Category: War
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Barack Obama, Leaving on Top, Meets the Press One Last Time as President “That’s the difference between the man leaving the White House and the one moving into it. The one leaving it may not exactly have united the country, but he tried (and you can make a semi-plausible case that 60 percent approval constitutes…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Pity the sad legacy of Barack Obama “Bernie Sanders gallantly tried to generate a leftwing populism but he was crushed by Clinton and Obama in the unfair Democratic party primaries. So now we find ourselves entering a neofascist era: a neoliberal economy on steroids, a reactionary repressive attitude toward domestic “aliens”, a militaristic cabinet eager…
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The Burning Fire
Society’s Embers After spending a week in Big Bend National Park and witnessing the night’s sky in it’s purest form, I feel refreshed and humbled again by the beauty of nature. Now I find myself plugged back into the “so-called” real world. The vicious attack (and video) in Chicago has been replayed ad nauseum throughout…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Chinese Middle Class in Uproar Over Alleged Police Brutality The signatories of at least two online petitions organized through university alumni networks are infuriated by the Beijing prosecutors’ decision last Friday to drop charges against five police over the death of Lei Yang, a 29-year old graduate of prestigious Renmin University, in police custody…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
China just confronted the US Navy in the Pacific- And it looks like China came out on top The first confrontation between the US and Chinese navies concluded on Tuesday, when the Chinese returned an underwater oceanographic drone captured in international waters outside of the Philippines. #China#Trump#International#Navy#ThePacific Brazil’s plan to roll back environment laws draws fire:…
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The Black Atheist Experience
The Age of Reason When I turned twenty years old, I had an epiphany. I had reached the age of reason and realized I was an atheist. It took me many years to get to the point of even writing something like this on a public forum. Being an atheist in America isn’t well-received by…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Tijuana’s record body count is a sign that cartel warfare is returning to Mexico “Tijuana’s location and infrastructure have made it coveted territory for Mexico cartels vying to feed the US’s voracious appetite for illegal narcotics.” #Mexico#DrugWar#Tijuana#Cartels China: Trump’s One China comments ‘risk Taiwan peace’ “Interference may also damage developing US-China relations, a spokesman said.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Cultural Appropriation or Cultural Dialog? “When approaching an experience or form of expression that is not one’s own, an individual can incorporate aspects of it and use these aspects to communicate their own experience, adding their voice to the collective cry of those reaching out for justice while knowing when they should simply keep silent.…
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The Hate that Hate Made: The Rise of Trump and the New Era
Hate and Fear Overcomes November 9, 2016, was the capstone on an already unbelievable year of total fuckery. Prince died, Muhammad Ali died, Harambe got shot, Bowie died, the Cleveland Cavilers bested one of the best teams in NBA history to win the NBA Title, the Chicago Cubs won the “freaking” World Series, and America…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Trump picks South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to be US ambassador to UN “President-elect Donald Trump has picked South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to be the US ambassador to the United Nations, the transition team announced Wednesday.” #Trump#NikkiHaley#TrumpTransition#UN ‘It’s a crime to be young and pretty’: girls flee predatory Central America gangs “Increasing numbers of…
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