Here is my essay for this week’s Tomdispatch.com . Check out the great Tom Engelhardt’s introduction at that site, where he reminds us of the […]
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America as Torture Central: From Prisons to “Black Sites”
(By Sarah Lazare) Amnesty International report on global torture exposes inhumane acts perpetrated by United States Thirty years after ratifying the UN Convention Against Torture, […]
GOP holds hearings but in the Real Benghazi a Retired Col. is bombarding Extremists
(By Juan Cole) As congressional Republicans prepare to have yet another round of investigations into the September 11, 2012 attacks on a US “consulate” in […]
Under World Cup Pressure, Qatar reforms Guest Worker Laws, abolishes Sponsorship System
Qatar to end sponsorship system for foreign workers (via AFP) Qatar, host of the 2022 football World Cup, said Wednesday it will abolish its controversial […]
Some Saudis Kiss their Camels to defy Gov’t MERS Warning
Saudi homes in on camels in bid to combat MERS (via AFP) Saudi authorities have issued fresh warnings on how to handle the desert kingdom’s […]
Picture This: U.S. Cities Under 12 feet of Sea Level Rise
By Climate Central Maps are one way to understand what collapse of West Antarctic glaciers could eventually mean. Photos show it another way. In 2013, Climate Central shared some of its sea level rise mapping data with artist Nickolay Lamm so that…
Fracking Victims demand Environmental Protection Agency Intervention
(By Lauren McCauley) The 150 million Americans routinely exposed to toxic air as a result of oil and gas drilling need better protection from their […]
5 Reasons India’s new BJP (“Tea Party”) Government may not be so Great for Business
(By Juan Cole) The victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India’s elections is being hailed in some Western media as a hopeful sign […]
FCC Votes To “Fast Track” Death Of Net Neutrality
There’s good news: the nationwide outcry against the Federal Communications Commission’s troublesome proposal for new Open Internet rules is clearly having an impact. At a public meeting this morning, commissioners were factoring in questions that…
On Sunday, 75% of Germany’s Electricity came from Renewables
En route to its 2050 Energiewende goal of 80% of the nation’s power being supplied by renewables, especially spurred on by the phaseout of nuclear reactors, Germany broke another renewable energy record on Sunday, May 11, 2014. Europe’s biggest…
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