By Richard E. Peltier | – (The Conversation) – The impacts of recent forest fires in California reach well beyond the burned areas. Smoke from the Camp Fire created hazardous air quality conditions in San Francisco, more than 170 miles to the southwest – but it didn’t stop there. Cross-country winds carried it across the […]
Trump’s New Iran Oil Sanctions may Hurt Americans more than Iran
Panic over prices at the pump
Why Women’s Peace Activism in World War I Matters Now
Proponents of international mediation hoped diplomatic intervention could bring the war to a swift end
Khashoggi’s Murder Shines Spotlight on Journalists Fleeing ME Dictatorships
Many journalists fled after the failure of the Arab Spring, but remain in danger
White Nationalists have Killed 500 People since 1990, 10% over Religion
There have been close to 100 failed or foiled plots against Jewish institutions or individuals between 1990 and 2014
When Terrorism is a Weapon of the Strong
The Anti-Defamation League found that anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. rose by 57 percent in 2017
Georgia Election shows that Dixie Tradition of Black Voter Suppression Flourishing
By Frederick Knight | – Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp has been sued for suppressing minority votes after an Associated Press investigation revealed a month before November’s midterm election that his office has not approved 53,000 voter registrations – most of them filed by African-Americans. Kemp, who is running for governor against Democrat […]
It’s the economics: Red states embracing wind energy don’t do it for the climate
By Sarah Mills | – The federal government has never played a leading role in restricting the carbon footprint of the nation’s power plants. But now that the Trump administration is trying to dismantle many energy regulations, that national role is even smaller. Many states have been trying to fill this vacuum for years with […]
No Dissent Allowed: United Arab Emirates Jails Western Ph.D. Researcher
Matthew Hedges’ Arrest exposes the extreme limits on academic freedom in the United Arab Emirates
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