How to make sure Trump or anyone like him never, ever returns to power
Defanging the most toxic elements of the Trumpian right would benefit the world as well as the United States. But it’s up to his opponents to devise strategies to […]
Chomsky: Maintaining sanctions on Iran amid coronavirus is ‘sheer sadism’
“The sanctions are illegitimate in the first place, and maintaining them during the pandemic is sheer sadism,” Chomsky told IRNA in an interview published on Saturday. Speaking from his […]
Why Religion Is Not Going Away and Science Will Not Destroy It
Source: Aeon Social scientists predicted that belief in the supernatural would drift away as modern science advanced. They were wrong. By Peter Harrison, who is an Australian Laureate Fellow and […]
The world has loved, hated and envied the US. Now, for the first time, we pity it
Fintan O’Toole: Donald Trump has destroyed the country he promised to make great again Source: The Irish Times Over more than two centuries, the United States has stirred a very […]
We purchase only what we need – and the world economy collapses
In all the uncountable articles on the present economic crisis unleashed due to the covid-19 pandemic I find the above the most interesting. We purchase only what we need – […]
Coronavirus . Stop covid or save the economy? We can do both.
MIT Technology Review Contrary to what you’ve heard, shutting down the country is also the quickest way to get it started back up again by David Rotman April 8, 2020 Francesco Ciccolella In the first employment report after social distancing measures had taken hold in many US states, […]
Airlines and oil giants are on the brink. No government should offer them a lifeline
By George Monbiot for THE GUARDIAN This crisis is a chance to rebuild our economy for the good of humanity. Let’s bail out the living world, not its destroyers ‘Governments […]
It’s not just a second wave of the coronavirus we’re facing, but of unemployment too
If employers know that the government’s payroll support will be suddenly cut off at the end of June it’s inevitable that many will be thinking of starting to shed staff now https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coronavirus-uk-job-cuts-furlough-unemployment-redundant-treasury-a9489881.html?jwsource=cl (video link) Ben Chu @Benchu_ 12 hours ago The historian AJP Taylor argued that the […]
These are presidential candidate Joe Biden’s Jews
Who will he turn to for fundraising? What does it mean for his foreign policy? By RON KAMPEAS/JTA APRIL 26, 2020 – THE JERUSALEM POST Biden’s Jews Heading into Passover, […]
Don’t dismiss philanthropy: it’s crucial during the coronavirus crisis
Whether it’s helping research a vaccine or supporting those worst hit by the pandemic, private giving is needed as never before Beth Breeze and Paul Ramsbottome 28 Apr 2020 […]
India should be placed on religious freedom blacklist, US panel says
Commission says religious minorities face ‘increasing assault’ under Narendra Modi but state department unlikely to take action https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/28/india-religious-freedom-narendra-modi-us#img-1 A US government panel has called for India to be put on […]
India cannot afford PPE – so how can it afford billion-dollar arms deals?
Such massive weapons procurements are excessive at the best of times, yet downright egregious now, writes Vivashwan Singh @vivashwansingh 15 hours ago India” class=”body-link” data-vars-item-name=”BL-9487851-/topic/India” data-vars-event-id=”c6″>India’s handling of coronavirus has […]
Dr Craig Considine: His Newsweek article, and why he speaks about the life of the Holy Prophet(sa)
The Review of Religions conducted an interview with Dr Craig Considine who is a scholar, professor, global speaker, and media contributor based at the Department of Sociology at Rice University. […]
US says ‘prepared to recognize’ Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank
State Department says United States ready to approve ‘sovereignty and the application of Israeli law’ in some areas, but calls for Israel to negotiate further with Palestinians By TOI staff […]
What if Covid-19 isn’t our biggest threat?
by Andrew Anthony, The Guardian When eventually the coronavirus crisis begins to recede and we return to an approximation of normality – no matter how socially distanced or how much […]
26 million job losses prove a sad fact about American businesses — and American people
What is remarkable is how quickly the bonds of employer and employee are severed in the American economy, and how quickly businesses — but not their employees — get handouts […]
US Republican candidate: ‘I’m pushing to put (Islam) on trial’
Source: Arab News By Epherm Kossaify NEW YORK: At first, the Republican Party of Iowa was quick to distance itself from Rick Phillips, a Republican candidate for the state’s 2nd […]
Top economist: US coronavirus response is like ‘third world’ country
Source: The Guardian Joseph Stiglitz attacks Donald Trump, saying US on course for second Great Depression Donald Trump’s botched handling of the Covid-19 crisis has left the US looking like […]
Ramadan 2020 – When homes become mosques
24th April 2020 ALHAKAM.ORG Abstaining and refraining from things for our own benefit is something that sounds all too familiar in the current climate. With Ramadan now […]
Foreign-born healthcare workers risk their lives in Western countries for victims of a virus that does not discriminate according to colour, religion
Apr 22,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN While watching satellite television coverage of the coronavirus pandemic it is impossible to ignore that many doctors and epidemiologists consulted by the US satellite CNN channel and ,to a lesser extent, the BBC are brown or black men and women. White men in […]