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How Muslim-Americans Helped Create Modern Jazz
Jazz, the art form dubbed ‘ America’s Classical Music’ by pianist and composer Dr. Billy Taylor, has garnered a world-wide following in the century since […]
America’s Generation Gap: Aging White People v. Diverse Millennials
By Aviva Rutkin | – For a look back at 2018, I’d like to slow down and draw attention to a few stories that looked […]
Bucking Trump & Netanyahu, Palestine to Apply For Full Membership at UN
Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister will apply for Palestine’s status as a full member of the United Nations. Palestinian Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Riyad Malki […]
Biggest Stories of 2018: Israel announced Apartheid, Shot Thousands of Civilians
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 2018 was in many ways a turning point for the position of Israel in the system of Western, liberal, capitalist […]
Trump’s 3 Generals may be Out, but the Forever War Lobby Still Rules
( Tomdispatch.com) – Leave it to liberals to pin their hopes on the oddest things. In particular, they seemed to find post-Trump solace in the […]
2018’s Biggest Stories: Synagogue Murders & Anti-Semitism in America (AJ+)
AJ+ | (Video News Clip) | – “Anti-Semitism, or hatred of Jews, has a long and often violent history in the U.S. It’s also frequently […]
Second Guatemalan Child dies Christmas Eve in US Border Protection Custody
By Maggy Donaldson | – Washington, DC | AFP | – An eight-year-old migrant from Guatemala died in US government custody on Tuesday, Customs and […]
Middle East Christians, with the population of Sweden, Celebrate Christmas
I do a column like this one from time to time, fighting back against the ‘veil of tears’ approach to the study of Middle Eastern […]
Abandoned by Trump, Syrian-Kurdish YPG Closes in on Last ISIL Bastions
Beirut, Lebanon | AFP | – Smoke billows after bombings near Hajin, in eastern Syria, on December 15, 2018 Kurdish-led forces made fresh gains against […]
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