PILLOW TALK: Green Screen Girls (Deborah Goodwin)

Yes, girls, I know that I am so lame, but you asked me when I would blog about you! Feb. 18, 2012 (ShapeShiftas) -- I have two beautiful, brilliant, fantastic daughters who are, thankfully, remarkabl ...

Life Outside the Box: #DeOccupyBinaryThinking (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it.” --Banksy Feb. 13, 2012 -- As we bear witness to the current version of America’s preside ...

Anti-Semitism and Israel’s Inherent Contradictions (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 1, 2012 -- In a recent article, columnist Yaniv Halili described British author Ben White as "anti-Semitic." He also denounced Arab Knesset member H ...

Welcome To Happy Valley: Occupy Penn State,(Carolyn Baker)

Nov. 17, 2011 (CarolynBaker.net) -- State College, Pennsylvania, home of Penn State University, is ensconsed in a somewhat bucolic region of the commonwealth called Happy Valley. The name exquisitely ...

UC Davis Pepper-Spray Incident Reveals Weakness Up Top (Matt Taibbi)

Nov. 22, 2011 (Rolling Stone) -- Was absolutely mesmerized last night watching the viral video of the UC-Davis pepper-spraying. It was totally amazing, simultaneously one of most depressing and inspi ...

Ibrahim Zaza: The Gaza Boy Newspapers Omitted (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 28, 2011 -- “Both of Ibrahim’s arms were cut off. He had a hole in his lung. Parts of his legs were missing. His kidney was in a bad condition ... we need peopl ...

SAT reading scores fall to lowest level on record (Justin Pope)

Sept. 14, 2011 (AP) -- SAT reading scores for the high school class of 2011 were the lowest on record, and combined reading and math scores fell to their lowest point since 1995. The College Board, w ...

The Miserable Ones (David Glenn Cox)

David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Aug. 29, 2011 -- I’m going to tell you a story today, it’s a story about you and me and it’s a story about a father and son. In a larger sense it’s a story about A ...

Chomsky: Public Education Under Massive Corporate Assault — What's Next? (Noam Chomsky)

Aug. 9, 2011 -- (Information Clearing House) -- The following is a partial transcript of a recent speech delivered by Noam Chomsky at the University of Toronto at Scarborough on the rapid privatizati ...

Confused Strategy: How the PA Sold Out Palestinian Unity (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 13, 2011 -- If you happen to be a Palestinian government employee, chances are you will receive only half your usual salary this month. The other half will only ...

One Missile, One Playground: The Will of Gaza (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 8, 2011 -- GAZA -- A “Hamas commander” drove a beat-up gray van in northern Gaza and theatrically spoke on his walkie-talkie as I sat in the passenger seat. The ...