Rhymes In a little over a month after the death of Hugo Chavez, Venezuelans elected his former vice president and hand-picked successor Nicolás Maduro. This, as one might expect, was not without controversy (albeit a manufactured one). Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles is continuing to challenge the results of his presidential race against Nicolás […]
Rhymes In a little over a month after the death of Hugo Chavez, Venezuelans elected his former vice president and hand-picked successor Nicolás Maduro. This, as one might expect, was not without controversy (albeit a manufactured one). Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles is continuing to challenge the results of his presidential race against Nicolás […]
Carissa Wyant “If you see something, say something. That paranoid punchline of a public service campaign has worked: Nobody looks the same way at a stray backpack on the subway, and we just might call the cops,” says Columbia Journalism School Professor Nina Burleigh, responding to several recent instances of rape and violence against women in […]
Carissa Wyant “If you see something, say something. That paranoid punchline of a public service campaign has worked: Nobody looks the same way at a stray backpack on the subway, and we just might call the cops,” says Columbia Journalism School Professor Nina Burleigh, responding to several recent instances of rape and violence against women in […]
Stephen Lendman Ronnie Fraser heads The Academic Friends of Israel (AFI). According to its mission statement, it was established to “fight the academic boycott of Israel and all other forms of anti-Semitism in the U.K. and the International academic and scientific arenas.” In 2011, Fraser sued Britain’s University and College Union (UCU). He did so on […]
Stephen Lendman Ronnie Fraser heads The Academic Friends of Israel (AFI). According to its mission statement, it was established to “fight the academic boycott of Israel and all other forms of anti-Semitism in the U.K. and the International academic and scientific arenas.” In 2011, Fraser sued Britain’s University and College Union (UCU). He did so on […]
In this photo provided by The Daily Free Press and Kenshin Okubo, people react to an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers […]
In this photo provided by The Daily Free Press and Kenshin Okubo, people react to an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers […]
A photojournalist’s tale of the immediate aftermath of “Flanders Fields, without the mud.”
A photojournalist’s tale of the immediate aftermath of “Flanders Fields, without the mud.”
Jeffrey Cavanaugh In another sign that organized capital is slowly usurping democracy here in the United States, two un-news items came across the wire this week that raise disturbing questions about the incestuous relationship that exists between Corporate America and our elected officials. “Un-news” is the operative doublespeak term here because the government has effectively […]
Jeffrey Cavanaugh In another sign that organized capital is slowly usurping democracy here in the United States, two un-news items came across the wire this week that raise disturbing questions about the incestuous relationship that exists between Corporate America and our elected officials. “Un-news” is the operative doublespeak term here because the government has effectively […]
John Nordin It happened to President Obama this past week: a gaffe. He was introducing California Attorney General Kamala Harris, he called her “brilliant” and “dedicated” and “tough.” He also said that “she also happens to be, by far, the best looking attorney general in the country. It’s true! C’mon.” Oops. A mistake. A gaffe. […]
John Nordin It happened to President Obama this past week: a gaffe. He was introducing California Attorney General Kamala Harris, he called her “brilliant” and “dedicated” and “tough.” He also said that “she also happens to be, by far, the best looking attorney general in the country. It’s true! C’mon.” Oops. A mistake. A gaffe. […]
