Crime

“I got action!” (a few things I learned on the streets about manhood and women) — Mickey Z.

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 6, 2021 Since it’s become both hip and profitable, the umbrella name of “Astoria” is now used to cover a lot of real estate. When I was younger, the specific area where I grew up was always called Long Island City. It was a working-class, urban, industrial setting of asphalt, tenements, factories, and a few old cobblestone streets. High crime, low gree ...

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Israel Rejects ICC Investigation: What Are the Possible Future Scenarios? | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 12, 2021 The Israeli government’s position regarding an impending investigation by the International Criminal Court of alleged war crimes commit ...

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Remembering the Happy Land Fire: 31 years ago — Mickey Z.

Happy Land Social Club, just hours after the deadly fire (credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World News Trust March 24, 2021 “Let everything happen to you/Beauty and terror Just keep going/No feeling is fin ...

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Coup Leaders, Aung San Suu Kyi Betrayed Democracy in Burma | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 7, 2021 What is taking place in Burma right now is a military coup. There can be no other description for such an unwarranted action as the dismi ...

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Most Of Those Arrested For Capitol Riot Had A History Of Financial Trouble | Todd C. Frankel

Trail of bankruptcies, tax problems and bad debts raises questions for researchers trying to understand motivations for attack Feb. 10, 2021 (Washington Post) -- Nearly 60 percent of the people facin ...

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Make Panama Great Again? (31 years ago this week) — Mickey Z.

A U.S. Army M113 in Panama — DoD photo by PH1(SW) J. Elliott (public domain) Mickey Z. — World News Trust December 17, 2020 (It’s been a while since I indulged my political history snark and this tim ...

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Dying Alone: When We Stopped Caring for Palestinian Prisoners | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 11, 2020 “No one cares about the prisoners.” Over the past few years, I have heard this phrase -- or some variation of it -- uttered many times b ...

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Black Lives Should Always Matter: Delinking Social Justice from Seasonal US Politics | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 4, 2020 After viewing the first U.S. Presidential debate on Sept. 29, one is left with no doubt about the degenerating political discourse among ...

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My Dad, the Mafia, and Machine Guns in the Kitchen | Mickey Z.

My Dad (lower right) and his crew back in the day Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 29, 2020 Preface: I must’ve been about thirteen or so. My family was still living in a fourth-floor walk-up. ...

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Palestinians Are Not Numbers: On the Future of the Palestinian Discourse | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 20, 2020 Palestine can never be truly understood through numbers, because numbers are dehumanizing, impersonal, and, when necessary, can also be ...

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America is a Smoking Fascist Dystopia | umair haque

America Has Less Than 50 Days to Save Itself From Even Greater Disaster Sept. 15, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- I woke up this morning to news that was particularly horrific. Forced mass sterilisations a ...

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“I got action!” (a few things I learned on the streets about manhood and women) — Mickey Z.

Israel Rejects ICC Investigation: What Are the Possible Future Scenarios? | Ramzy Baroud

Remembering the Happy Land Fire: 31 years ago — Mickey Z.

Coup Leaders, Aung San Suu Kyi Betrayed Democracy in Burma | Ramzy Baroud

Most Of Those Arrested For Capitol Riot Had A History Of Financial Trouble | Todd C. Frankel

Make Panama Great Again? (31 years ago this week) — Mickey Z.

Dying Alone: When We Stopped Caring for Palestinian Prisoners | Ramzy Baroud

Black Lives Should Always Matter: Delinking Social Justice from Seasonal US Politics | Ramzy Baroud

My Dad, the Mafia, and Machine Guns in the Kitchen | Mickey Z.

Palestinians Are Not Numbers: On the Future of the Palestinian Discourse | Ramzy Baroud

America is a Smoking Fascist Dystopia | umair haque

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