Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – As a native Palestinian, visiting my homeland is not just about seeing family and friends. It’s also about […]
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The American March to Inequality: Why the UN Alston Report Alarms the Trump Plutocrats
The US would require a social revolution to even resemble France or Germany
US Navy Plans Detention Camps for Tens of Thousands of Immigrants on Remote Bases
The US Navy plans to build sprawling detention centers for tens of thousands of immigrants on remote bases
The Real Reason Saudi Arabi Lifted its Ban on Women Driving: Economic Necessity
Odense (The Conversation) – After years of campaigning by women activists, on June 24 the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia will be lifted. […]
US Leaks 60 Percent more Heat-Trapping Methane than Government Says
US industry emits some 13 million metric tons of climate-change inducing methane each year, said the findings published in the journal Science.
#Bringbackourgirls: How Trump made the US into Boko Haram
One of the horrible practices of the radical group was stealing children from their parents and making them disappear into “social death”
CO2 Catastrophe for Egypt: Rising Seas, Salinization to Displace 5 mn by 2025
Cairo (Middle East Monitor) – The climate change on Egypt’s northern coast is expected to lead to the migration of at least five million people […]
How Trump’s Executive Order Reversing Family Separation just Makes Things Worse
The executive order includes no provision to reunite the 2,300 separated families and illegally proposes to detain children indefinitely. Caracas (TeleSur) – United States President […]
At US Border, Children Still ‘crying and screaming’ for Mothers
“Some of the mothers could see their children but couldn’t get near to them, some of them couldn’t see them.”
Police Killings of African-Americans exact Mental Health Toll: The Lancet
The disproportionately high rate at which unarmed black people die at the hands of police has an impact on the mental health of black Americans