Last year, Congress proposed the Antisemitism Awareness Act (AAA) (S.558 and H.R. 1007) to combat anti-Semitism, but Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sen. Tommy Tuberville and […]
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Mideast’s ‘Only Democracy’ joins push to Silence Al Jazeera: Netanyahu
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump has his Twitter. Apparently far right wing Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has his Facebook. […]
UN Says Yemen Is Now the Largest Global Humanitarian Crisis
TeleSur | – – Arab nation is said to be on the brink of famine after almost 2 years of war and disease. In Yemen, […]
Island sinking b/c of Climate Change Seeks Seat on UN Security Council
By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – An aerial view of the Village of Kolhuvaariyaafushi, Mulaaku Atoll, the Maldives, after the Indian […]
Can Nukes really be Banned? Are we Safe if they Aren’t?
By H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – Against all odds, 122 countries agreed on July 7 to ban nuclear weapons. At the […]
Is Trump’s Cabinet Collapsing?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump keeps tweaking his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, in press interviews and on twitter, complaining bitterly […]
Top Ten Ways your Taxes pay for Endless War
By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – You wouldn’t know it, based on the endless cries for more money coming from the […]
Trump’s US sees Spike in Hate-Fueled Violence, as Tweets distract Public
By Joe Sexton | ProPublica | – – Last Wednesday, July 19, was something of a busy news day. There was word North Korea was […]
India: With 370% increase in Solar, aims at Electricity for all by 2030
World Bank. | (Video Report) | – – “With a sweeping commitment to solar power, innovative solutions and energy efficiency initiatives to supply its people […]
Trump: Aid to Syrian Rebels was ‘Massive,’ ‘Dangerous;’ slams Post
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump trashed the Washington Post on Monday, calling it the Amazon Washington Post and implicitly complaining […]