Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]
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Whites and African-Americans in America by the numbers
88% of African-Americans in a recent Pew poll said that there was “a lot” (46%) or “some” (42% ) discrimination against them. Only 57% of […]
Egypt: Prosecutor Comes after Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, as Divided Mass Protests Continue
Egypt’s June 30 Movement is calling for big demonstrations on Sunday, saying “no” to “terrorism” and “yes” to the “gains of the Revolution.” The movements […]
Why the Media Ignores Climate Change (Moyers Video)
Bill Moyers interviews media critic Marty Kaplan: “Marty Kaplan on Why the Media Ignores Climate Change Media scholar Marty Kaplan sits with Bill Moyers to […]
Egyptian PM Biblawi: Egypt had Left the “Arab Group” to Join the “Islamic Group”
The USG Open Source Center translates an interview with new interim appointed prime minister of Egypt, Hazem Biblawi, in the Pan-Arab daily, al-Sharq al-Awsat. I […]
UK’s Channel 4 Schools US Media on How to cover NSA, Snowden
This report by Channel 4 News in the UK, covering Edward Snowden’s application for asylum in the Russian Federation and his revelations of collaboration between […]
A time-lapse video map of 2,053 nuclear explosions from 1945 through 1998 (Hashimoto)
Created by Japanese Artist Isao Hashimoto: A time-lapse video map of 2,053 nuclear explosions from 1945 through 1998. Starts off a little slow, but keep […]
Malala Yousafzai Pleads at UN for Universal Free Schooling for Girls and Boys
“In her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 16th birthday on […]
Murderers where the Victim was White are Far more Likely to be Punished in US (Graph)
In the US, as Amnesty International points out: Percentage of murder victims annually that are African-American: 50% Percentage of executions for murder annually where the […]
Egypt: Rebellion Movement Pressures President, PM to Pare Claimed Powers
As Egypt braced for dueling huge demonstrations on Friday, a spokesman for the Rebellion or Tamarrud Movement, Hasan Shahin, said Thursday that the campaign expects […]
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