Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]
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Can Democracy Survive Trump’s untransparent Forever Wars Abroad?
By William J. Astore | ( Tomdisptach.com ) | – – Overseas, the United States is engaged in real wars in which bombs are dropped, […]
Happiness Index: From Immigrants to Health, how Trump & GOP are making America Sad (Sad)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The World Happiness Index is out this year, and the United States is ranked only 18 […]
CIA Cables detail New Director’s Role in Torture at Thailand Black Site (Redacted)
Correction: Trump’s Pick to Head CIA Did Oversee torture at Thai black site but Not of Abu Zubaydah On Feb. 22, 2017, ProPublica published a […]
Did United Arab Emirates lobbying instigate Tillerson’s sacking?
Middle East Monitor | – – US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, one week after the BBC obtained emails revealing […]
‘Algorithms of Oppression:’ How Corporations Reinforce Racism and Biases
TeleSur | – – “People think of algorithms as simply a mathematical formulation, but in fact, algorithms are really about automated decisions.” Through the book, […]
Pompeo, Big Oil and the attack on Iran Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – All you need to know about Mike Pompeo, the four-term congressman from Kansas who is actually […]
Turkey says US & Kurds will Leave Manbij or Else, Prepares for Iraq Incursion
Middle East Monitor | – – Turkey and the US will oversee the withdrawal of forces allied to the YPG (People’s Protection Units) from the […]
Renowned Physicist, Social Activist Stephen Hawking Dead at 76
TeleSur | – – In addition to his achievement in science, Hawking was a longstanding activist for numerous social causes. British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking […]
Pushing back against Trump Criminalization of Immigrants
By Aviva Chomsky | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The immigration debate seems to have gone crazy. President Obama’s widely popular Deferred Action for Childhood […]
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