San Francisco (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This week will go down in history as a time when the governing body of the Democratic […]
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Risk of Mass Starvation Rising Rapidly in Africa, Yemen
TeleSur | – – “This really is an absolutely critical situation that is rapidly unfolding across a large swathe of Africa from west to east.” […]
Can António Guterres Fend Off America’s War on the UN?
By Dulcie Leimbach | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – When António Guterres was chosen by the United Nations Security Council […]
What Trump looks like from Cuba …
By Mattea Kramer | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – I’ll tell you up front that my personal vehicle has crowns of rust on the rear […]
Russia’s not Leaving: Syria is about old-Fashioned Sphere of Influence, not Oil
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russia is not going to yield its sphere of influence in Syria to Donald Trump or […]
Donald Trump: Global Ecocide
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Can one determined and willfully ignorant man both stem the green tide and […]
Asian Doctor Violently Pulled Off US Plane by Security Guards
TeleSur | – – While he was allowed back on the flight, the man’s face was bleeding from the force the guards exerted. A viral […]
Sorry, Trump: China is Leading World toward first “Ecological Civilization”
David Tyfield | (The Conversation) | – – The Trump administration’s hostility towards climate action and research leaves a void in global climate politics. Could […]
Sharpening Contradictions: ISIL Strikes Egyptian Christians on Palm Sunday
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) claimed responsibility Sunday for two suicide bombings at Christian churches in Lower Egypt […]
Why We Need Political Islam
By Shlomo Ben-Ami | (Project Syndicate) | – – MADRID – US President Donald Trump has put on the back burner an executive order that […]