Video: President Obama Endorses Hillary Clinton
Thanks, Obama. https://t.co/DzKgMFgdmP — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 10, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Video: Hillary Clinton Declares Her Nomination A Victory for Women Rights
Published on Jun 7, 2016: The presumptive democratic presidential nominee speaks to supporters in Brooklyn, New York, after securing delegate number needed to clinch the nomination. Source: Vox.com It was […]
President Obama Swipes at Donald Trump in Ramadan Statement
Source: Yahoo News President Barack Obama took a veiled swipe at Donald Trump on Sunday in a statement marking the start of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan. Without mentioning the presumptive GOP […]
Why Muslims in Anchorage will fast 9 hours more than Muslims in Cape Town
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan | June 16, 2015 | 3 Comments When the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan begins later this week, some Muslims around the world […]
Bill Clinton Will Give Eulogy at Muhammad Ali’s Funeral
Source: Time By Katie Reilly; @katiemacreilly Former President Bill Clinton will give the eulogy at Muhammad Ali’s funeral, which will take place next Friday in the boxing champion’s hometown of […]
Obama: What Muhammad Ali meant to me
Source: USA Today In 2010, in celebration of Muhammad Ali’s 50 years on the world stage, President Barack Obama penned for USA TODAY Sports the following essay on what Ali […]
Noam Chomsky full length interview: Who rules the world now?
Cathy Newman’s full interview with Philosopher Noam Chomsky. From Trump and Clinton, to climate change, Brexit and TPP, America’s foremost intellectuals presents his views on who rules the world today.
Here’s Proof George Washington Would Be Ashamed Of Donald Trump
Source: Huffington Post By Tyler Kingkade, who is a national reporter based in New York. You can contact him attyler.kingkade@huffingtonpost.com, or find him on Twitter: @tylerkingkade. Our nation’s first president […]
The destruction of morality
The shame of Abu Ghraib prison is part of a long tradition that goes back to the Crusades Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 19 May 2016 2 comments Iraq, 7 May 2004 […]
Canada apologizes for century old snub of Sikh migrants
Source: The Express Tribune OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a formal apology today for an incident in which a shipload of Indians were refused entry into Canada more than […]
Hillary Clinton Says Bill Clinton Would Be in Charge of the Economy After Election
Source: Time If she gets elected president next November Hillary Clinton says she has found a role for her husband, former president Bill Clinton, in her future administration, should she be […]
Reality Check – United States: Democracy or oligarchy? Mehdi Hasan on how money and racism undermine US democracy
Watch as Mehdi Hassan takes down the USA Listen here in Twitter United States: A ‘flawed democracy’?@AJUpFront @mehdirhasan‘s Reality Checkhttps://t.co/Nmvxu1THnk — Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 12, 2016
What do American Muslims think of the election and its presidential candidates?
Guardian: There are 1.9 billion Muslims worldwide, and Muhammad, or one of its variants, is the most common name in the world. In America, 3.3 million people identify as Muslim, according to a recent Pew study. While former GOP contender Ben Carson would “absolutely not agree” with the US being […]
US tax havens – the new Switzerland?
Family trusts US tax havens – the new Switzerland? By Kara Scannell and Vanessa Houlder May 9, 2016 – 09:14 What would the former US presidents have made of South Dakota’s status as a booming tax haven? (Keystone) After pursuing Swiss banks for helping Americans hide money, the United States […]
The US’ ‘original sins’
May 09,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY In some of my writings, I observed the way the US has, for centuries, absorbed countless waves of immigrants from many continents, transforming them, in short order, into Americans — comparing this to the situation in Europe, which does not, as a […]
The dark side of Winston Churchill’s legacy no one should forget
Source: The Washington Post By Ishaan Tharoor There’s no Western statesmen — at least in the English-speaking world — more routinely lionized than Winston Churchill. Last Friday marked a half century since his […]
The new interventionists
Apr 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MARK LEONARD The consequences of Russia’s intervention in Syria stretch far beyond the Middle East. The Kremlin’s military campaign has tilted the stalemate in favour of the government and derailed efforts to craft a political compromise to end the war. It also heralds the […]
Harriet Tubman to Be Added to $20 Bill
Hamilton to stay on $10, Jackson getting replaced by Tubman Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Wednesday will announce plans to both keep Alexander Hamilton on the front of the $10 […]
El Chichon eruption implicated in Mayan upheaval
Source: BBC By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent, Vienna Scientists think they can now tie the disruption that hit Mayan civilisation in the 6th Century to an eruption of the […]
Biden: ‘Overwhelming frustration’ with Netanyahu
Washington (CNN) Vice President Joe Biden criticized Israel’s government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, warning that the current direction Israel is headed in leaves little room for Middle East […]