The End of the American Century | John Michael Greer

Nov. 30, 2016 (Archdruid Report) -- I have a bone to pick with the Washington Post. A few days back, as some of my readers may be aware, it published a list of some 200 blogs that it claimed were cir ...

The Unique Human Capacity for War | Michael Brenner

Trench warfare during World War I. One characteristic that sets humans apart from other animals is the capability to organize sustained warfare against members of their own species, a troubling fact ...

War to the Horizon... It's the American Way | Tom Engelhardt

U.S. soldiers, members of the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, take in the view of the horizon at a check point near Daab Pass in Shinkay district, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2012. ...

Air Pollution Skyrocketing Worldwide in 'Public Health Emergency': WHO | Nadia Prupis

WHO found that fully 92 percent of people worldwide live in regions where the pollution exceeds the organization's safety limits. (Photo: UCL News/flickr/cc) Developing countries and vulnerable popul ...

My Response to Bill Clinton: On (My) Liberty and (Your) America | Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 3, 2016 Donald Trump wants to keep us out of the country altogether. But Bill Clinton, former president and husband of a Democratic presidential nomi ...

Farewell to Yarmouk: A Palestinian Refugee’s Journey from Izmir to Greece | Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 27, 2016 (Based on interviews with Palestinian refugees from Syria.) The refugee camp of Yarmouk was ever present in his being, pulling him in and ou ...

Beyond the Middle East: The Rohingya Genocide | Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 27, 2015 “Nope, nope, nope,” was Australia’s Prime Minister, Tony Abbott’s answer to the question whether his country will take in any of the nearly 8 ...

The Arab Boat | Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy BaroudIt’s an Arab-Palestinian Nakba, and We Are All Refugees Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 13, 2015 In a western capital far away from Gaza and Cairo, I recently shared a pot of tea wit ...

No Arab Bolivars: As Region Implodes, Arab Socialism Fizzles Out | Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 29, 2015 A student group recently asked me to address socialism in the Arab world, with the assumption that there is indeed such a movement that is capable of o ...

Senator Cotton, Hitler, and 'Appeasement' | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 22, 2015 When the now-notorious freshman Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) gave his maiden floor speech, he shared this quote: “The world is growing ...

Nuclear Calendar -- March 10, 2015 | FCNL

Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation Scheduled national and international events related to nuclear weapons and proliferation issues. March 10, 2015 March 6-15 House of Repre ...