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Will Iraq or Syria Survive? UN Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Sectarian War & the Disastrous ’03 Invasion; “Colonialism is Inhuman”: Diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi on the Lessons of Algeria’s Independence Struggle. HeadlinesJune 18, 2014 Sunni Militants Seize Iraq’s Main Oil Refinery Rouhani: Iran “Will Not Hesitate” to Protect Shiite Sites in Iraq Report: Obama Admin … Continued
Juan Cole: Mass Sunni Uprising Forces Iraq to Confront Sectarian Blowback of 2003 U.S. Invasion; 50 Years Later, How a New Freedom Summer Could Mobilize the South’s Disenfranchised People of Color; “The Last Magazine”: One Year After Death, Michael Hastings’ Lost Novel Satirizes Corporate Media. HeadlinesJune 17, 2014 U.S. to Deploy 275 Military Personnel … Continued
As Obama Considers Drone Strikes in Iraq, Could U.S. Military Action Worsen Sectarian Conflict? Dave Zirin on the World Cup You Won’t See on TV: Protests, Tear Gas, Displaced Favela Residents. HeadlinesJune 16, 2014 U.S. Considers Talks with Iran over Widening Iraq Crisis Manning Criticizes Limits on Media Coverage of U.S. Wars Kenya: Gunmen … Continued
Children on the Run: U.S. Detains Thousands of Young Migrants Seeking Safety, Family Reunification; Report from Iraq: U.S. Invasion in 2003 Helped Set Path for Crisis Pulling Nation Apart. HeadlinesJune 13, 2014 Iraq Crisis Deepens as ISIS Militants Gain Ground Letters Reveal Bergdahl’s Complaints About Conditions in Afghanistan Brazil: Protests Erupt on Opening Day … Continued
Iraq in Crisis: Militant Advance Sparks Mass Displacement as “Failed” U.S. Experiment Disintegrates; In Sisi’s Egypt, Leading Dissident Gets 15-Year Term as Al Jazeera Reporter Languishes Behind Bars. HeadlinesJune 12, 2014 Iraq Faces Disintegration as Militants Seize More Towns U.S. Resumes Drone Strikes in Pakistan, Killing 14 Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Sentenced to … Continued
Eric Cantor Suffers Historic GOP Primary Loss in Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Corporate Backlash; Debate: Is Human Rights Watch Too Close to U.S. Gov’t to Criticize its Foreign Policy? HeadlinesJune 11, 2014 Cantor Loses GOP Primary in Historic Upset Graham Wins South Carolina Primary Student, Gunman Dead in Oregon High School Shooting Obama: Congress “Should Be Ashamed” … Continued
As Right-Wing Shooting Rampages Grow, U.S. Revives Domestic Terror Unit Shelved After 9/11; As Taliban Attacks Karachi Airport Again, Could Pakistan Fall Into Civil War With Militants? As Obama Moves to Cap Student Debt Payments, Activists Push For Broader Write-Off of Crushing Loans; Is College Worth It? New Doc “Ivory Tower” Tackles Higher Ed’s Unsustainable … Continued
Remembering Maya Angelou: Bill Clinton, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey Pay Tribute to Legendary Poet; Freed From Prison, Bahraini Activist Nabeel Rajab Urges U.S. to Stop Backing Regime’s Crackdown. HeadlinesJune 9, 2014 Pakistani Taliban Claim Responsibility for Deadly Airport Attack Ex-Military Leader Sisi Sworn-In as Egyptian President 5 Dead in Las Vegas Shooting Rampage Bergdahl … Continued
The Inside Story of Bowe Bergdahl: Afghan War Vet Matthew Farwell on “America’s Last POW”; As U.S. Frees Five Taliban Members, Questions Remain Over Future of Guantánamo. HeadlinesJune 6, 2014 Report: Bergdahl Tried to Escape Taliban Captors Twice Nigeria: Boko Haram Militants Slaughter Hundreds of Villagers Canada: Man Kills 3 Police in Shooting Rampage … Continued
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s Idaho Hometown Cancels “Welcome Home” Celebration as Backlash Grows; Veteran: Politicians Using Freed POW Bowe Bergdahl as “Chess Piece to Win Political Matches”; Seattle’s Socialist City Council Member Kshama Sawant Hails Historic Vote For $15/Hour Minimum Wage; EPA Moves to Cut Coal Pollution, But Critics Say Plan Falls Short on Real Emissions … Continued
