Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – French President Macron is taking the lead in a doomed bid to keep a two-state solution alive. […]
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Nowhere to Run: Broken Homes and Broken Lives in Gaza
By Jen Marlowe | (Tomdispatch.com) Rubble. That’s been the one constant for the Awajah family for as long as I’ve known them. Four months ago, […]
Over 100 ISIL/Daesh Fighters Killed in US Airstrikes in Iraq; Attack on Syria Base Repelled
By Juan Cole | — The US war on Daesh (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria takes up less and less space in the MSM. The […]
Pundits Blame Eric Garner For His Own Death (TYT Medley of Shame)
Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks | — “The death of Staten Island man Eric Garner after New York police Officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in […]
Israeli Squatters chop down 50 Olive Trees in Palestinian Village (800,000 since 1967)
NABLUS (Ma’an) — Settlers cut down over 50 olive trees in the Nablus village of Aqraba on Friday, Palestinian official Ghassan Daghlas said. Settlers from […]
Climate change threatens Peru’s glaciers as 195 Countries Meet in Lima
DW | — “Delegates from 195 countries are meeting in Lima, Peru for the UN’s 20th climate change conference. The mountains of Peru offer a […]
Iran: Rise In Youth just living together — Gov’t rails Against ‘White Marriage’
By Golnaz Esfandiari (RFL/RE) | — Raana and Hamed have been living together for four years. They eat together. They both contribute to the household […]
Solar Power in US doubles in 2014, Wind now 4% of Energy Mix
By Juan Cole | — Compared to Germany and Spain, the United States is woefully backward in its development of wind, solar and other renewable […]
Police Accountability more important than Bodycams
By Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno, Human Rights Watch Yesterday’s grand jury decision in the Eric Garner case in New York City – the second in just […]
Iraq Fail: Shiite Gov’t asks Sunni tribe to fight ISIL, but Sentences Politician from Tribe to Death
By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) While members of the Sunni Muslim al-Bu Ulwan tribe were fighting extremists in the Anbar province, alongside the […]