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WOMEN BEWARE: SAUDI ARABIA CHARGED WITH SHAPING GLOBAL STANDARDS FOR WOMEN’S EQUALITY

medea — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 16:27:34 +0000

Who Let the Saudi Fox in the Hen House?

Medea Benjamin

It’s hard to sink to a greater depth of hypocrisy than voting Saudi Arabia onto a UN Commission charged with promoting women’s equality and empowerment. And yet, on April 23rd, that is precisely what the UN Economic and Social Council did. Of the 54 countries on the Council, 47 of them agreed to add Saudi Arabia to a four-year term on the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Truth defenders: Two Men Who Made Their Mark on History

dlindorff — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:48:56 +0000

By Linn Washington, Jr.

One man enhanced the legacy of a legend revered around the world.

Accomplishments of the other man include his involvement in a seminal court battle where the trial judge issued a pivotal ruling about racism that sparked enraged denials among authorities in that nation.

New Gary Lindorff poem in ThisCantBeHappening!: What am I shouting?

dlindorff — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:55:05 +0000

I saw a photo of an elephant in a concrete cell

alone,

so alone.

PA DOC Will Finally Treat Mumia's Hep-C infection, But Only Because Prison's Neglect has Caused Cirrhosis

dlindorff — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 22:16:00 +0000

By Dave Lindorff

Prison Camp Standard of Care: Appellate Court Panel Rejects PA Prison Effort to Further Delay Hep-C Treatment for Ailing Mumia

dlindorff — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 23:17:23 +0000

Ryancare wreckage: Don the Con's Health Care Pushes Serious Problems Aside

dlindorff — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 20:19:59 +0000

fdsBy Linn Washington, Jr.

The desperate scramble of President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress to salvage a cure for their ailing health care proposal to replace Obamacare completely ignores correcting a deadly problem plaguing the very heart of America’s health care system.

The Gov. Lamm approach: Social Security Starves Us Slowly as the GOP Tries to Kill Us by Gutting Health Care

dlindorff — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 22:23:08 +0000

By Dave Lindorff

The Sessions stench: Trump AG Jeff Sessions is Trapped in the Malodorous Maelstrom of an ‘Alabama Hurricane’

dlindorff — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 20:13:05 +0000

By Linn Washington, Jr.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the target of demands for resignation due to his triggering yet another Trump Administration scandal related to lying under oath in the Senate about contacts with Russian officials, finds himself in an ‘Alabama Hurricane’ of his own making.

Bigot boy business: Trump Exposes His Ignorance and Intolerance -- Again

dlindorff — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 13:55:35 +0000

By Linn Washington Jr.

Twice in recent weeks President Donald Trump reinforced his image of ignorance on African-Americans with astounding statements. Those statements amplified concerns about this president who rose to the Oval Office through a campaign tarred by brazen bigotry from his surrogates, his supporters and himself.

Time’s running out: As his Last Act in Office, President Obama Should Right a Terrible Wrong and Free Leonard Peltier

dlindorff — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 15:46:53 +0000

By Dave Lindorff