Till September: The PA’s Meaningless Deadlines (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 25, 2011 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his supporters in the Fatah party want us to believe that dramatic changes are underway in the occu ...

The Guiding Principle (David Glenn Cox)

David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Jan. 31, 2011 -- It has been about a month since my rescue from the street. I quickly became sissified, sanctified, civilized and satisfied. I am plagued though, b ...

Hope in 2011: Peoples, Civil Society Stand Tall (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 30, 2010 -- When the Iraqi army fell before invading U.S. and British troops in 2003, the latter’s mission seemed to be accomplished. But nearly eight years afte ...

BOOKS: Insisting on Their Humanity: ‘The Plight of the Palestinians’ (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 16, 2010 -- When a copy of William A. Cook’s latest book, The Plight of the Palestinians arrived in my mailbox, I initially felt a little worried. The volume, fe ...

A Follow Up on My Fifth Grade Essay: Education at Gunpoint (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 18, 2010 -- I recall the first sentence of my fifth grade essay on “Education and Youth”. Written with the occasional aid of my father, and dotted with clichés, ...

Another Baghdad Massacre: Iraqi Christians Are Already at Home (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 10, 2010 -- On Sunday, Oct. 31, when a group of militants seized a church in Baghdad, killing and wounding scores of Iraqi Christians, it signaled yet another ep ...

Law Curbs McDonald's Happy Meal Toys (Lisa Baertlein)

Nov. 3, 2010 -- LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- San Francisco has become the first major U.S. city to pass a law that cracks down on the popular practice of giving away free toys with unhealthy restaurant m ...

Nine Months After the Quake - a Million Haitians Slowly Dying (Bill Quigley)

Oct. 11, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- "If it gets any worse," said Wilda, a homeless Haitian mother, "we're not going to survive." Mothers and grandmothers surrounding her nodded solemnly. We ...

Record 41.8 Million Americans Receiving Food Stamps (Michael Krebs)

Oct. 6, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- As the November midterm elections draw closer, the stubborn unemployment rate has pushed a record 41.8 million Americans onto food stamps. Representing an ...

Student badges equipped with tracking devices (Tiffany Craig)

Oct. 1, 2010 -- SANTA FE (WKOU) -- Students in Santa Fe have to wear ID badges to class, complete with a built-in tracking device. The Smart Badge program started this school year, and is getting mix ...

BOOKS: Canada and Israel -- Building Apartheid. By Yves Engler (Jim Miles)

Canada and Israel -- Building Apartheid. Yves Engler. RED/Fernwood Publishing, Canada. 2010. Oct. 5, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- While much is made of U.S. support of Israel, its unstinting rhetori ...