Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution asking European Union member states to recognize a Palestinian […]
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Gaza: Palestinian Women’s unemployment reaches “astronomical” levels as Israeli siege Continues
Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA (Ma’an) — The unemployment among women in the Gaza Strip has reached more than 60 percent, a women’s […]
Will Syrian Kurds defeat ISIL , helping Democrats win White House in 2016?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Bad news came out of Syria for Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) on two fronts Friday: Aleppo and, […]
Strongest Tropical Storm ever in S. Hemisphere Hits Fiji (It’s Getting Hot in Here)
Breaking News | (Video, Twitter report) | – – Cyclone Winston: Incredible conditions in Savusavu, Fiji | 20 02 2016 Winston now strongest tropical cyclone […]
Koch Brothers Declare War On Electric Cars
Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Ana Kasparian & Ben Mankiewicz | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “This is the election where we’re finally focusing […]
Iran: Poet of Gender Discrimination flees Lashes, 11.5 Year Sentence
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL ) | – – To get her first book of poetry past the Iranian censor, Fatemeh Ekhtesari did what […]
How the FBI is endangering everyone’s Security to get at one iPhone
By Joseph Bonneau | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – The legal dispute between Apple and the FBI might prove pivotal in the long-running […]
France: Turkish-Russian ‘War’ Possible over Syria
TeleSur | – – The French president said Russia and Turkey could engage in war over Turkish involvement in Syria as Russia called for an […]
Why Trump’s tiff with the Pope endangers his Political Future
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Billionaire bigot Donald Trump’s tiff with Pope Francis continued on Thursday, though Trump appears to have […]
No, it isn’t all one Thing: The Variety of Religious Experience in Islam
By Aaron W. Hughes | (The Conversation) | – – The rise of Islamic State has led to much speculation about the group’s origins: how […]