Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]
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India’s Energy could be 15% from Renewables by 2020: Greentech CEOs
When you actually put renewable energy CEOs on television, they can explain that coal and other hyrdrocarbons receive government subsidies, making them look much cheaper […]
Israeli Gov’t mocks ‘Peace Talks’ with announcement of 1200 New Squatter homes in Occupied Palestine
The Israeli government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that it would take bids on nearly 1200 new housing units on Palestinian territory occupied […]
Neoliberalism Fail: Top 8 Ways Privatization has Harmed us All (Buchheit)
Paul Buchheit writes at Commondreams.org: Some of America's leading news analysts are beginning to recognize the fallacy of the "free market." Said Ted Koppel, "We […]
Egypt: Food Crisis looms as Interim Gov’t decides to disperse Muslim Brotherhood Protesters Peacefully
In the midst of its political crisis, Egypt also faces rising food prices that are hitting the poor hard. This rise comes on top of […]
Fukushima’s Strontium Leaks a Neverending Crisis? (Germanos)
Andrea Germanos writes at Commondreams courtesy VOAnews As the disaster at Fukushima plant continues to unfold, one nuclear expert is warning that "this is an […]
Before he Was President, Obama Championed Extensive Surveillance Reforms (Brandeisky)
Kara Brandeisky writes at ProPublica When the House of Representatives recently considered an amendment that would have dismantled the NSA’s bulk phone records collection program, […]
Obama’s Reassurances about Domestic Surveillance are not Reassuring
President Obama gave a news conference on Friday in which he addressed the controversy over Edward Snowden’s revelations regarding NSA spying on the American people. […]
Burma’s Muslims driven into the hands of human traffickers
While the issue of the mistreatment Rohingya Muslim minority has most involved Burma, it has roiled politics throughout Southeast Asia. Buddhist extremists have persecuted the […]
Where is our Amsterdam? Lavabits, Snowden & Wikileaks Censorship recall age of Absolutism
The long struggle against censorship in the 18th century at the time of oppressive kings in Europe involved the hand-copying and circulation of unpublished anonymous […]
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