By Sevgi Akarcesme Istanbul — THE virtual control he already has of a majority of Turkey’s newspapers and TV stations apparently isn’t enough for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On Friday, with the zeal of its despotic leader, his government seized… Read More ›
Opinion/Editorial
Trump Won Super Tuesday Because America Is Racist
By Brittany King I woke up Wednesday morning to a slew of confused Facebook statuses and tweets. Most of them read something like this: “So disappointed in my country right now. How could we let a blatant racist get so… Read More ›
Trump right about Hanoi John McCain
From last July. Stumbled across this researching the McCain/Flake bill attachment to the budget to confiscate Apache holy land to sell to Australian copper mining, a battle several years fighting. This article puts together many facts I’ve heard/believed over… Read More ›
Syrian Coalition: Russia Practices State Terrorism in Syria
The Syrian Coalition strongly condemned the Assad regime’s and Russia’s barbaric onslaught on northern Rural Aleppo, holding the international community, Moscow and the Friends of Syria Group responsible for the death of innocent civilians. In a statement released today, the… Read More ›
The Held Harmless Phenomenon: The Often Neglected and Ignored Homeless
The often neglected and ignored homeless It is noted that the growth and development of a child from 0-12 is essential in their ability to use reason and logic in understanding how their environment impacts them and the part they… Read More ›
120 International Organizations Appeal for Lifting Siege on Syrian Communities
More than 120 humanitarian organizations and United Nations agencies issued a joint appeal today urging the world to raise their voices and call for an end to the Syria crisis and to the suffering endured by millions of civilians. The… Read More ›
World News Forum: 2015 in review
Congratulations to our friends enormousgherkin, lakeviewpilgrim, storyartist and Alan Curtis Montgomery for their outstanding posts on World News Forum. To see the full WordPress report, click on the image above or read it here. Happy New Year!
Conflict & migration
Conflict is one response to scarcity of resources. Although a lack of resources is rarely stated as the justification for war, such lack is often an underlying factor. Intercountry and civil war are the most extreme cases, but many lesser… Read More ›
When It Was Jewish Refugees On The Eve of WWII
July 1938. Fewer than 5 percent of Americans surveyed at the time believed that the United States should raise its immigration quotas or encourage political refugees fleeing fascist states in Europe — the vast majority of whom were Jewish — to voyage across the… Read More ›
Imagine if Exxon had told the truth on climate change
by Bill McKibben Like all proper scandals, the #Exxonknew revelations have begun to spin off new dramas and lines of inquiry. Presidential candidates have begun to call for Department of Justice investigations, and company spokesmen have begun to dig themselves deeper… Read More ›
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