The appointment by President Donald J. Trump of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an avowed anti-vaxxer, to be the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in early 2025 was the beginning of the end to federal support for people’s health in the United States. Kennedy started by slashing funding for millions of…
WASHINGTON — The intention behind the Oslo Accords, one can argue, was made evident when, almost to the day on the 25th anniversary of the accords, the U.S. closed the PLO mission in Washington. The State Department cited the Palestinian failure to “advance the start of direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel,” according to a…
It is time to pose a question: Are Israeli settlers civilians? Or are they illegal occupiers? A group of Israeli settlers made the move, to seize land in East Hebron (al-Khalil) last Monday (06/03/18), setting up camp – adjacent to the ‘Kharsina settlement’ – backed by an entourage of heavily armed soldiers. This move threatens three Palestinian families, with fears that…
The appointment by President Donald J. Trump of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an avowed anti-vaxxer, to be the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in early 2025 was the beginning of the end to federal support for people’s health in the United States. Kennedy started by slashing funding for millions of…
Home » Prisons: tear them down » Protest at SCI Mahanoy demands eye treatment for Mumia WW Photo: Gil Obler Activists from three states –– Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York ––gathered Aug. 31 outside Mahanoy State Correctional Institute in Frackville, Pennsylvania, to demand immediate medical treatment for Mumia Abu-Jamal, whose eyesight has been severely…
The 25th summit of the 20 heads of state and government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held in Tianjin, China, near Shanghai, on August 31 and September 1. The SCO is now the most important international organization. Speaking at the event, Chinese President Xi Jinping, who held the rotating chairmanship of the SCO,…
