Peacekeeping: Fiction vs. Reality

The word peacekeeping is like the word terrorism: it is meaningless on its own and able to be molded to serve the interests of a political clique. Like Alex P. Schmidt's description of terrorism in The Routledge Handbook of Terrorism Research , peacekeeping "is usually an instrument for the attempted realization of a politicala project that perpetrators lacking mass support are seeking."

Identity politics? No, a political identity

Republicans disdainfully call it "identity politics," this outreach by Democrats to the many target audiences that make up what we used to call "the melting pot" but is more accurately described as the patchwork quilt comprising the American people. That's because, when they think of "the voter," "the people," "REAL Amurricans," Republicans have a very clear image in mind: a middle-aged white man with a middle-class job, a wife and kids who are dependent on him, and the grandparents, who are also white and live in the suburbs or a retirement community.

Neoliberalism-Induced Mental Illness Is Crushing the Bodies and Minds of Millions

Societies worldwide are suffering epidemics of mental illness because "human beings, the ultrasocial mammals, whose brains are wired to respond to other people, are being peeled apart," writes George Monbiot at The Guardian. "Though our wellbeing is inextricably linked to the lives of others, everywhere we are told that we will prosper through competitive self-interest and extreme individualism."

Trump got to speak a minute longer than Clinton did, but still spent debate whining it wasn’t more

Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even come close... Donald Trump has gone too far with his attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son Army Capt. Humayun Khan... A Donald Trump White House would be a disaster, and this goes way beyond any ideological difference.

Trump finally enough of an electoral drag for GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte to support his ouster

Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even come close... Donald Trump has gone too far with his attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son Army Capt. Humayun Khan... A Donald Trump White House would be a disaster, and this goes way beyond any ideological difference.

Many outright lies by Trump in debate

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listens to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the second presidential debate. Donald Trump mischaracterized the record on Hillary Clinton's defense of her husband and her own treatment of women when he brought up Bill Clinton's sexual history and other episodes of the past.

The Age of Decline, Apple Pie, and America’s Chosen Suicide Bomber

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump casts a shadow as he speaks at the Polish National Alliance in Chicago, Wed., Sept. 28. From the moment the first scribe etched a paean of praise to Nebuchadnezzar into a stone tablet, it's reasonable to conclude that never in history has the media covered a single human being as it has Donald Trump.

Amid growing calls to drop out, Trump vows to ‘never withdraw’

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump released a video statement saying comments from a 2005 video in which he bragged about groping women emerged "don't reflect" who he is. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said in an interview Saturday that he would not drop out of the race under any circumstances, following calls from several in his party to do so.

Border Patrol Union Official Feeds Trump’s Craven Victimization Fantasies

Since Republican primary voters nominated a racist, sexist, xenophobic conspiracy-monger as their party's standard-bearer, we'll have to put up with that asshole's dangerous demagoguery until future President Hillary kicks his ass on November 8. That's just the way democracy works when the electorate comprises millions of petulant, overgrown toddlers with massive persecution complexes. But is there no recourse when public sector union officials lie to inflame anti-immigrant sentiment on a candidate's behalf? That appears to have happened during a meeting today between Trump and several National Border Patrol Council officials.

Paul Ryan’s Steamroller

An outtake from the Paul Ryan photo shoot that was inspired by his Facebook photos showing him working out with P90X creator Tony Horton If Donald Trump is elected president and Republicans hold onto Congress, House Speaker Paul Ryan is bluntly promising to ram a partisan agenda through Capitol Hill next year, with Obamacare repeal and trillion-dollar tax cuts likely at the top of the list. And Democrats would be utterly defenseless to stop them.

Israeli Military seizes Female Gaza aid Flotilla

Group including Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire aimed 'to highlight the vital role women play not only in the resistance movement, but in the survival of the Palestinian people as a whole'. The Israeli navy on Wednesday stopped a boat carrying international female activists, preventing them from breaking the blockade of Gaza.

NSA again hacked by own Contractor, but wants us to trust them with our Data

A National Security Agency contractor has been arrested and charged with stealing highly classified information, U.S. authorities said Wednesday, a data breach that could result in a damaging new leak about the U.S. government's surveillance efforts. The contractor was identified as Harold Thomas Martin who worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, the same firm that renowned whistleblower Edward Snowden worked for.

Death by the numbers: A year of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel

In October 2015 began what has been in turn called a wave of unrest, a Palestinian upheaval, or even the "Jerusalem Intifada." Whatever the name, the past year has seen an intensification of deadly violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel.