By Glen Ford on April 19, 2016
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel thinks he can squelch Black rage against the police by appointing a Black cop as superintendent. But the new top cop climbed the ranks of a force that has “no regard for the sanctity of life when it comes to people of color.” (more…)
By Daniel McAdams on April 24, 2016
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that tomorrow (Monday) President Obama will announce that he is quintupling the number of US troops inside Syria. (more…)
April 22, 2016
Elor Azria, charged with manslaughter, is greeted by friends and family after being released from custody for Jewish holiday (more…)
By Glenn Greenwald on April 22 2016
It’s not easy for outsiders to sort through all the competing claims about Brazil’s political crisis and the ongoing effort to oust its president, Dilma Rousseff, who won re-election a mere 18 months ago with 54 million votes. (more…)
April 20, 2016
The Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity expressed its opposition to the parliamentary moves against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff this Wednesday, April 20. (more…)
April 24, 2016
The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, declared today eight days of national mourning in honor of the victims of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the country last April 16. (more…)
April 21, 2016
An Argentine 26-expert team of forensic scientists proves that the Mexican government’s truth about Ayotzinapa is nothing more than a huge lie.
Once again Mexico’s federal government “truth” regarding the fate of the forcibly disappeared 43 Ayotzinapa students has been shot down by Argentine Team of Anthropological Forensic experts, who made their report public revealing there is no way the students were incinerated at garbage dump in Cocula, Guerrero. (more…)
April 22, 2016
farc-epeace.org interviewed Michael Culbert, former IRA prisoner and coordinator of Coiste, the association that looks after the interests of the 25.000 former IRA prisoners in Ireland. (more…)