At the command of a charismatic leader, a cadre of female Kurdish soldiers is taking the battle to the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria A colorful scarf is all that is left of Cicek Derek, who was 17… Read More ›
Month: April 2015
“We’re going to resist!”: Brazil’s indigenous groups fight to keep their land in face of new law
By Claire Rigby in The Guardian From downtown São Paulo, the Pico do Jaraguá – the crest of a mountain ridge on the city’s north-western horizon – looks like a broken tooth, crowned by a towering TV antenna. Just beyond… Read More ›
Reporting on quacks and pseudoscience: The problem for journalists
Recently, we raised the question of how political journalists should deal with candidates for president who mouth the quackery of climate change denial. But the problem of how to write about pseudoscience goes much broader. In part that’s because quack science has penetrated… Read More ›
A Muslim Champion in the Fight Against Anti-Semitism
By Donald Snyder Siavosh Derakhti, a 23-year-old Swedish Muslim, seems an unlikely champion in the fight against anti-Semitism. But Derakhti, whose parents immigrated to Sweden from Iran, has been recognized for his work in combating hatred and bigotry. When he… Read More ›
Christian Dominionists in the US Congress today….or a Book Review of “Christian Nation” by Fredric C. Rich
October 6, 2013 by Paul Loebe This is my review of the book ‘Christian Nation’ The premise behind the book is that in the year 2008 John McCain gets elected to high office as the President of the United States…. Read More ›
First Hologram Protest in History Held Against Spain’s Gag Law
Spanish citizens held the first hologram protest in history in order to protest without violating the new draconian guidelines of the National Security Act, the new amendments to the Penal Code and the Anti-terror law. http://embed.bambuser.com/broadcast/5418972 According to the recently… Read More ›
‘The Culture War’ — A Battle The GOP Can’t Win
By Leonard Pitts The argument is over and conservatives have lost. Some of them just don’t know it yet. That’s the takeaway from the remarkable events of last week wherein the states of Indiana and Arkansas executed high-speed U-turns —… Read More ›
The Economic Risks of Climate Change in the United States
Average Number of Days above 95 degrees Along the coast, rising sea-levels will likely put billions of dollars of property and infrastructure at risk. Further inland, increasingly warm and dry conditions threaten the productivity of one of the richest agricultural… Read More ›
Hobby Lobby Ruling Opened Floodgates For Indiana Discrimination Law
By: Rmuse – Wednesday, April, 1st, 2015 Nearly all parents attempt to teach their children from a young age that every one of their decisions in life will have consequences; no matter how inconsequential they may seem at the time…. Read More ›
Kenya Says Operation Against Al-Shabab Militants Is Over; 147 Dead
Kenya’s National Disaster Operation Center says the government’s operation against al-Shabab militants on a university campus in Garissa is over. It says that 147 people were killed, along with four militants. The center added that 587 students had been evacuated… Read More ›
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