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Donald Trump Tries To Backpedal But Can’t Stop Saying Racist Things
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | — “Donald Trump continues putting his foot in his mouth, Trump retweeted something he probably regrets and […]
California’s Drought Is Part of a Much Bigger Water Crisis. Here’s What You Need to Know
By Abrahm Lustgarten, Lauren Kirchner and Amanda Zamora | (ProPublica) | — Why do I keep hearing about the California drought, if it’s the Colorado […]
Daesh/ ISIL Marked Women and Children for Death in Syria’s Kobani
Human Rights Watch | (New York) — Armed militants believed to be members of Islamic State, also known as ISIS, deliberately targeted people they knew […]
Security Zones Being Used to Further Expand West Bank Settlements
By IMEMC | – – “Land confiscated from Palestinians for the purpose of security buffer zones around illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank is […]
Is Greece’s “No” on Debt Referendum another Youth Revolution?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – During the past 5 years, the old categories of politics– left, right, center or capitalist and […]
To fight Climate Change, we have to Eat Fewer Hamburgers
By Dora Marinova and Talia Raphaely | (The Conversation) | – – Climate change is the greatest challenge to human health, according to the recent […]
Child Labor: A Hidden Atrocity of the Syrian Crisis
By Kanya D’Almeida UNITED NATIONS, Jul 3 2015 (IPS) – In a conflict that has claimed over 220,000 lives and injured a further 840,000 people […]
Iran’s Nuclear Program was A Child Of Washington in the First Place
By Tony Wesolowsky | (RFE/RL) | – – The start of Iran’s nuclear program can arguably be pegged to December 8, 1953. It was on […]
Ghosts of King George III: Top 5 Things that threaten American Independence Today
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The things that irked the residents of the Thirteen Colonies about British rule have reemerged from […]