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The Intercept THE DAY AFTER Joe Biden participates in CNN’s climate forum in New York, the former vice president will head to a high-dollar fundraiser co-hosted by a founder of a fossil fuel company. Andrew Goldman, a co-founder of Western LNG, a natural gas...

The Middle East Eye Islamophobia has hit crisis levels in the United Kingdom. This is the only conclusion one can draw from a recent poll, which found that nearly two-thirds of members within the ruling political party believe Islam to be a “threat to Western...

The Nation Ten days after being interrogated for hours by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials and denied entry into the United States, Ismail Ajjawi was admitted into the country Monday. The 17-year-old Palestinian, who lives in a refugee camp in Lebanon,...

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...