WHO: Depression Largest Cause of Disability Worldwide
More than 300 million people, or more than four percent of the global population, were living with depression in 2015 – an 18-percent increase over a 10-year period. New figures released Thursday by the World Health Organization show that depression was increasing worldwide and now was the leading cause of global mental and physical disability.
Trump Just Allowed Private Prisons To Make Huge Profits: Bernie Sanders
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders alleged that President Donald Trump received “hundreds of thousands of dollars” for his presidential campaign from private prison companies and is now paying them back by “opening the floodgates” for them to make huge profits. “This is how our corrupt political and campaign finance system works,” Sanders said in a press […]
How Iranian filmmakers like Asghar Farhadi defy the censors
Politics loom over this year’s Oscars, with many bracing for what the winners will – or won’t – say when they ascend the stage before millions of television viewers on Feb. 26. One nominee, however, has already made a statement. Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s
The world’s ‘most sophisticated nerve agent’ was used to kill the brother of North Korea’s leader
The nerve agent that was used to kill Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, is among the most deadly chemical weapons developed. It’s also been banned by the United Nations. According to Malaysian investigators, two female suspects coated their hands with the liquid toxin and wiped it on Kim Jong-nam’s face as […]
Macedonia is infamous for fake news. This woman is trying to combat it with real journalism.
The tiny Balkan state of Macedonia, with a population just a quarter the size of New York City’s, received an outsized spotlight in Western media last fall. A BuzzFeed news investigation revealed that teenagers in the town of Veles, Macedonia were making a small fortune creating pro-Donald Trump fake news stories. The teens were happy […]
White House Criticized After Blocking Outlets from Briefing
The White House came under sharp criticism Friday after blocking a number of news outlets from a daily question-and-answer session with Press Secretary Sean Spicer. Several news organizations that have been critical of President Donald Trump, including CNN and The New York Times, were among the outlets not allowed to cover the briefing. Some outlets […]