WEEKS OF PROTESTS in Jerusalem, where Palestinians are resisting an effort by Israeli settlers to force them from their homes and challenging Israeli police restrictions on their freedom to worship at Al Aqsa Mosque, spiraled into armed conflict on Monday ...[
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AP sent a memo to the news agency’s editorial staff this weekend about its controversial decision to fire a young staff reporter, Emily Wilder, following a conservative campaign to have her removed over her college activism regarding Israel-Palestine. T ...[
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The social dynamics that created Trumpism are not being addressed.
Inequality continues. People lack housing, healthcare, jobs. Retirees are struggling. Infrastructure is falling apart.
Biden administration promised various things to solve these before ...[
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Starting in January 2022, over a quarter million former New York City government workers and their dependents are set to be shifted off Medicare and on to privatized health insurance. Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Municipal Labor Committee, which represent ...[
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The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is reportedly laying the groundwork to revive projects in Venezuela.
According to unnamed sources cited by Bloomberg, CNPC is hiring local enterprises and sending its own staff, including engineers, for main ...[
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The New York Times obtained exclusive security camera footage and witness accounts to show how the military launched a drone strike that killed 10 people in Kabul on Aug. 29 without knowing whom it was hitting. ...[
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The retreat of Ahmad Massoud and Amrullah Saleh belies public claims that they are still in Afghanistan. ...[
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A toddler in a wheelchair is stopped by the TSA at ORD (O'Hare Airport in Chicago) and forced to into a sequestered area. On his way to a family vacation in Disney, this 3 year old boy is in a body cast for a broken leg. Despite assurances from his father ...[
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Taking advantage of relaxed campaign finance laws, a cadre of deep-pocketed donors are spending gobs of money to bankroll super PACs, a phenomenon that is reshaping the modern election cycle.
It is a select group. The top 100 individual super PAC donors ...[
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US has asked Russia to deliver an ultimatium to Iran on its behalf. US and Israel have been escalating tensions with Iran, and threatening Iran with war for a while. With their latest ultimatum, they say that they will consider 'military option' if their ...[
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