Editors’ Picks for Jan 22
Meet the Members Attending the Mysterious ‘Davos Gathering’, The Year When Plastic in the Ocean Outnumbers the Fish, Shiny and New US Military Base in Syria?, and More Picks
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Editors’ Picks for Jan 19
What Drives the Pro-Gun Argument, Will NYC’s Mayor Become the Climate Change Leader He Promises to Be?, Charlie Hebdo’s Refugee Cartoon Strikes Ire, and More Picks
He Told You So: President Eisenhower’s Military-Industrial Complex Speech
On January 17, 1961, outgoing president Dwight D. Eisenhower, a military man, warned us to beware of the masters of America’s industrial war machine and their growing hold over the country. On this anniversary of his famous speech, it is worth listening to his prophetic words, if only to consider why no one has taken heed of them.
Fill Up Your Gas Tank — and Support Repression, Tyrants, Wars, Terrorism and Atrocities
Every time you fill up your tank or buy the latest smartphone, chances are that you are putting bullets in a gun thousands of miles away. In this podcast, Leif Wenar, the Chair of Philosophy and Law at King’s College London, reveals the true ugliness behind the marriage of resource-seeking corporations and the most corrupt despots. He also proposes an ethical alternative — Clean Trade — that benefits everyone but the tyrants.
Editors’ Picks for Jan 6
Health Care Even a Problem for the Insured, Florida’s Unprocessed Rape Kits, ISIS Executes First Female Citizen and More Picks
What the Upcoming Iranian Elections Could Mean for Us All
In February, Iran will hold elections that could determine the country’s future — and the future of the rest of the world, especially that of the US.
Check Out What We Achieved — With Your Help
Here’s a sampling of what we accomplished in 2015 —
with your help. It shows the power we all have, when we choose to exercise it. Exciting stuff!
Last Minute E-Gifts for People of Conscience
What do you get somebody who has everything? Maybe the answer is… you don’t get anything for them at all. Instead, in their name, you could get something for….everybody. Here are a few of the more interesting from among untold good causes.
Editors’ Picks for Dec 8
Feds Freeze Bank Accounts of Drone Whistleblowers, The Bureaucracy of ISIS, The (Misleading) Poll Used for Trump’s Muslim Ban, And More Picks
Editors’ Picks for Dec 7
How the CIA is Assisting the Next ISIS, Media Blackout After Death of US Journalist, Kochs Stomp Out Criminal Justice Reform, And More Picks
Editors’ Picks for Dec 2
Labour Feuds Over Syria Bombing, Lessons from Occupy, Climate and Meat Consumption, and More Picks
Was Paris Attack Suspect Hiding in Plain Sight?
For 6 days, Brussels was on a lockdown as police hunted a suspected accomplice (Salah Abdeslam) in the Paris attacks. The lockdown, which cost the Belgian city an estimated €51.7 million a day, failed to locate Abdeslam. Now, reports have emerged indicating that Abdeslam “might have been taking his ease in a public place in […]