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Quality of Life dropping in Military-Ruled Egypt, Inequality Rising: UN Report
The UN Development Programme has ranked Egypt 115th of 189 countries in its annual Human Development Index (HDI), four places below its ranking last year. […]
Five Million Children Risk Famine in Saudi-led War on Yemen
Sanaa (AFP) – More than five million children are threatened by famine in war-torn Yemen as prices soar, a charity said Wednesday, warning an entire […]
Trump’s China Tariffs on Solar backfire; American Natural Gas hurt, as US PV sales Soar
(Informed Comment) – President Donald Trump’s 30% tariff on Chinese-made solar panels turns out not to have had as severe an impact on the industry […]
The Cost of Exposing Israel’s Illegal Squatter Settlements
Activists Face Intimidation, Violence, and Arrest for Peaceful Protests
Bernie Sanders & Yanis Varoufakis call for Progressive Front against Trump’s Neo-Fascist International
By Luis Martín | – Via OpenDemocracy.net Calling on progressives worldwide to form an international movement to combat the rise of authoritarianism represented by Donald […]
Yemen’s Descent into Hell: A Saudi-American War of Terror
(Tomdispatch.com) – It’s the war from hell, the savage one that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, along with seven other Middle Eastern and […]
Puerto Ricans displaced to Mainland by Hurricane, Trump Neglect, abandoned by FEMA
New York (AFP) – They arrived in New York from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island in September 2017, leaving widespread devastation in […]
US, having created 4 mn Refugees in Iraq, Slashes Immigrant cap to 30,000
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that the Trump administration would slash refugee admissions to 30,000 in 2019, down from 45,000 in 2018 and […]
Rape: The Credibility of the Accusers
(Informed Comment) – When a psychology professor stepped forward to share her story of an alleged assault by the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, more […]