The untimely passing of Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat marks the end of not only a period, but of a generation. Almost 14 years to the … The Death of Saeb Erekat Could Mark the End of Palestinian ReconciliationRead more
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Posted inInternet / Social Control Media / ToMl
Information Overload Helps Fake News Spread, and Social Media Knows It
Consider Andy, who is worried about contracting COVID-19. Unable to read all the articles he sees on it, he relies on trusted friends for tips. … Information Overload Helps Fake News Spread, and Social Media Knows ItRead more
Posted inPoverty / ToMl / USA Empire
Massive food lines and evictions as benefits expire
As this week’s Thanksgiving holiday approaches, a social catastrophe is unfolding across America on a scale not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s. … Massive food lines and evictions as benefits expireRead more
Posted inAadhaar / ToMl
Aadhaar-based Scholarships Scam
In a recent investigation of scholarship schemes in Jharkhand, Many ways to dupe a poor student, the Indian Express brought to light how social security … Aadhaar-based Scholarships ScamRead more
Posted inArctic / Global Warming / Health / ToMl
Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up
In August 2019, Iceland held a funeral for the Okjökull Glacier, the first Icelandic glacier lost to climate change. The community commemorated the event with … Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking UpRead more
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Yiddisher Black cantors from 100 years ago rediscovered
https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2020/09/image-1-1024×640.jpg The Moorish Zionist Temple, Harlem, NY, 1929 (James Van Der Zee/The Folklore Research Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem via the National Library of Israel … Yiddisher Black cantors from 100 years ago rediscoveredRead more
Posted inPlastic / ToMl
Which countries are responsible for all that ocean plastic?
Much of the ongoing discussion about the United States’ responsibility to address the plastic pollution crisis — seem to be rooted in a landmark 2015 … Which countries are responsible for all that ocean plastic?Read more
Posted inBlack / Politics / Slavery / ToMl / USA Empire
Those words are an enormous metaphor for the black condition in North America stretching back centuries
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbiycTP0APQ&rel=0] “I Can’t Breathe” – Gerald Horne on Reality Asserts Itself (6/6) August 25, 2014 JAY: So, in the Civil War, as we talked … Those words are an enormous metaphor for the black condition in North America stretching back centuriesRead more
Posted inPolitics / ToMl / USA Empire
From Kennedy to Obama: Liberalism’s last fling
In this season of 1968 nostalgia, one anniversary illuminates today. It is the rise and fall of Robert Kennedy, who would have been elected president … From Kennedy to Obama: Liberalism’s last flingRead more
Posted inAccident / Death / India / Migration / ToMl / Worker
Over 150 Migrant Workers Die in Accidents While Walking Back Home
Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the nationwide lockdown on March 24 to curb the further spread of the novel coronavirus, large populations of … Over 150 Migrant Workers Die in Accidents While Walking Back HomeRead more