Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Why has the Democratic leadership shown such reluctance to take effective legislative action to halt the flow […]
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Wife of Israeli Cabinet member tweets Racist Obama Joke, had called for Innocent Palestinians to be Punished
Nik Zecevic and Margaret Howell | (TheLipTV News Video) |- – “A racist joke about President Obama posted on Twitter by Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes, the […]
Democracy in retreat in Half the 193 UN Member States
By Thalif Deen | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Democracy is on the retreat and authoritarianism is on the rise in more than 96 […]
Wikileaks Docs Reveal Saudi intrigues against Bahrain’s Arab Spring
By Faten Bushehri | (Global Voices) | – – The Saudi Cables, released by WikiLeaks, includes a treasure trove of information in secret exchanges between […]
Top 5 Reasons Confederate Flag should stop Flying at SC Statehouse
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 1. The Confederate flag in its current form was adopted by the seceding slave states to […]
Massive turnout for Bernie Sanders in Denver: Is he Gaining on Hillary Clinton?
By Sarah Lazare, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Massive turnout is latest sign the Vermont senator is gaining on Hillary Clinton At least […]
Her War: Kurdish Women Commandos take on ISIL/ Daesh in Syria
RT | (Video Report) | – – “In the face of the deadly threat posed by the so-called Islamic State, many Kurdish women decide not […]
Patterns of Racial Violence in the US: Charleston Shooting wasn’t a “One-Off” Event
By Ethan Zuckerman | (The Conversation) | – – When you read about Dylann Roof, think about the patterns he represents. There’s more than one. […]
Our Jihadis and Theirs: The Real (Armed) Dangers of American Life
By Tom Engeldhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Consider this paragraph a holding action on the subject of getting blown away in America. While I […]
PM Netanyahu wants a Free Press, just not in Israel
By Ari Heistein | (Informed Comment) | – – Continuing his assault on transparency and independent voices in the media, Prime Minister Netanyahu denied investigative […]
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