Month: March 2019

It’s good enough for you but not for them. That’s the message being sent by Republican Members of Congress today after it was revealed that their newest proposed plan to repeal Obamacare creates a special loophole where lawmakers and their staff would not be impacted by the changes. A new report from Vox revealed that language…

Click:SWISS Beauty Device Image: Nazli Tarzi. All rights reserved. Zaatari refugee camp, Mafraq, Jordan – clusters of new entrants wade through the tropical heat hanging heavily over the desolate plane, where the encampment was founded three years ago.   On 30 July 2012 the Zaatari camp officially opened its doors to Syrian refugees. Its exponential…

There’s a reason the Oxford English Dictionary chose “post-truth” as 2016’s word of the year. From the fake story about Pope Francis endorsing Donald Trump to the “Pizzagate” conspiracy to the vast majority of Breitbart content, fabricated stories racked up millions of views this past year and befuddled Americans in the process. Despite Facebook’s attempts…

The longevity of a social movement is not so much a result of its operational, organizational, or self-reproductive capacity as its ability to mutate and keep up with the times. In this sense, the 15-M movement, captured by the ideas reflected in the manifesto Democracia Real Ya (‘Real Democracy Now’), is a paradigmatic case, one…

Click:my giftcardmall com mygift The NFL regularly draws the ire of critics and fans alike for its slow movement in addressing issues such as domestic violence in the league and fallout from concussion studies. But the league took a step forward with this recent video, made from kiss cam footage at the Pro Bowl, that celebrates equality,…

Relentless militarism, underpinned by patriarchal capitalist structures and institutions, are at the root of today's major security crises, from nuclear threats to the millions of refugees fleeing armed gangs and Syria's bombed-out cities. As the UN General Assembly convenes in New York this week, governments need to take more responsibility for tackling the weapons, arms…

We’ve all heard the phrase, “Money can’t buy happiness,” and, in spite of ourselves, we can’t help but wonder: Why not? Sometimes it seems like the answers to our problems really could be money—after all, money would provide more travel opportunities and relaxation, and less stress. Surely that would lead to happiness, right? Of course,…

Mohamed Mostafa/Demotix. All rights reserved. The news of Sisi pardoning a hundred activists leaves me more angry than joyful. It's not that I'm not happy the injustice of false imprisonment has been suspended, but that for some reason the pardon highlights the injustices that persist. The news comes ahead of Sisi's visit to New York…

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump ordered the Interior Department to review national monument designations dating back more than two decades. The national monuments called into question by Trump account for millions of acres of land, USA Today reported. Trump’s order argues that former presidents “abused” the system by designating the land as a monument, thus protecting it from oil…

IS fighters in Raqqa with captured weapons, Jan 2014. AP Photo/Militant Website. All rights reserved. The anti-ISIS coalition is preparing a major ground offensive against ISIS to recapture Mosul and, eventually, ISIS-declared capital Raqqa. However, any armed victories will come with enormous costs for the locals and are unlikely to bring mid- or long-term stability…