Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – As a native Palestinian, visiting my homeland is not just about seeing family and friends. It’s also about […]
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Double Standard: Petraeus Avoids Prison, But Whistleblowers Not So Lucky
Newsy | – “Retired Gen. David Petraeus was sentenced Thursday for mishandling classified government documents, but why was his punishment relatively light?” Newsy: “Petraeus Avoids […]
Tensions Boil Over After Baltimore Police Call Protesters “Lynch Mob”
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) Demonstrators still seeking answers over the mysterious and troubling death of Freddie Gray, who died of a spinal […]
A Letter of Apology to My Grandson: A Pox on Twenty-First-Century America
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) Dear Grandson, Consider my address book — and yes, the simple fact that I have one already tells you […]
Rand Paul: GOP Hawks are Obama’s “Lapdogs;” McCain: Paul ‘Worst Candidate’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The philosophical difference between the Libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and the GOP hawks has burst into open name-calling. […]
Mobilizing For Mosul, Iraq: Scholars Work To Save Town’s Heritage from ISIL
By Coilin O’Connor | (RFE/RL) – While much of the world stands by as the militant Islamic State group takes a sledgehammer to the Middle […]
2015 Darwin Award: Paris would-be Church bomber Shoots own Leg, Calls 911
France24 | — “This church in the Parisian suburb of Villejuif may have escaped being attacked last week-end. “Documentation was found that said without ambiguity […]
Blood Money? After Bombing Yemen, Saudis offer $274 mn. in Humanitarian Aid
By Thalif Deen | – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Saudi Arabia’s right hand does not know what its left foot is up to, belittles an […]
Fossil Fuels have to Stay in the Ground: But Renewables are anyway Cheaper
By Will Steffen and Martin Rice | (The Conversation) Ninety per cent of Australia’s current coal reserves will need to be left in the ground […]
How U.S. will monitor Iranian ships in Yemen
CNN | – “CNN’s Tom Foreman uses virtual reality to show how the U.S. intends to monitor Iranian ships off the coast of Yemen.” CNN: […]
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