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More than 300 US newspapers run editorials promoting press freedom after Trump attacks on media

Lucy Handley – CNBC.com More than 300 U.S. newspapers are running editorials Thursday that promote press freedom to counter Donald Trump’s attacks on the media, in a move coordinated by The Boston Globe. President Trump has often attacked some media reports as “fake news” and…

16 August 2018 · 3 min read

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America’s Gulf Allies Are Making the World a More Dangerous Place

By Kate Kizer — The Nation

By Kate Kizer* – The Nation Maybe it’s time to ask, ‘With friends Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who needs enemies?’ Though August is supposed to be slow for news, the young month has already seen two extraordinary events. Both have largely flown under the radar, but each has…

15 Aug 2018 · 4 min read

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Climate Truth: Seven Key Numbers for Sustainability and Local Plans

By Roy Morrison — EcoCivilization

By Roy Morrison – EcoCivilization Local action on climate is both an essential and available path for ecological transformation. Local action does not require permission from Washington or from Paris. Action overcomes despair.

15 Aug 2018 · 17 min read

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Poland’s Dictatorship of Myth

By Slawomir Sierakowski — Project Syndicate

By Slawomir Sierakowski* – Project Syndicate After passing a controversial law proscribing any mention of Polish complicity in crimes committed by the Nazis in World War II, Poland’s populist government is now backpedaling. But as a new amendment shows, history by legislation…

14 Aug 2018 · 5 min read

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A simple misunderstanding between Trump and Erdogan may have tanked Turkey's economy

Alex Lockie – Business Insider US The dire state of Turkey’s economy may be a consequence of a diplomatic misunderstanding between the country’s president and Donald Trump. Trump met Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at a July NATO summit, and reportedly cut a deal on prisoner…

14 Aug 2018 · 3 min read

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Egyptian-French economist Samir Amin dies

By APA News Egyptian — French economist Samir Amin died Sunday afternoon in Paris

By APA News Egyptian-French economist Samir Amin died Sunday afternoon in Paris (France) from lung cancer at the age of 86, APA has learned from sources.“Samir was evacuated to Paris on July 31, 2018 from Dakar. Saturday he was able to leave the hospital to return to his house…

13 Aug 2018 · 11 min read

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Montenegro and NATO’s Faustian Bargain

By Gordon N. Bardos — The Nation

By Gordon n. Bardos* – The Nation Did Montenegro’s NATO accession increase the collective defense of the West or merely protect a corrupt regime? When Fox News host Tucker Carlson recently asked President Donald Trump why the United States should defend Montenegro, Trump…

13 Aug 2018 · 5 min read

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We Jews Must Resist Assimilating Into the Whiteness Pushed by Trump and Netanyahu

Opinion by Michael Rothbaum* – Haaretz Just because white Jews are ethnically white doesn’t mean we, as individuals or as a state, should be ethically white. Adopting Trump and Netanyahu’s ethnic superiority and nationalism means sacrificing core Jewish values In Portland, I…

10 Aug 2018 · 5 min read

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Poland: The Judge Who Won't Retire Quietly

Opinion — Newsweek

Barbora Cernušáková*, Opinion – Newsweek Next week, the head of Poland’s Supreme Court, Chief Justice Malgorzata Gersdorf, will go to work as usual, but her week is likely to be anything but normal. Judge Gersdorf was catapulted into the spotlight last month, after she defied a…

10 Aug 2018 · 4 min read

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Domino-effect of climate events could move Earth into a ‘hothouse’ state

Jonathan Watts* Leading scientists warn that passing such a point would make efforts to reduce emissions increasingly futile A domino-like cascade of melting ice, warming seas, shifting currents and dying forests could tilt the Earth into a “hothouse” state beyond which human…

9 Aug 2018 · 5 min read