Scott Pruitt’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has abruptly dismissed as many as half the members of a key scientific review board, and is seeking to replace them with representatives of the very industries the agency is tasked with policing. “Today, I was Trumped,” wrote Robert Richardson, an environmental economist at Michigan State University and former […]
Russia, U.S. Confirm Readiness to Reinstate Memorandum on Air Safety Over Syria…
Pruitt’s EPA Axes Half of Key Scientific Review Panel…
REPORT: 15k Sexual Assaults Were Committed in U.S. Military in 2016…
…The Military Services received 6,172 reports of sexual assault involving Service members as either victims or subjects of criminal investigations throughout fiscal year 2016…Using these rates, the Department estimates that about 14,900 Service members experienced some kind of sexual assault in 2016, down from about 20,300 in 2014…
The Absurd Amount of Entitlements That Go to Rich People…
Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman have calculated that, on average in 2014, the middle class received more of the safety net than the lower class. Specifically, the 40% of American adults with incomes just below the top 10% received more in safety net government transfers (Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps/SNAP, Veterans’ benefits, etc., but […]
U.S.-Illegally-Led Coalition Airstrikes Kill 14 Civilians in Northern Syria…
At least 14 civilians were killed by airstrikes carried out by the US-led international coalition in the outskirts of Raqqa, in northern Syria, Al Mayadeen TV channel reported on Sunday. The alliance’s Air Force delivered a series of strikes on Raqqa and Tabqa resulting in casualties among the civilians, the report said. The two cities […]
Lavrov: Russia ‘Fully Ready to Cooperate with U.S. on Syria…
Moscow is eager to resume cooperation with Washington on solving the Syrian crisis, Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, said during his meeting with his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi, in the Russian capital. During the meeting, Lavrov noted that Jordan’s King Abdullah II has repeatedly emphasized the importance of joint Russian-American efforts in Syria…
Why the New Cold War Is More Dangerous Than the Preceding One with Stephen F. Cohen (AUDIO)…
Nation contributing editor Stephen F. Cohen and radio-show host John Batchelor continue their weekly discussions of the new US–Russian Cold War. (Previous installments, now in their fourth year, can be found here.) Cohen recalls that in 2014, when the Ukrainian crisis erupted, he warned that the new Cold War might be more dangerous than was […]
China Finally Sends U.S. Positive Messages on North Korea…
Former Iraqi Army Chief of Staff to Prosecute Tony Blair…
Whilst many have attempted and are still trying to hold Blair to account, this litigant is justified in having a special grievance. He is both an Iraqi and none other than: “the former Chief of Staff of Saddam Hussein’s army, General Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat (who) is seeking a judicial review of a District Judge’s decision […]
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