By Patricia Williams Recently, I found out that my work is mentioned in a book that has been banned, in effect, from the schools in Tucson, Arizona. The anti-ethnic studies law passed by the state prohibits teachings that “promote the… Read More ›
Human rights
RNC Turns Deaf Ear To Questions About Trip Funded by Hate Group
Last week, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) faxed and sent letters to every member of the Republican National Committee (RNC) regarding an upcoming trip to Jerusalem being organized by RNC Chair Reince Priebus. The letters expressed concern about the… Read More ›
Ultra-Orthodox Women in Israel Launch Their Own Political Party
By Miriam Krule When it comes to Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish women, we tend to hear mostly about the terrible things that happen to them—from having to sit in the back of public buses to being banned from hosting or even… Read More ›
Guantánamo Diary exposes brutality of US rendition and torture
The groundbreaking memoir of a current Guantánamo inmate that lays bare the harrowing details of the US rendition and torture programme from the perspective of one of its victims is to be published next week after a six-year battle for… Read More ›
Settlers throw stones at U.S. consulate convoy in West Bank after destroying 5000 Olive Trees
Settlers from the Adei Ad illegal outpost in the West Bank threw stones on Friday at an American consulate convoy, which arrived at the area to examine complaints that settlers destroyed Palestinian-owned olive groves the day before. One of the… Read More ›
Secular vs Church Tenet
U.S. Bishops Take Aim at Sterilization – ProPublica A toughening of Catholic medical directives could include enforcing a ban on tubal ligations. The Vatican has an absolute prohibition on sterilization for the purposes of birth control. The U.S. Catholic bishops… Read More ›
Aleppo, Syria – A Long History
ALEPPO THE ENCHANTED CITY Aleppo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world; it has been inhabited since perhaps as early as the 6th millennium BC.[10] Excavations at Tell as-Sawda and Tell al-Ansari, just south of… Read More ›
Syria death toll now exceeds 200,000
Syria’s civil war has killed more than 200,000 people in less than four years, a monitoring group told AFP on Tuesday, adding that most were fighters from the two sides. “We have documented the killing of 202,354 people since March… Read More ›
Current Events and Commentary
US Torture and the CIA: It’s not especially something that US Federal Employee’s should be engaged in, that said what I think was more despicable, US gov’t funds wasted on doing something that is non-productive from the get go, to… Read More ›
Gun Range Billboard Features Santa Claus Packing Heat
A billboard for a Northern California gun range is drawing controversy for featuring Santa Claus carrying an AR-15. According to CBS Sacramento, the billboard for Down Range Indoor Training Center in Chico, California shows Santa with a gun and a… Read More ›
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