Investigating a Massacre, Iraq Should Address Root Causes
On December 31, Iraqi security forces killed 20 people from a single family in a raid on a home in Jableh district in Babil governorate, south of Baghdad.
Alain White
Syria: German Trial for Wartime Atrocities Opens
(Berlin) – Judges in Frankfurt, Germany will begin hearing evidence on January 19, 2022 in a trial involving allegations of torture and murder by state agents during Syria’s decade-long brutal armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today.
The start of the second trial in Germany for crimes against humanity committed
Greece: New Biometrics Policing Program Undermines Rights
(Athens) – Greece is planning a new police program to scan people’s faces and fingerprints that is inconsistent with international human rights standards on privacy and likely to amplify ongoing discrimination, Human Rights Watch and Homo Digitalis said today. Under the EU-funded program, the police would use hand-held devices to
Planet Lockdown Documentary
Planet Lockdown is a documentary on the situation the world finds itself in. We spoke to some of the brightest and bravest minds in the world including epidemiologists, scientists, doctors lawyers and a prince.
Can These Foods Help Combat COVID?
This article was previously published June 20, 2020, and has been updated with new information.
Harmless Untruths
In Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel Cat’s Cradle, the deadpan realist from the Midwest–the 20th century’s Mark Twain–delivers an instructive review of the way in which Americans hold scientists in exceedingly high esteem—and the perils therein.
One of his characters is scientist Felix Hoenikker. Hoenikker
Vitamin K2 Study Shows Improved Cardiovascular Health
Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that has a significant infiuence on your health.
Magnesium L-Threonate for Depression and Anxiety
This article was previously published June 4, 2020, and has been updated with new information.
Melatonin Significantly Reduces COVID-19 Mortality
Melatonin is a hormone synthesized in your pineal gland and several other organs, indeed in most cells, including human lung monocytes and macrophages, as it is
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actually synthesized in your mitochondria. While most well-known as a natural sleep regulator, melatonin also has many other important functions. Notably, it plays
The miracle of Wörgl
The Austrian town of Wörgl, with a population of 4,500 people, offers the base of a viable economic plan in this story during the 1932 Great Depression.
Sri Lanka Begs China for Off-Ramp from Belt and Road Debt Trap
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday asked Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to restructure payments for the roughly $5 billion Sri Lanka borrowed from China to build wasteful and unproductive projects under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Why Did US Deaths Shoot Up 40% Above Normal Last Year?
As we've seen over the past two years, data and statistics can be manipulated and skewed in a wide variety of ways.
Censored mRNA Platform Inventor Tells All on Rogan Show
December 30, 2021, Joe Rogan interviewed Dr. Robert Malone, the inventor of the mRNA gene transfer technology. YouTube and Twitter promptly deleted the interview and mainstream media published a rash of articles attacking Malone and Rogan in the most disparaging terms possible.
Licorice and Slippery Elm Tea Are Best for a Sore Throat
Although you can get a cold throughout the year, most people have a higher risk of the common cold in the winter and spring months.
20 Years of US Torture – and Counting
(New York) – Twenty years after Guantánamo Bay detention operations commenced on January 11, 2002, a new report assesses the massive costs of US unlawful transfers, secret detention, and torture after the September 11, 2001, attacks.
The report, from the Costs of War Project at Brown University’s Watson Institute