Archives for General News
May 2018
Thursday, May 31:
U.S. hits E.U., Canada and Mexico with steel, aluminum tariffs, sparking trade war
Foreign Policy card swap puts editor in hot seat over possible role in alleged fraud (1 comments)
Tomgram: Engelhardt, What Can't Be Walled Out -- or In
Wednesday, May 30:
Illinois approves Equal Rights Amendment, 36 years after deadline (1 comments)
Saying Goodbye to the Holocene Epoch, along with ourselves (1 comments)
"Damned soldiers" of Anaconda 2018
Is It Possible to be Progressive and Christian? (27 comments)
Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano: update (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: D.C.'s private school voucher program hurt low-income students' math test scores, according to federal study (5 comments)
The Ambien Made Me Do It Says Roseanne Barr (4 comments)
Foreign Policy editor in-chief briefed Julian Lin of Taiwan Civil Government (1 comments)
Left Forum 2018 Is Almost Here
Tuesday, May 29:
Susan Lee Schwartz: North Carolina: General Assembly Passes Budget to Hurt Public Schools and Enrich Charters (1 comments)
ABC cancels "Roseanne" following Roseanne Barr's racially-charged tweet (3 comments)
Washington prepares the Baltics for war (2 comments)
Video of POLITICO event reveals advocacy for Taiwanese independence not scam (1 comments)
Monday, May 28:
Revolution Club Chicago Disrupts Memorial Day Ceremony (9 comments)
What's Causing the Sharp Decline in Insects, and Why It Matters - Yale E360 (3 comments)
POLITICO silent on arrest of Powerlist sponsor Julian Lin of Taiwan Civil Government
Eggs Good For Your Heart? Not Likely! (8 comments)
Sunday, May 27:
Susan Lee Schwartz: A Complete Breakdown Of Donald Trump's 70th Unpresidented Week As POTUS (1 comments)
Saturday, May 26:
Susan Lee Schwartz: Trump's Authoritarian Grip Tightens (6 comments)
The Age of Devolution: Humanity's Murder of Nature (22 comments)
Friday, May 25:
Trump Moves to Ease the Firing of Federal Workers
Noblesville, Indiana school shooting: Shooter in custody, Two hurt
POLITICO's party for Trump inauguration bankrolled by Taiwan Civil Government (1 comments)
Thursday, May 24:
131 House Dems Help GOP Pass Massive Pentagon Budget That Includes Billions for Expanded Nuclear Arsenal (5 comments)
Trump touts US military readiness after N.Korea destroys its nuke test site -- RT US News (1 comments)
Fragile: Pentagon report raises alarm that US industry can't support war for much longer -- RT US News (4 comments)
Poll: Trump approval rating at 45 percent (2 comments)
Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, Recognizing the Camel's Nose (2 comments)
Trump cancels June summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un (2 comments)
Election 2018: Make Gridlock Great Again?
Wednesday, May 23:
NFL Adopts Policy Requiring Players On The Field to Stand During The National Anthem (16 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Mass. ponders hiring a computer to grade MCAS essays. What could go wrong? (1 comments)
Philip Roth, Fearless and Celebrated Author, Dies at 85
Fighter pilot Amy McGrath wins Kentucky House primary (1 comments)
Tuesday, May 22:
BREAKING: Rising star Abrams set to advance in Georgia governor race
Washington insiders jittery after fraud arrest of Roger Lin of Taiwan Civil Government (1 comments)
Actual Sinkholes Encroach on White House (not satire!) (5 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Trump Only Has One Scandal , by Adam Serwer (1 comments)
North Korea summit: Donald Trump says "maybe it will happen later"
Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, The Hidden Meaning of American Decline
Massachusetts AG Maura Healey: Protecting the Environment (2 comments)
Monday, May 21:
Susan Lee Schwartz: Rantt Rundown: As The Case For Collusion Mounts, President Trump Intervenes - (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: The Diplomat Who Quit the Trump Administration, by Jon Lee Anderson (5 comments)
Special Service's Agent: Attack On Russia is Being Prepared (3 comments)
Tomgram: John Feffer, Korea's Two "Impossibles" (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Rifles Aren't Dangerous. But Unregulated Handguns Threaten Gun Rights. (1 comments)
Vulture Capitalism at its finest: How Wall Street Enabled the Fracking "Revolution" (2 comments)
Guglielmo Tell: Nicolas Maduro Wins Venezuelan Presidential Elections (2 comments)
Sticks and Stones (1 comments)
Sunday, May 20:
Thomas Farrell: Somebodies v. Nobodies: Guess Who's Winning?
