TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
An International group has called for a major rethink of global policy on narcotics and an end to the failed efforts that governments refuse to relinquish. Another major study designed to assess how national governments wage their so-called “war on drugs” shows that the last ten years of such policies have not only failed to Read More…
Move decried as latest “example of how unconditional support for Israel means you can’t support human rights standards anywhere for anyone. Israel threatens entire international system for defending human rights, such as it is.” In what critics framed as Orwellian ‘up-is-down, down-is-up’ remarks from the State Department on Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley Read More…
“Whether intentional or a result of negligence, it is totally unacceptable,” said Doctors Without Borders a statement. After the international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières announced that a newly constructed cholera treatment center in Yemen was bombed on Monday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)—who has led the fight in the U.S. Senate to end Read More…
Clinton responds to party chair’s resignation on Sunday by thanking “longtime friend” for her service at DNC and immediately naming her as honorary chair of her own campaign. Though many progressives immediately responded by saying her ouster would not be enough to undo the damage her leadership has done, Democratic National Committee Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Read More…
“Shame on you AP! Superdelegates don’t vote until the convention,” tweeted documentary filmmaker Josh Fox. “Story of [Clinton nomination] is false and aims to suppress voters.” The Bernie Sanders campaign and progressives across the nation expressed mixtures of frustration and contempt Monday night after major news outlets—following declarations by the Associated Press and NBC News—ignored Read More…
“My conscience won’t let me go shoot my brother, or some darker people, or some poor hungry people in the mud for big powerful America… How can I shoot them poor people? Just take me to jail.” Boxing great Muhammad Ali, known around the world as a humanitarian who spoke out forcefully against racial inequality, Read More…