Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With the prospect of new Iranian nuclear power plants looking dim after Israeli and American bombing of its civilian nuclear […]
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Syrian Regime takes Key Homs Neighborhood in advance against Rebels
The Syrian military has taken an important Homs neighborhood that had been in the hands of the rebels for over a year, as part of […]
Red Baraat makes NYC Music with a Punjabi Beat (Video)
Blurb: “New York City’s multicultural population is fertile ground for fusions in art and music. VOA’s Carolyn Weaver reports on Red Baraat, an eight-member band […]
BOIJ on Pakistan: First the CIA Droned them, Then it Droned the Rescuers (Woods and Yusufzai)
Chris Woods writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (Additional reporting by Mushtaq Yusufzai) A field investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in Pakistan’s […]
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Defiant as Government Mulls Dispersing Crowds in Cairo, Giza
There are two places the Muslim Brotherhood is emulating the revolutionary youth of 2011 and occupying a public square– the place in front of the […]
Afghanistan: If a White House Report on a Massacre isn’t Released, did the Massacre Happen? (Currier)
Cora Currier writes at ProPublica Soon after taking office, President Obama pledged to open a new inquiry into the deaths of perhaps thousands of Taliban […]
‘Every Stroke you Type’: Greenwald Reveals Xkeyscore, Vindicating Snowden
When Edward Snowden went public, he alleged that as a low-level analyst, he could see you type your emails in real time: “I, sitting at […]
Top Ten Ways Bradley Manning Changed the World
Bradley Manning will be sentenced today, having been found guilty of 20 counts on Tuesday, including espionage (despite the lack of evidence for intent to […]
Bahrain Cracks Down in Bid to Stop its Tamarod Movement (a la Egypt)
The Bahrain struggle is still going on two and a half years later. A coalition of Shiite groups and some Sunnis (the Waad or Promise […]
Where has all the Water Gone? How Climate Change and Soaring Water Demand are Drying out the Southwest (deBuys)
William deBuys writes at Tomdispatch.com: Several miles from Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon, Arizona, April 2013 — Down here, at the bottom of the continent’s most […]
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