BY ALEXANDER NAZARYAN – Newsweek TRUMP’S WAR ON THE PRESS REACHES DANGEROUS LEVELS AS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING REPORTER The demonization of the free press by the right did not begin with Donald Trump. Richard Nixon once called the press “the enemy,” after…
Editoral Board – Los Angeles Times President Trump has set one goal that all Americans can get behind, and that’s making the sluggish U.S. economy grow faster. Yet key parts of the $3.8-trillion budget he proposed Tuesday abandon that goal, seeking instead to cut federal…
By Baher Kamal ROME, May 24 2017 (IPS) – Conflict and insecurity remain the key barriers to development progress in the Middle East and North Africa. In Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen, about half the population—around 40 million people—require humanitarian assistance. Across the…
Harrison Rudolph – The Guardian The Senate must ensure that Donald Trump’s nominee is independent from the White House – and doesn’t pledge loyalty to the president The country is still reeling after the bombshell report that Donald Trump asked the former FBI director James…
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UNITED NATIONS, May 23 2017 (IPS) – Over 30 million people were newly internally displaced in 2016 by conflict and disasters, according to a new report. In examining trends around the world for its annual Global Report on Internal Displacement, the…
By Trita Parsi – Lobelog The Iranian population’s political sophistication continues to impress. Despite a highly flawed political system where the elections are neither fair nor free, they overwhelmingly majority chose a non-violent path to bring about progress.
Robert Fisk – The Independent Despite claiming he wouldn’t give a lecture, the President did just that, displaying a blatant anti-Iran bias intended to appease the nation with whom he’d just signed a multi-billion dollar arms deal at the expense of the truth So after inventing…
BY NINA BURLEIGH – Newsweek It’s time to admit that Washington is Baghdad on the Potomac. The branches of government are at war with one another, and no one knows where the Green Zone is.
By Baher Kamal This is the second of a two-part series on how humankind has been systematically destroying world’s forests—the real lungs of Mother Earth. Part I dealt with the relentless destruction of forests.
By Baher Kamal This is the first of a two-part series on how humankind has been systematically destroying world’s forests—the real lungs of Mother Earth. Part II will deal with forest depletion for wood-fuel.
