February 1, 2017 By Ken Boas When Israeli supporters complain about student interruptions of pro-Israel speakers they miss the point of these protests. The debate about academic freedom is real and […]
Military Budget: Trillions Unaccounted For
February 1, 2017 By Molly Rush “The Pentagon buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in military waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the funding as an […]
Abolish Nuclear Weapons Now
February 1, 2017 By Michael Drohan The problem of nuclear weapons and their abolition has received new urgency with the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. On December […]
Hope and Democracy Are Alive
January 31, 2017 By Bette McDevitt Rosemary Trump was in the capital both on the day of the Inauguration and on the day of the Women’s March, and she can tell us […]
Syria’s White Helmets: Stability in the Midst of Chaos
January 16, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Nearly six years after the Arab Spring uprisings in Syria, the northwestern city of Aleppo and the well-being of its many citizens have never been […]
Protest Continues in Palestine
By Leila Richards October 1, 2016 “You won’t read about this in your newspapers,” said Palestinian activist Iyad Burnat as he showed film clips of encounters between Israeli soldiers and villagers engaged […]
The 100th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme and the Easter Rising in Ireland
By Michael Drohan October 1, 2016 The first day of the Battle of the Somme of World War 1 was July 1, 1916. On that sad day, England suffered 57,400 casualties and […]
Garment Workers Protest on International Women’s Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh
by Kenneth Miller The National Garment Workers Federation of Bangladesh (NGWF) hosted an International Women’s Day protest in Bangladesh, a parade that began at the High Court in Dhaka, marched through the […]
Sudan Update: Special Envoy Visits Pittsburgh
by Mary Dawn Edwards Ten years have passed since a rebellion in Darfur in western Sudan against the Bashir government’s neglect of the region was met savagely by the central government and […]
Opinion: How to Destroy a Country Totally
By: Michael Drohan On Tuesday night, August 31, President Obama declared almost triumphantly the end of the war in Iraq. He said he had so promised in his presidential campaign and he delivered […]
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