Fewer Seoulites Eat Dogs (3 comments)
Saturday, May 19:
Gun Lobby Thanks Public For Short Memory
Friday, May 18:
Guglielmo Tell: Minute to Minute: Cuban President at site of accident (1 comments)
Notorious Torturer Gina Haspel Confirmed as CIA Director (2 comments)
Thursday, May 17:
Thomas Farrell: Vatican Document Calls for Economic Regulation (2 comments)
Senate confirms Gina Haspel as first female CIA director
Wednesday, May 16:
Palestinian Lives Matter (2 comments)
Putin: Russian cruise missile-armed ships to remain in Syrian waters to prevent terrorist comeback -- RT World News (6 comments)
Thomas Farrell: R. Marie Griffith Surveys a Century of Moral Combat Involving Christians (REVIEW ESSAY) (1 comments)
Trump form discloses debt payment to Cohen, lawyer who paid Stormy Daniels
Blue Wave: Dems Flip a Pennsylvania Seat Tonight
Tuesday, May 15:
Ex-CIA Agent Ray McGovern Recounts Violent Arrest on Capitol Hill for Protesting CIA Torture
Russian MPs draft bill ordering 10-fold decrease of own salaries -- RT Russian Politics News (2 comments)
One of the World's Most Prestigious Medical Journals Just Called for Legalizing All Drugs (2 comments)
Doing our Best to Destroy Civilization: Noam Chomsky giving some details (6 comments)
Abby Martin interview critical of Israel is blocked (1 comments)
Tomgram: Engelhardt, A Staggeringly Well-Funded Blowback Machine (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: A Guide to the Corporations Defunding Public Schools and Opposing Striking Teachers: THE MOST IMPORTANT by Diane ravitch (3 comments)
'Daddy's little ghoul': NY Daily News slams Ivanka
One Step Closer to the ERA in Illinois: How You Can Help Now! (2 comments)
Monday, May 14:
Kushner Calls Palestinians 'Part of the Problem;' WH Edits it Out of Transcript
South Africa recalls envoy to Israel over 'violent aggression' on Gaza border (2 comments)
Melania Trump undergoes kidney surgery; will remain hospitalized through the week
Trump Blamed as Israel shoot 52 dead in Palestine, Turkey condemns massacre
Today's Palestinian Massacre: Selected Tweets (1 comments)
52 Palestinians killed on deadliest day since 2014
Susan Lee Schwartz: U.S. UNDERCUTS FRAUD INQUIRIES INTO FOR PROFITS-Unwinds Unit Investigating Fraud at For-Profits (2 comments)
Sunday, May 13:
Egyptian Kangaroo Court jails 65 Morsi supporters up to 10 years
Major Cities Are Telling GOP They Refuse to Host Next Republican National Convention
Women Target Old Boys' Networks in State Politics
Susan Lee Schwartz: More Scandals in D.C. Schools by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
The First Native American Congresswoman in US History Could be Elected This Year (3 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Newest Existential Threat to Oakland's Public Schools (2 comments)
Saturday, May 12:
Fracking Colorado is a Health Justice Issue
Shameless Pharma Lobbying and Offensive Ad Campaigns Pay Off (1 comments)
Pakistan imposes reciprocal restrictions on US diplomats
Friday, May 11:
Putin, Erdogan Agree Trump Was "Wrong" on Iran Nuclear Deal
Susan Lee Schwartz: Charter Schools Are An 'Existential Threat' To Public Education (1 comments)
My Language (3 comments)
Apple, Samsung face off in court over design patents once again
Thursday, May 10:
Ahed Tamimi's Brother Arrested; Now Half of the Family is Imprisoned
How the US stifles free speech: Reviving McCarthyism & nurturing Orwellian society -- RT Op-ed
