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Before the 2016 elections in the US, there was the vote by Britain that was decided that they would leave the European Union. Three years and several prime ministers later, that has still not happened, and the recent election of Boris Johnson to prime minister has...
The Ghion Journal The pathologization of emotion has been on the march for decades, especially in the U.S., where fully one sixth of the adult population takes an antidepressant or other psychiatric drug. But with depression dubiously “conquered” by...
The Grayzone When political conflict results in people being killed – especially at the hands of a government – the deaths are not just personal tragedies; they become fodder for that government’s foes. This dynamic unfolded during last year’s attempted coup in...
The Real News Network GREG WILPERT: Welcome to The Real New Network. I’m Greg Wilpert in Baltimore. The compensation of CEOs at US corporations has grown by nearly a factor of ten since 1978. This is according to a study recently released by the Economic Policy...
CounterPunch Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public property in riches and luxury. – Cato the Elder Though I encounter students and other young people who have never heard the term I hope most Americans are aware of the “Military...
Democracy Now! At least 40 refugees and migrants are feared dead off of the coast of Libya after a boat carrying dozens of people en route to Europe capsized Tuesday morning in the Mediterranean Sea. According to the Libyan coast guard, some 65 migrants and refugees,...
Truthdig A deadly accident in northern Russia earlier this month caused the U.S. arms control community to stand up and take notice. The Russians claim they were testing “isotopic sources of fuel on a liquid propulsion unit,” and that only after the test was...
FAIR The New York Times (8/10/19) ran an article this month with a headline saying that the 2020 Democratic presidential contenders faced a major problem: “How to Be Tougher on Trade Than Trump.” Serious readers might have struggled with the idea of getting...
The Intercept ON MONDAY, PHILADELPHIA City Council Member Helen Gym, a Democrat, endorsed Kendra Brooks, who is backed by the progressive Working Families Party in her campaign for City Council. The local Democratic Party was incensed by the endorsement, which...
The Middle East Eye In July, Turkey saw the closure of one of the longest-running and strangest chapters in its recent political history: the notorious Ergenekon trials. For decades prosecutors and police claimed a secretive, ultra-secular, ultra-nationalist...