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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Latest in Jewish Morality
Last Wednesday a unit from Civil Administration and the Israel Defense Forces destroyed a 1.5-kilometer water pipeline, and in doing so cut off the villages … The Latest in Jewish MoralityRead more
The Fall of Jeremy Corbyn Will be Felt Around the World
There can be little doubt that the ousting of Jeremy Corbyn from the UK Labour Party was the result of a well-planned strategy by a … The Fall of Jeremy Corbyn Will be Felt Around the WorldRead more