Will Kevin McCarthy retire from Congress this week?
WASHINGTON — Last Friday evening, as I prepared to go to a birthday party, I received a suspicious message. It was a tip about Kevin McCarthy.…
Kamala Harris breaks a slaveholder’s tiebreaking vote record
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris set a new record Tuesday that underscored the closely divided nature of modern politics, casting her 32nd tiebreaking vote in…
US sales of Palestinian keffiyehs soar, even as wearers targeted | Israel-Palestine conflict News
A growing number of Americans are donning the keffiyeh, the distinctive patterned scarf that’s closely linked with Palestinians, to demand a ceasefire to Israel’s attacks…
Indigenous advocacy leads to largest dam removal project in US history | Indigenous Rights News
Every fall, Barry McCovey, a member of the Yurok Tribe and director of tribal fisheries, takes his four children salmon fishing on the Klamath River,…
Understanding the ‘Islamic Revolution’: Comparative Study of Qutb, Maududi, and Khomeini
The concept of an ‘Islamic Revolution’ has been propounded by three influential ideologues of the 20th century: Iran’s Imam Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, Pakistan’s Syed Abul…
Hundreds of leaked documents reveal scale of EU corruption scandal – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Call them the Qatargate annual reports. A vast cache of leaked documents from the…
A way of saying ‘we shall overcome’: Playing football on Robben Island | Football
Cape Town, South Africa – One morning in December 1967, prison warders strode into Robben Island’s Cell Block 4 with a football and randomly chose…
Europe’s far right flexes anti-Brussels muscles as it opens EU campaign – POLITICO
FLORENCE, Italy — Europe’s right-wing leaders fired the opening salvo of their promised EU-wide election campaign at a rally of the hardline Identity and Democracy…
Officials declare Tustin hangar fire ‘fully extinguished’
Officials in Orange County declared Friday that the Tustin hangar fire is “fully extinguished” after 24 days, calling the blaze “one of the most challenging…
Counterintuitive Palestinian politics: Is Hamas treading a path paved by the PLO?
Spanish philosopher George Santayana didn’t have Palestine in mind when he coined the phrase, ‘history repeats itself.’ Yet, Mr. Santayana’s maxim may apply to Hamas…
History teaching challenged by limited time, curriculum overload and teaching pressures
The first general report by the Council of Europe Observatory on History Teaching in Europe (OHTE), released in Strasbourg today, highlights teachers’ concerns that crowded…
Benny Gantz eyes his moment to topple Israel’s Netanyahu – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. TEL AVIV — All eyes are on when retired general Benny Gantz is going…
To contend with Russia the West needs a deeper understanding of its military past
Western experts have greatly underestimated Russia, reports Responsible Statecraft. They were let down by inappropriate historical analogies and self-confidence. As a result, the mantras about…
Henry Kissinger dead at 100: World reacts to passing of divisive diplomat | Obituaries News
Henry Kissinger, the Nobel Prize-winning academic and American diplomat, died at the age of 100 on Wednesday. The “enigmatic realist“, who fled Nazi Germany for…