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No media organization is more influential in shaping the way American policymakers and news outlets think about Israel and Palestine than the New York Times. But with some notable exceptions, the Times has done a shamefully poor job of including…

This week show starts with Belaez, Colombian singer visiting New York and continue with Vania Andre to discuss the Dominican Republic’s discrimination against Haitians

Obama just signed a blank check for endless war in Afghanistan and one congresswoman is not having it. Journalist John Nichols, reporting on US Representative Barbara Lee, a lady who has always had the clearest vision when it comes to…

President Obama’s decision to prolong the U.S. led war in Afghanistan only ensures U.S. responsibility for more death and destruction. Veterans For Peace condemns the decision and calls on the U.S. public to say no to more war. Today, President…

When Peace Activists Met With the U.S. Institute of Peace By David Swanson http://worldbeyondwar.org/when-peace-activists-met-with-the-u-s-institute-of-peace/ I was part of a debate on Tuesday that involved a larger disagreement than any exhibited at the Democratic presidential candidates debate that evening. A group…

This week’s show starts with Belaez, Colombian singer visiting New York and continues with Delia Kim to discuss her Young Governors’ program.

With the slogan “Stop TTIP & CETA! For a fair world trade” about 250,000 people demonstrated today against the free trade agreement between the EU and the US (TTIP) and Canada (CETA). Never before have so many people gone to…

Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt became ‘symbols of the broader human rights catastrophe of the Pinochet dictatorship’ by Sarah Lazare, staff writer for Common Dreams Loved ones have long charged that U.S.-backed dictator Augusto Pinochet had a direct hand…

As the United States experiences more than one mass shooting per day, the issue of gun regulation is emerging as a hot topic on the 2016 presidential campaign trail. As Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has vowed to curb gun…

The former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is more worried about a terrorist group getting its hands on a nuclear weapon than a nation such as Iran obtaining and using one, reports David Proeber writing for The Pantagraph.…