A Twitter Files Requiem
And so the “Twitter Files” Limited Hangout has come to its inevitable, ignominious end.
Clara Steitz
Russia: Sentencing for Prominent Kremlin Critic
(Berlin, April 14, 2023) – Moscow City Court is scheduled to deliver a verdict on April 17, 2023 in the criminal trial against the prominent Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, Human Rights Watch said today. Russian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release Kara-Murza, who has been arbitrarily detained for the past
Where Does Courage Come From?
STORY AT-A-GLANCE This story, inspired by my conversation with Leslie Manookian, is about integrity, love, and spiritual spine.
Nearly 1 in 4 Women 60 and Over Use Antidepressants
STORY AT-A-GLANCE Depression is a mental illness that affects the way you understand and relate to your environment and the people around you.
Perpetual Cognitive Dissonance
There’s a clinical term in psychology, which in the vernacular would be described with the phrase, “I think I am going crazy.” This is “cognitive dissonance.” I have actually seen this term show up in casual reading more often in the past couple of years than in all the
Five Years On: The OPCW-Douma Deception Continues
Published simultaneously in Propaganda in Focus, UK Column and OffGuardian
On 7 April 2018 reports emerged from a suburb of Damascus, Douma, claiming that a chemical weapons attack had occurred. Images of dead women and children inside an apartment building were circulated over the internet along with hospital scenes showing
The New Normal Left
So, I went to London to speak to the Left … no, not “the Left” you’re probably thinking of.
Becerra: 'I Have No Idea' if 85K Migrant Children Have Been Lost by HHS
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra has “no idea” if 85,000 Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs) have been lost throughout the United States by the agency.
Donald Trump was just indicted…but why?
Some people really hate campaign finance violations
Last night it was announced that former-President Donald Trump was being indicted by the Manhattan Grand Jury, he is expected to surrender himself to authorities later today.
The indictment is sealed until arraignment, but we do know the rough nature of the charge(
Rape Survivor Testifies Publicly in Guinea Massacre Trial
“I prefer to come in public to testify, in front of my nation.” With those words, rejecting the option of a closed session, Fatoumata Barry took the stand this March in Guinea and shared with the world the horrors that she – and hundreds of others – experienced on September 28, 2009.
Will They Try to Make Us Pay for Breathable Air?
STORY AT-A-GLANCE Making Electricity Out of Thin AirBad news, folks.
Swiss 'Senior Women' Take Government to Court over Climate Change
On March 29, in a landmark legal hearing, older women from Switzerland argued before the European Court of Human Rights that their government’s failure to sufficiently reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions has violated their human rights.
The applicants, all women over 63, say that heat waves, which
West Virginia Signs Landmark Anti-ESG Proxy Reform Bill into Law
West Virginia Gov.Jim Justice (R) signed a landmark anti-ESG proxy voting reform bill into law that will protect state-managed pension funds and other investments against activist money managers.
Ukraine: International Justice Response
(The Hague) – Governments and international bodies that have made unprecedented efforts to promote justice for crimes committed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine demonstrate the ability to deliver on victims’ rights when political will is high. Human Rights Watch issued a question-and-answer document on the international justice response to
UN General Assembly Seeks World Court Ruling on Climate Change
(New York) – The United Nations General Assembly’s consensus adoption on March 29, 2023, of a resolution seeking an International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on climate change is a milestone in defining the human rights obligations of governments, Human Rights Watch said today.
The resolution was initiated by