Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]
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Reflections by a Middle Easterner on the Electoral College as a Remnant of Elite Tribalism
By Hsain Ilahiane | (Informed Comment) | – – The Founding Fathers wrote the electoral college in the United States Constitution. In late summer 2004, […]
Those Times the NSA Hacked America’s Allies
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The hysteria about Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee servers […]
Under Saudi Bombing, Specter of Famine Haunts Yemen’s Children
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Jan 6 2017 (IPS) – Millions of Yemenis could soon face widespread famine […]
Pain and torture: state violence in Egypt
By Maged Mandour | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The root of state violence and torture is not poor police training, nor a political decision […]
Bruited Trump pick for Nat’l Intel shreds 4th Amendment, wants Total Surveillance
TeleSur | – – On Thursday multiple mainstream media outlets reported that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has picked former Republican Senator Dan Coats, an outspoken […]
Circus of Liars: How Trump & GOP are Twisted into Pretzels over Putin Hack
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald J. Trump has picked another fight with the elders of his own Republican Party, over […]
Violence brought us Trump, but Nonviolent Protest will Stop Him
Kazu Haga | ( Waging Nonviolence ) What’s next? That is the big question facing this country after the election. And many people have been […]
Yes, Whites are victims of Hate Crimes, too, but most Victims are Minorities
By Joe Sexton | ProPublica | – – The meaning and enforcement of the Illinois hate-crimes statute seems destined for intense scrutiny with the arrest […]
Netanyahu supports pardon for Israeli soldier who killed defenseless Palestinian Prisoner
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came out on Wednesday in support of pardoning Elor Azarya, as […]