Ethnicities

Golden Globes/ Oprah Winfrey | (Video Clip) | – – Amy Kaufman of the LA Times wrote that she asked Stedman if Oprah would be open to a presidential bid and he said, “absolutely she would.” I asked Stedman if @oprah would run for President. "It's up to the people. She would absolutely do it." […]

African-Americans

African-American areas have “Worst Poverty” in Industrialized World: UN Official

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TeleSur | – – Environmental racism, extreme poverty, and disease thrive on a breathtaking scale in U.S. Black communities in the South, shocking a UN investigator. Extreme poverty, environmental degradation and toxic hazards in poor communities in the United States are facing increased international scrutiny following an inspection of rural Alabama communities by a United […]

African-Americans

Upshot of Mueller Probe: Putin did to US what we did to Iran and Iraq

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The indictment of George Papadopoulos, the foreign policy adviser for the Trump campaign in 2016, for lying to the FBI is the most important news that came out Monday. What he lied about was the timeline of his contacts with the Russian Federation on behalf of […]

African-Americans

Like his hero Trump, John Kelly falsely smears Critics

Juan Cole

The Los Angeles Times | (Video News Clip) | – – “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, criticizing Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, misrepresented an April 2015 speech she made at the opening of a new FBI building in Miami. (Oct. 20, 2017)” “Frederica Wilson 2015 Video Shows John Kelly Got It Wrong | Los […]

African-Americans

Buzzfeed Exposes Breitbart’s Neo-Nazi Roots (TYT Video)

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Brett Erlich, Nando Vila and Hannah Cranston | (The Young Turks Video) | – – Steve Bannon insists that there’s “no room” for neo-nazi’s and white supremacists in the alt-right movement, Buzzfeed just called bullshit. Brett Erlich, Nando Vila and Hannah Cranston discuss on The Young Turks. After a white supremacist demonstration in Charlottesville ended […]

Colonialism

How We’re Failing the U.S. Citizens of Puerto Rico

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By Jill Richardson | (Otherwords.org) | – – Wanting federal aid in a natural disaster isn’t wanting “everything done for you.” It’s what we should all expect. Hurricane-struck Puerto Rico wants “everything done for them,” says President Trump. Puerto Rico, an island of 3.5 million inhabitants — all of whom are U.S. citizens — gets […]

Arab Americans

What it means to raise the Palestinian flag in today’s America

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Tom Brocket | (The Conversation) | – – It is a wet and dreary February afternoon in Union City, the compact and densely populated township sitting on the New Jersey bank of the Hudson River. The rain leaves the streets deserted. Outside the North Bergen mayor’s office, a group of some 50 people cower under […]

Arab Americans

Trump tries to Camouflage Muslim Ban with a Few Venezuelans and N. Koreans

Juan Cole

TeleSur | – – The addition of North Korea and Venezuela broadens the restrictions from the original, mostly Muslim-majority list. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that Venezuela and North Korea will be added to the list of countries banned from traveling to the United States. The order outlines different restrictions for each country on […]

Arab Americans

New Customized Muslim Banned planned by Trump

Juan Cole

TeleSur | – – The original measures tried to prohibited travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the U.S. U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban is expected to be altered to tailor it to several specific countries deemed not to comply with the Department of Homeland Security regulations. Reports from […]