By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Trump, notoriously, tweeted that climate change is a Chinese hoax. Some 70,000 US citizens in Puerto Rico living along the Guajataca River are in danger as a dam in the vicinity is failing. Built in the 1920s, the earthen dam faces a drainage problem in […]
As Muslims rally for the Rohingya, what About the Rest of Us?
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | – – If only Muslims reach out to help the Rohingya, the international community will suffer another blow to its reputation. They were Muslims, and they were leaving the country in droves. Their homeland, a remote corner of a multiethnic country, had become a […]
Iranian Leader: Trump is “Disturbed,” speaks like a Cowboy or Mobster
Iran president: if Trump reneges on nuclear deal, no one will ever trust the US again
Tweeting while the Planet Burns: Dystopia 2025
From Afghanistan to Houston, US policy gone awry
The Anti-Bouazizi: Did Russia try to ‘flash mob’ a Trump Victory?
Internet manipulation extended into real life rallies
Israel threatens Bedouin communities with Forced Relocation
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces have notified residents of the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar that they are at risk of imminent forcible transfer from their lands, weeks after Israeli Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman reportedly announced that plans were underway to expel Khan al-Ahmar’s residents within a few […]
Trump blasts Iran for backing Syria, ignores Russia, Praises Saudis
Accuses Iran of terrorism but lets Saudis skate
Those 90 Companies that Caused Climate Crisis? They Should Pay for It
By Sarah van Gelder | Yes! Magazine | – – The companies responsible for the climate crisis should cover the costs of fighting wildfires and recovering from hurricanes. Pacific Northwest forests are on fire. Several blazes are out of control, threatening rural towns, jumping rivers and highways, and covering Portland, Oregon, Seattle, and other cities […]
Are US troops in Afghanistan causing Talibanism?
By Ann Jones | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Here we go again! Years after most Americans forgot about the longest war this country ever fought, American soldiers are again being deployed to Afghanistan. For almost 16 years now, at the command of three presidents and a sadly forgettable succession of generals, they have gone […]
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