Greed and Consumption: Why the World is Burning | Ramzy Baroud

NSW Fire and Rescue officers fight a bushfire encroaching on properties in Australia in December 2019. (Photo: via AJE) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 17, 2021 Rome is scorching hot. This beau ...

The Murder of the ‘Menacing’ Water Technician: On the Shadow Wars in the West Bank | Ramzy Baroud

Shadi Omar Lotfi Salim, 41, was killed by Israeli forces. (Photo: via Social Media) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 11, 2021 There is an ongoing, but hidden, Israeli war on the Palestinians whi ...

Cigarettes (and snowballs) can be hazardous to your health —Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 10, 2021 If you’ve been following any of my stories — from juvenile delinquency to street activism — you know by now that confrontations and interactions with the ...

US Foreign Policy Adrift: Why Washington No Longer Calling the Shots | Ramzy Baroud

US President Joe Biden. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 6, 2021 Jonah Goldberg and Michael Ledeen have much in common. They are both writers and also cheerleaders for ...

The Truth About Amy Cooper (Hint: She’s not the “Karen” in this story) — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 5, 2021 It’s been more than a year but I’m guessing each of you could still recite a basic description of the “Central Park Karen”: A privileged white woman called ...

The Politics of Cheering and Booing: On Palestine, Solidarity and the Tokyo Olympics | Ramzy Baroud

The flag of Palestine was carried into the 2016 Olympics by a Palestinian woman. (Photo: via Twitter) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 4, 2021 When the Palestinian Olympic delegation of five ath ...

How the Bobos Broke America | David Brooks

Illustration by Kimberly Elliott The creative class was supposed to foster progressive values and economic growth. Instead we got resentment, alienation, and endless political dysfunction. Aug. 2, 20 ...

Reminder: The U.S. Gov’t Lies, Manipulates, and Kills Without Remorse — Mickey Z.

Via alfassa.com Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 1, 2021 On July 25, 1990, Saddam Hussein entertained a guest at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie. She tol ...

The CDC revokes PCR testing. What does that say about the Covid count? — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 29, 2021 Please allow me to introduce a brief recap before I get to the latest news. I've already told you how and why the Covid rules make no sense and should not b ...

How Ben & Jerry’s has Exposed Israel’s Anti-BDS Strategy | Ramzy Baroud

Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop on Washington Street in New Jersey. (Photo: Luigi Novi, Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 28, 2021 Ben & Jerry’s decision to suspend its operations ...

The Little Talked About Covid-19 ‘Variants’: Vaccine Mismanagement Will Have Dire Repercussions | Ramzy Baroud

Systematic neglect and de-development of Palestinian healthcare have left Palestinian communities extremely vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: Fawzi Mahmoud, The Palestine Chronicle) Ramzy ...