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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Victimizing Children: The Stunning New Cruelty of Trump’s Immigration Enforcement
By Jill Richardson | (Otherwords.org) | – – Whatever your views on immigration, we should all agree not to torment small children. We’ve reached a […]
Western Man jailed for “insulting” UAE online
Middle East Monitor | – – A 39-year-old teacher* has been jailed and forced “to sign a fake confession” in the UAE following “an electronic […]
Lebanon: 5 Steps to Improve Women’s Rights
Human Rights Watch | – – Parliament Candidates Should Commit to Reforms (Beirut) – Candidates running in Lebanon’s May 6, 2018 parliamentary elections should commit […]
Surprise withdrawal of Syrian guerrillas from East Ghouta as Regime advances
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Syrian War is largely over, but the regime of Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and […]
Youth, Gun Safety and the Pentagon
H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – To my astonishment, I began receiving daily news updates from the Pentagon, innocuously named the Early […]
Muslim Women at forefront of Science: 70% of Iranian Women Graduates come out with Science Degrees
Middle Eastern Women Leading World’s Science, Tech Fields | TeleSur | – – Over half of STEM jobs in several middle eastern countries are held […]
American Crusade: The War on Terror and the Ruins of the Middle East
by James Carroll | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – America may be sinking ever deeper into the moral morass of the Trump era, but if […]
Battle of the billboards as Controversial Saudi crown prince arrives in London
By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com) | – – The roadside signs show a bearded man in Arab head-dress with the words “He is bringing […]
George W. Bush tried steel tariffs. It didn’t work
By William Hauk | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump finally followed through on his almost year-old threat to restrict imports of foreign […]