Dozens of Shiite Mosques Destroyed as Bahrain Crackdown Continues
Bahrain’s Sunni Muslim rulers, anxious to put an end to the kind of popular unrest that has rocked authoritarian regimes from Tunis to Tehran, have rolled out the bulldozers. McClatchy Newspapers...
View ArticleNearly Two Years after being Ousted in U.S.-Supported Coup, Former President...
Nearly two years after being ousted from power in a US-supported military coup by US- trained generals, former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has triumphantly returned to his country following a...
View ArticleIn America’s Ally Bahrain, Female Doctors Tortured & Threatened with Rape
Female Shiite doctors in Bahrain have been arrested, tortured and threatened with rape as the government attempts to put down a wave of protest in the tiny Sunni-ruled Persian Gulf monarchy. France 24...
View ArticleA Very Different Me: My Reflections on 9/11, One Year After
It´s been a year now. September 11, 2001 marked the most tragic day in American history since the Civil War. I am lucky to have begun my travels after that day. I have heard from Americans living...
View ArticleAs Palestine Launches Statehood Bid, 69% of Israelis Say Israel Should Accept...
Nearly 70% of Israelis believe that their country ought to accept Palestinian statehood if that is what the United Nations decides. According to the Jerusalem Post, 69% of 605 Israeli respondents to a...
View ArticleLegatum Institute: US No Longer Ranks Among World’s 10 Most Prosperous Nations
The United States no longer ranks among the world’s 10 most prosperous nations, the latest annual report from a prominent think-tank has found. The sixth annual Legatum Prosperity Index was released on...
View ArticleGaza Ceasefire Brokered by Egypt, United States
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire after a week of fighting that left more than 150 people, almost all of them Palestinians, dead. In doing so, a major ground invasion of the besieged enclave...
View ArticleDespite (or Because of) War on Terror, Worldwide Terrorist Attacks Up 460%...
The number of worldwide terrorist attacks has more than quadrupled in the decade since 9/11, according to a newly-released study. The Global Terrorism Index, published by the Australia-based non-profit...
View Article‘Furtherance’: US Cold War Plan for All-Out Nuclear War Against Potentially...
The United States had secret plans to launch a simultaneous “full nuclear attack” against both the Soviet Union and China in the event that the president was killed or disappeared during an attack on...
View ArticleUnited States Places 15th in Democracy Ranking
Americans like to think of themselves as the freest people on the planet. But an annual ranking of the most– and least– democratic nations in the world draws a markedly different conclusion. In fact,...
View ArticleUN Votes 188-2 to Condemn US Embargo of Cuba
For the 22nd straight year, the United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly voted to condemn the United States’ 53-year economic embargo against the small Caribbean island nation of Cuba. This...
View ArticleAmerica, Genocide, and the “National Interest”
It’s time for the United States to examine how its own foreign policy promotes genocide, and take the actions necessary to curb it. Jeff Bachmann, Foreign Policy in Focus Today marks the 65th...
View ArticleGlobal Poll: US Biggest Threat to World Peace in 2013
The United States is the biggest threat to world peace, according to the results of a newly-released international survey. Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) and Gallup asked 66,806 people in 68...
View ArticleTop 10 Proofs People Can Be Completely Manipulated Without Hypnosis
David Swanson, Washington’s Blog 1. Any article listing the top 10 of anything will be widely read. 2. A poll of people in 65 countries, including the United States, finds that the United States is...
View ArticleIn Ukraine, Chaos and Violence Hide Nefarious Role of US
From plotting a ‘coup’ to endorsing fascist elements of opposition, the Obama administration accused of playing with fire in Kiev Jon Queally, Common Dreams “We are talking about the possibility of...
View ArticleThe United States Is the Only Nation that Sentences Children to Die In Prison
The United States is the only country in the world that sentences children to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Columbia Law...
View ArticleUS Middle Class Is No Longer World’s Wealthiest
The US middle class, long a symbol of the nation’s economic might and proof that the “American Dream” was more than just a dream, is no longer the world’s wealthiest. Citizens of other advanced nations...
View ArticleSecret Talks Yield Landmark US-China Climate Change Agreement
The United States and China agreed on Wednesday to an ambitious action plan to combat climate change, the result of secret high-level communications between the two countries over the past nine months....
View ArticleWorld Bank: Same Odds of Escaping Poverty in India, United States
A newly-released World Bank report states the odds of escaping poverty are about the same in the United States and India. The report, “Addressing Inequality in South Asia,” concludes that Indian...
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