UN news The incoming President of the General Assembly says that hope is desperately needed for those billions around the world struggling…
By Weeda Mehran* – The Conversation Despite what they insisted as they swept through Afghanistan, the Taliban appear to have remained largely the same since the days they ruled the roost in the 1990s. But Afghan society has changed tremendously since they were ousted by the…
By Katrina vanden Heuvel* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute A reckoning with America’s failed national security policy is long overdue. Our calamitous misadventures in the Middle East and the global financial collapse of 2008 dramatically exposed…
Lauren Frayer – National Public Radio /NPR DEOBAND, India — Hundreds of young men in crisp white tunics and skullcaps sit cross-legged in classrooms ringed with porticoes, poring over Islamic texts. From a marble minaret above them, a dozen voices wail Quranic verse in unison…
By Deepak Chopra, MD* Reality, that most important concept about everything that exists, has gotten out of kilter, and yet very few people have noticed or are paying attention. The problem goes deep into the heart of things, however, so deep that future generations may look back…
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (*) – CODEPINK Looking back on it now, the 1990s were an age of innocence for America. The Cold War was over and our leaders promised us a “peace dividend.” There was no TSA to make us take off our shoes at airports (how many bombs have…
By Sandor Zsiros – Euronews Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, writer and professor of European studies at Oxford University. He is generally considered a leading expert on European history, politics and current affairs.
By Sonali Kolhatkar – Independent Media Institute Hurricane Ida perfectly illustrates the devastating impacts of climate change. Stopping the Line 3 pipeline, in line with Indigenous demands, is a perfect opportunity for political leaders to take climate action. On August…
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures A war between China and the United States would be a war between peer powers. That’s not to say they are identical powers; all nations differ in terms of geography, strategy, manpower, weaponry and so on. But they are peers…
Editorial – The Guardian The far-right president has never hidden his admiration for dictatorship. There are growing fears he will not accept defeat in next year’s election Though Jair Bolsonaro’s opponents warned of the dangers, most voters in the world’s fourth largest…
