UKRAINE

 

Ukraine: Anvil of the New Cold War

By Tom Hayden

 

The Mystery of a Ukrainian Army ‘Defector’

By Robert Parry

 

The Downing of Flight 17 Should Trigger Talks, Not More Violence

 

The Path to a New 1914?
How America Chose War After 9/11

By Jonathan Schell

 

 Democracy Now  Interview Katrina vanden Heuvel: With 100,000+ Displaced, Why Is U.S. Ignoring Ukraine’s Civil War?

Airliner Shot Down ‘By Mistake’ say US Officials

 

Killing Machines and the Madness of Militarism: From Gaza to Afghanistan

 

GAZA

Armed Robbery In Gaza: Israel, U.S. U.K. Carve Up the Spoils of Palestine’s Stolen Gas

 

Israel kills 107 people in Gaza Thursday:  At least 788 Palestinians have been killed and 5,118 have been injured since the beginning of the Israeli attack on the people of Gaza.

 

Israeli War Crime: Video Shows Sniper Killing of Wounded Gaza Civilian

 

Democracy Now:  Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Bombed in Their Homes and in the Streets, Where Can Gazans Flee?

 

Democracy Now:  Not In Our Name: Jewish Activists Arrested in Sit-in at Friends of Israel Defense Forces NYC Office

US Stands Alone in Vote Against UN Inquiry Into Gaza Assault

 

UN Human Rights Chief: Israel Assault on Gaza Resembles ‘War Crimes’

 

Hospital, UN Shelter Struck in Gaza as Massacre of Civilians Continues

 

Amy Goodman: Overcoming the Media Blockade in Gaza

 

SURVEILLANCE STATE / CIVIL LIBERTIES

 

The Secret Government Rulebook for Labelling You a Terrorist

Apple Denies It Built NSA a Backdoor for 600 Million Devices

 

ECONOMY

 

Thomas Piketty: Capitalism in Its Current Form Undermines Democracy

 

POLITICS

 

Elizabeth Warren: The New Populism Is a Fight for America’s Values

 

PRIVATIZATION

 

Thirsting for Democracy in Detroit: Activists Resist Water Service Shutoffs, Wall Street and Privatization

 

Canadian Group Delivering Water to Detroit to Protest Shutoffs

 

ENVIRONMENT

 

Pennsylvania Fracking Regulators ‘Woefully’ Unprepared, Says State Audit

 

Industry Pushes EPA to Roll Back Power Plant Regulations

 

Weak Oil-Train Regulations Don’t Go Nearly Far Enough, Experts Warn

 

FUKUSHIMA :

In the Wake of Fukushima: “Why I Left Tokyo”? Eastern Japan Contaminated with Radiation. “Metro Tokyo Should no Longer be Inhabited”

 

MEDICINE

 

CDC Head: Age of Antibiotic Resistance Is Nigh

 

HEALTH / GMO’S

 

Fine Print of the Food Wars: Monsanto and Biotech Industry Pushing for World Food Monopoly Through Seed Supply

By Vandana Shiva

 

EDUCATION

 

Diane Ravitch:

John Merrow Writes About the $2 Million Plus Spent on PR by Michelle Rhee