at various golf clubs. […]
The Message on Climate must be ‘Yes We Can,’ not Apocalypse Now’
By Jon Christensen | (The Conversation) | – – There’s been no shortage of pessimistic news on climate change lately. A group of climate scientists and policy experts recently declared that we have just three years left to dramatically turn around carbon emissions, or else. Meanwhile a widely circulated New York magazine article detailed some […]
America’s Passionate Intensity: What Rough Beast Slouches toward Mar-a-Lago?
By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Like it or not, the president of the United States embodies America itself. The individual inhabiting the White House has become the preeminent symbol of who we are and what we represent as a nation and a people. In a fundamental sense, he is […]
Did Saudi ‘Cheap Oil’ Policy throw Venezuela into Crisis?
Bulent Gökay | (The Conversation) | – – Venezuela is sinking ever deeper into a political and economic calamity. Inflation is above 700% and GDP is more than a third below 2013 levels. The country with the world’s largest proven oil reserves is now the world’s most indebted country – no other nation has a […]
Are Corruption Charges brewing against Israeli PM Netanyahu?
TeleSur | – – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under growing legal pressure as investigators appear to be focusing on his role in a series of high-profile cases, which a national court said could result in corruption charges. Netanyahu had been question under caution by police over Case 1,000, dealing with gifts given to […]
Is Turkey on brink of Invading Syrian Kurds, US BFF?
TeleSur | – – The Turkish Armed Forces are massing on the Syrian border days after a reshuffle of top brass in the country’s military in anticipation of a potential invasion that could dramatically complicate Syria’s ongoing civil war. Kurdish militia backed by U.S. forces are currently taking part in an assault against the Islamic […]
Arab Journalists condemn Israel’s Plan to close Al Jazeera
Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ) condemned the Israeli government’s decision to shut down the office of Qatari news channel Al Jazeera in Jerusalem, expressing solidarity with Al Jazeera staff in the Palestinian territory. On Aug. 1, Israeli authorities revealed that they had launched official discussions […]
Tunisia: Landmark Step to Shield Women from Violence
Human Rights Watch | – – New Law Offers Protection, but Needs Funding (Tunis) – The law on violence against women, including domestic violence, approved by the Tunisian parliament on July 26, 2017, is a landmark step for women’s rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Tunisian authorities should ensure that there is adequate funding and […]
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