June 28, 2015
The Greek people now have the right to decide whether or not they want to accept more austerity measures in return for loans that have thus far failed to help the Greek economy, experts on the crisis told RT. (more…)
By Caitlin Breedlove on June 26, 2015
Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo: Courtesy of SONG)
The Supreme Court’s groundbreaking decision to require all US states to license and recognize same-sex marriages is a deeply meaningful victory, especially for LGBTQ families who do not live in big cities or blue states. (more…)
By Tony Cartalucci on June 26, 2015
Unbeknownst to the general public, their elected politicians do not create the policy that binds their national destiny domestically or within the arena of geopolitics. (more…)
By Deisy Francis Mexidor on June 25, 2015
Photo: Prensa Latina
Gerardo Hernandez, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez and René Gonzalez visited the island where Mandela was imprisoned and paid tribute to his example of the triumph of human spirit over adversity
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By Eric Draitser on June 24, 2015
When Saudi Arabia launched its war against Yemen in March 2015, it presumed that a short, quick, and clean air war would be enough to degrade the alliance of Houthi forces and those loyal to former President Saleh, thereby giving the Saudi-backed government of former President Hadi the necessary space to regain control of the country. (more…)
June 24, 2015
Local government leaders have expressed their support to president Rafael Correa and rejected the wave of anti-government protests. After weeks of often-violent right-wing protests over proposed tax changes that would affect only a very small minority of affluent Ecuadoreans, over 15,000 leaders from Ecuador’s rural governments will hold an extraordinary assembly Thursday in support of the government. (more…)
By Morris Dees and J. Richard Cohen on June 22, 2015
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A variety of clues to the motives of Dylann Storm Roof, the suspect in last week’s mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., have emerged. First, we saw the patches he wore on his jacket in a Facebook photo: the flags of regimes in South Africa and Rhodesia that brutally enforced white minority rule. (more…)
By Mumia Abu-Jamal on June 26, 2015
“A young white man, barely at the age of his majority, walks into Charleston’s most storied Black church and, before he leaves, a new history is written. Attending the Wednesday night Bible study, he sits for nearly an hour, but his mind isn’t on the life of Jesus nor his disciples. It’s on murder, mass murder. (more…)