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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ‘Desaparecidos’ of Palestine: Gantz Escalates Israel’s War on the Dead | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 13, 2020 On Sept. 2, the Israeli government approved a proposal that allows the military to indefinitely withhold the bodies of Palestinians who ...

The Puzzle Pieces Fit (a 9/11 story) | Mickey Z.

The two blue pillars of light provide a visual reminder of how the Twin Towers, destroyed in the attacks of September 11, 2001, once stood above the city skyline. Photo credit: Associated Press Micke ...