In Thailand, student-led, anti-government protests continue, with over 10,000 people taking to the streets Sunday, the largest demonstration since the 2014 coup put a military junta in power. Protesters are…
Louise Lucas, a Virginia state senator, among others, has been charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and injury to a monument in excess of $1,000. The charges come after…
“The weather station at Furnace Creek in Death Valley, California, reported a temperature of 54.4C, which is 130F, on Sunday 16 August,” said Clare Nullis, WMO spokesperson. “If validated, it…
Even if you know nothing about the era, you can probably assess that the "Great Depression" wasn’t a good time. A global economic depression that lasted from 1929 until the…
Congratulations to the inaugural winner of the Paper Brigade Award for New Israeli Fiction in Honor of Jane Weitzman: Maya Arad (Our Lady of Kazan), selected by guest judge and…
Antisemitism has been rising globally — not just in the United States — and while we may read about events in Britain, France, or other European countries, reports from Latin America are less frequent.…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae3dgp8lyIU Since 2015, 21 plaintiffs, now ages 13 to 24, have been suing the U.S. government for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty, personal safety, and property through their…
https://vimeo.com/753168801 A chronicle of resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), WE ARE UNARMED bears witness to this historic event from the first week of September 2016 to forced evacuation on February 23rd,…
The Japanese MV Wakashio, owned by the Nagashiki Shipping Company and operated by Mitsui OSK Line, has spilled oil off the Mauritius coast after hitting a reef near the Blue…
After being arrested and imprisoned in December 1943 by the Nazis for the “crime” of being Jewish, Daniele Israel secretly sent more than 250 letters to his wife, Anna, and children Vittorio and Dario, who were in…