RSN: Juan Cole | Can Palestinians Be Killed? Can Israelis Kill Them? Or Do They Only "Die"?
15 May 18
Juan Cole | Can Palestinians Be Killed? Can Israelis Kill Them? Or Do They Only "Die"?
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Social media is being scathing about the diction chosen by the New York Times, CNN and even the Guardian to speak of the some 55 peacefully protesting Palestinians whom Israeli snipers cold-bloodedly shot dead on Monday."
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Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Social media is being scathing about the diction chosen by the New York Times, CNN and even the Guardian to speak of the some 55 peacefully protesting Palestinians whom Israeli snipers cold-bloodedly shot dead on Monday."
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Ahmed Al-Rumaihi, a former Qatari diplomat, was photographed meeting with Michael Cohen and Michael Flynn in December 2016. (photo: Getty)
Michael Cohen's Meetings With Michael Flynn and a Qatari Diplomat Might Be the Key to Unlocking the Steele Dossier
Jeremy Stahl, Slate
Stahl writes: "The founder of a three-on-three basketball league who claims he was offered a bribe by a one-time Qatari diplomat to arrange access to Steve Bannon said on Monday that the former diplomat is the same person photographed with Michael Cohen at Trump Tower in December 2016."
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Jeremy Stahl, Slate
Stahl writes: "The founder of a three-on-three basketball league who claims he was offered a bribe by a one-time Qatari diplomat to arrange access to Steve Bannon said on Monday that the former diplomat is the same person photographed with Michael Cohen at Trump Tower in December 2016."
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'Something's wrong in America.' William Barber, a pastor, is one of the co-chairs of the Poor People's Campaign. (photo: Joshua Lott/Guardian)
The Poor People's Campaign: Hundreds Arrested as Activists Pick Up Where Martin Luther King Jr. Left Off
Lauren Gambino, Guardian UK
Gambino writes: "Hundreds of low-wage workers, faith leaders, civil rights organizers and liberal activists were arrested in demonstrations in Washington and in cities across the US on Monday as they resumed the work Martin Luther King left unfinished."
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Lauren Gambino, Guardian UK
Gambino writes: "Hundreds of low-wage workers, faith leaders, civil rights organizers and liberal activists were arrested in demonstrations in Washington and in cities across the US on Monday as they resumed the work Martin Luther King left unfinished."
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President Trump's pick to lead the CIA, Gina Haspel. (photo: Ting Shen/Xinhua)
Haspel Sticks by Senate Testimony That Appears to Contradict Government Records
Melanie Schmitz and Joshua Eaton, ThinkProgress
Schmitz writes: "Gina Haspel has doubled down on a claim she made during her confirmation hearing last week, in which she stated that a series of interrogation tapes destroyed by CIA officials in 2005 only contained footage 'of one detainee,' despite official inventory records proving otherwise."
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Melanie Schmitz and Joshua Eaton, ThinkProgress
Schmitz writes: "Gina Haspel has doubled down on a claim she made during her confirmation hearing last week, in which she stated that a series of interrogation tapes destroyed by CIA officials in 2005 only contained footage 'of one detainee,' despite official inventory records proving otherwise."
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Many drug makers have raised the prices of vital medications in the last few years. (photo: iStock)
After Outcry, Drugmakers Decide Not to Triple the Price of a Cancer Pill
Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Washington Post
Johnson writes: "Last week, two drug companies that jointly sell a blood-cancer drug made a rare decision: to not move forward with changes that would have effectively tripled the cost of a lifesaving medicine for some patients."
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Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Washington Post
Johnson writes: "Last week, two drug companies that jointly sell a blood-cancer drug made a rare decision: to not move forward with changes that would have effectively tripled the cost of a lifesaving medicine for some patients."
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Baby girls play inside the Life Line Trust orphanage in Salem, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, June 20, 2013. (photo: Reuters)
Study: Gender Bias Kills Over 200,000 Girls in India Each Year
teleSUR
Excerpt: "As cases of grave sexual violence against women continue to make headlines in India, another grim story has surfaced. According to a recently published study, gender discrimination in the South Asian country kills over 200,000 girls under the year of five-years-old annually."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "As cases of grave sexual violence against women continue to make headlines in India, another grim story has surfaced. According to a recently published study, gender discrimination in the South Asian country kills over 200,000 girls under the year of five-years-old annually."
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The chickens for cover crops committee. (photo: David Silverman/Getty)
California Is Turning Farms Into Carbon-Sucking Factories
Nathanael Johnson, Grist
Johnson writes: "These wonderfully complex machines are more high-tech than anything humans have designed. They're called plants."
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Nathanael Johnson, Grist
Johnson writes: "These wonderfully complex machines are more high-tech than anything humans have designed. They're called plants."
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