Over 2,500 Migrants Died or Went Missing While Trying to Reach Europe via the Mediterranean This Year: UNHCR
The land routes taken by migrants through Sub-Saharan Africa and the sea crossing points in Libya and Tunisia are also extremely dangerous due to wars and local conflicts. Those who…
Human Existence Is in Danger. The UN at the Crossroads
By Partido Humanista de Chile / Pressenza In 2015 the UN (United Nations), whose main functions are to maintain international peace and security, protect human rights and support sustainable development…
A Major Win Against Factory Farming Points to a Powerful New Direction for the Climate Movement
Small farmers in Oregon, backed by a coalition of animal rights and climate activists, secured a big legislative victory over industrial factory farms, providing inspiration for wider action.
Inside the High-Security “Black Site” Where Leonard Peltier Is Incarcerated
The prison where the Indigenous activist is held has been in a near-constant state of lockdown for almost four years.
US Home Insurers Are Leaving Climate Risk Areas. We Need Affordable Housing Now
When the US housing crisis meets the looming insurance crisis, only government intervention will avert catastrophe
‘If the Police Don’t Believe You, They Might Prosecute You’: How Officers Turn Victims of Sexual Assault Into Suspects
Research shows the debilitating effects of sexual trauma on memory and behavior. But when investigating reports of sex crimes, police sometimes twist trauma responses into evidence of false reporting.
‘Gross Denial of Reality’: Biden Infuriates With Approval of More Offshore Drilling
"End Fossil Fuels is pretty clear," said one advocate. "Not 'hold slightly fewer lease sales,' not 'talk about climate action'—End. Fossil. Fuels."
Files Expose Syrian ‘Revolution’ as Western Regime Change Operation
By Kit Klarenberg / MintPress News Throughout August and September, anti-government protests have rocked Syrian cities. While the crowds are typically small, numbering only a few hundred, they show little…
Max Blumenthal: Where Did It All Go Wrong for the Internet?
The rise in Clinton liberalism and Trump derangement has led to the highly censored and heavily surveilled Internet of today.
[Rewind]: Dianne Feinstein’s Claim to a Profile in Courage
The late senator's courage in exposing the torture program was on full display in this Hollywood thriller.
Is Ibram X Kendi’s ‘Anti-Racism’ a Scam? (w/ Norm Finkelstein)
By Briahna Joy Gray / Bad Faith This week, Briahna spoke to writer and professor Norman Finkelstein about the latest scandal involving famed “anti-racism” advocate Ibram X Kendi. Financial mismanagement…
Humiliation vs. Self-Respect: The Untold Story of the Abuse of Palestinian Women in Hebron
By Ramzy Baroud / CounterCurrents The humiliation of Palestinian women by Israeli soldiers in the occupied city of Al-Khalil (Hebron) on July 10 was not the first such episode. Sadly,…
UN Report Urges End to Forced US Prison Labor—a ‘Contemporary Form of Slavery’
One of the U.N. experts who compiled the report after visiting the U.S. earlier this year said its findings "point to the critical need for comprehensive reform."
Chinese Balloon Was Not Spying, US Government Admits Months Later
The Pentagon admitted that a Chinese balloon that crossed into US territory in February was not spying; it was likely blown off course by wind. But Washington and the media…
Patrick Lawrence: The Undiscovered Country
We are responsible for our irresponsibility