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Girl Soldiers: Forgotten Casualties of War
By Pat Hynes | ( Truthdig ) | – – As secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was visibly shaken by sexual crimes against women and […]
Israel Envy and Trump’s Wall
By Shalom Goldman | (Patheos) | – – In the current presidential campaign, Republicans and Democrats seem to be competing with each other to proclaim […]
Muslim American Voters in Swing States Calling for Total & Complete Shutdown of Trump Candidacy
Dena Takruri | (AJ+ Video Report) | – – “Muslims have come up more in this election than ever before. But did you know they […]
Why couldn’t the Corporate Old Boys’ Network Stop Trump?
By Johan Chu & Jerry Davis | (The Conversation) | – – If corporate money controls our politics, as Bernie Sanders and others have claimed, […]
Why Trump is (really) wrong to bet against US Military-backed Mosul Campaign
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As Josh Rogin pointed out, Donald Trump’s pronouncement that the Mosul campaign is bound to fail […]
American Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq outlive Anti-War Legend Tom Hayden, RIP
TeleSur | – – A prolific author of over 20 books, Hayden cut his teeth as a student activist against the U.S. war in Vietnam […]
Remember when Nazis stripped Jews of Citizenship? Now Israeli Right wants To
TeleSur | – – Coalition whip MK David Bitan also wants to strip citizenship from B’Tselem director Hagai El-Ad, after he made calls to sanction […]
Gun Industry in US kills 7 Kids a Day
By Gary Younge | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Every day, on average, seven kids and teens are shot dead in America. Election 2016 […]
Iraqi Kurdistan forces take Bashiqa on road to Mosul
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Sunday, AFP reports in Arabic, Iraqi forces continued their advance on Mosul despite the car […]