Ecuador's new rules ban Assange from taking visitors and phone calls -- WikiLeaks -- RT World News (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: ALERT: GOP Legislature in Michigan Considering Legislation to Harm Teacher Education Programs (1 comments)
Former CIA analyst dragged from Haspel hearing by Capitol Police after anti-torture protest
Tomgram: Ben Freeman and William Hartung, A Saudi Love Affair in Washington
Wednesday, May 9:
Former CIA analyst dragged from Haspel hearing (9 comments)
Tuesday, May 8:
Nunes Doubles Down on Holding Sessions in Contempt for Documents (1 comments)
US Marines in Europe are ready to fight with ... locals (2 comments)
Eric Schneiderman, New York's Attorney General, Resigns Amid Abuse Accusations
Ohio Goes to Court over Ballot Image Creation
Monday, May 7:
Virginia pipeline protesters on what drove them to live in the trees
NFL Washington Cheerleaders Go Public With Horrific Treatment
NATO's "Hedgehog" learns to get rid of Russians
US relaunches Second Fleet in war preparations against Russia (4 comments)
Sunday, May 6:
Women sitting in trees to protest pipeline come down after judge threatens fines
Freight Train of Climate Change Headed Your Way (9 comments)
UK drones firing organ-destroying 'vacuum bombs' on the rise in Syria - FOI request reveals (VIDEO) -- RT UK News (1 comments)
Saturday, May 5:
The Age of Fundamentalism (3 comments)
Friday, May 4:
Susan Lee Schwartz: Donald Trump Is the First Porn President;, by Caitlin Flanagan (1 comments)
US 'freezes funding' for White Helmets as group's Douma chem attack claim falls apart (1 comments)
Ex-CIA Officer Exposes the Deep State (27 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Documents show ties between university, conservative donors (4 comments)
Thursday, May 3:
Susan Lee Schwartz: How its Done in L.A, LAUSD Board Member Appoinst a Wealthy Investment Banker as SCHOOLS Superintendent. (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: International Protest Against Pearson (5 comments)
BEES STING, HEALTHCARE BITES--A Cautionary Tale (16 comments)
Argue With Pens Rather Than Guns (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Arizona Versus the Privatizers; By Eric Blanc (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Why North Carolina Teachers Are Likely to Join the Teacher Walkouts by Diane Raitch & justin Parmenter (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Teacher Pay Is So Low in Some U.S. School Districts That They're Recruiting Overseas - (3 comments)
Wednesday, May 2:
Susan Lee Schwartz: House Republican Farm Bill Proposal Launches a Dangerous Attack on Nutrition Assistance - (1 comments)
'Once a Holocaust denier, always a Holocaust denier': Netanyahu slams Abbas -- RT World News (2 comments)
On Sweltering Planet, Hottest April Temperature Ever Recorded on Earth Hits Pakistan (3 comments)
To Serve and Protect... Sometimes? (1 comments)
Machiavellian realism (2 comments)
Could This Indie Documentary Take Down Trump? (18 comments)
Tuesday, May 1:
Susan Lee Schwartz: Mitch McConnell, the man who broke America - by Dana Milbank (2 comments)
Extinction Headed Your Way, much sooner than later (3 comments)
Mumia Seeks to Show Top State Judge Doubled as Prosecutor and Jurist Reviewing his Appeals (1 comments)
This is how privileged white people get black men killed (VIDEO) (6 comments)
Kucinich Telesummit with Marianne Williamson Wed May 2