By George Bialek. If you’re a Facebook user chances are you’ve probably seen a popular “meme” regarding Iceland. It’s the one that supposedly quotes some Icelandic politician who was asked something like “Why has Iceland managed to do so well… Read More ›
The opening title of Lesson Plan: The Story of the Third Wave (2011) reads: “In 1967 a High School student asked his history teacher how the German people could so easily follow Adolph Hitler. What follows is the result of… Read More ›
by Timothy McGrath This week GlobalPost showed why so many people are digging on Pope Francis. He loves the sick and the poor. He lives a simple life that reflects his values. He has criticized the Catholic church for its alienating obsession with… Read More ›
Alleged Walkie-Talkie Conversation between Members of al-Qaeda’s ISIL and FSA in Aleppo This recent footage from Aleppo showing an alleged conversation taking place via a walkie-talkie between militants from al-Qaeda’s “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant” (ISIL) and supposed… Read More ›
by Assed Baig An edit of this article was first published on the Huffington Post website When Malala Yusufzai was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen simply because she wanted to gain an education it sent shockwaves around the world. The Western media… Read More ›
Lakotas and Dakotas face off with white supremacists in Leith, North Dakota Lakotas and Dakotas face off with white supremacists in Leith, North Dakota By Brenda Norrell Censored News Breaking News http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/09/american-indians-protect-treaty.html Updated all day Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 Dutch… Read More ›
The former four-star General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and ISAF Commander in Afghanistan, as well as the Director of the CIA after his exit from the U.S. Army, has been affronted viciously by… Read More ›
By: Sarah Jones In an interview with ABC, Shellie Zimmerman said that she had left her husband George the night before the shooting. If you don’t know anything about domestic violence statistics, this might not have set off any alarms…. Read More ›
We often hear about U.S. teachers being paid poorly for all the work they do to educate children. But did you know that 63 percent of teachers report buying food for the classroom each month with their own money? That’s… Read More ›
The military intelligence analyst was found not guilty on the most serious charge of “aiding the enemy,” but was found guilty of violating the Espionage Act. The military intelligence analyst who leaked hundreds of thousands of documents to WikiLeaks and… Read More ›
[TRIGGER WARNING: GRAPHIC ANTI-LGBTQ VIOLENCE, HOMOPHOBIA] by Adrian Garcia President Putin’s crusade against LGBT community in Russia has taken a new disturbing turn. Russian Neo Nazis have been advised by a top-ranking supremacist to create fake profiles on a popular Russian… Read More ›
by Ali Abunimah Israeli soldiers had a “fun” time making what they called “Rachel Corrie pancakes.” Photos of the event were posted on the Facebook page of the “Heritage House,” a settlement in occupied East Jerusalem that houses so-called “lone soldiers,”… Read More ›
Now that the George Zimmerman trial has concluded, and he has been set free with no conviction for killing the 17 year old, unarmed, Trayvon Martin, it seems an appropriate time to recap Zimmerman’s interview with Sean Hannity. An unrepentant… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 