What the FBI Found in the Emails on Weiner’s Laptop
The Federal Bureau of Investigation determined that almost every email discovered in a laptop used primarily by the husband of an aide to Hillary Clinton was a duplicate of previously produced documents or personal emails, a person close to the case told Newsweek. As a result, FBI Director James Comey sent a letter to Congress […]
James Comey Is Unfit for Public Service
James Comey should not simply be fired as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He must be barred forever from any form of public service. In the last 10 days, Comey has whipsawed the election for president of the United States. Now we know he did it for no reason. When his agents found […]
USA – Fear for the future among New York’s Muslims on eve of election
A day before Americans vote in one of the most divisive presidential elections in decades, there is a palpable sense of tension among the citizens of Ozone Park, a quiet, residential neighbourhood in Queens, New York. People here have a reason to be more apprehensive than most: the area is home to a sizeable Muslim […]
How will US election affect Middle East policy?
No matter who wins Tuesday’s presidential election, one thing is clear: The United States will continue to meddle in the conflicts of the Middle East, analysts say. Barack Obama, who shied away from large-scale military intervention in favour of more covert drone warfare, will end his eight years of presidency with a deeply controversial legacy, […]
Why I will not vote in this US presidential election
Why would anyone want to vote in this toxic and ignominious US presidential election? Participating in a democratic process is a privilege that must restore one’s trust in public good. This particular election is the epitome of a disgraceful public spectacle of corruption on one side, and neo-fascism on the other.
The US homeless camps offering a lesson in democracy
Portland, Oregon, United States – When Marge Pettitt’s seven-year-old daughter broke down in tears in a homeless shelter in 2009, she made one of the hardest decisions of her life: Sending the child to live with her father, who had married another woman and moved into her apartment.
Muslims Targeted In Florida
Amid a national climate of tension and fear surrounding Islam in the United States, vandals reportedly spray painted signs outside of a Florida Islamic center Wednesday early morning with anti-Muslim messages. “F*** Islam,” the vandals wrote in all caps on the Alamin Center in Palm Beach. “F*** ISIS.” Officials told local news outlets that they […]
Trump Has Unleashed a Wave of Anti-Semitic Hatred
As a middle-class, white Ashkenazi Jew living in California in 2016, I’ve been privileged to avoid the systemic, cultural and interpersonal racism faced by many Muslims, immigrants and people of color across the U.S. today. However, my uncle was not as fortunate. He was a Holocaust survivor who saw his entire family killed in front […]
A 105-Year-Old Feminist Discusses the Election
Previously: A 103-Year-Old Feminist Critiques the 2016 Presidential Candidates Ruth Littman has lived through 26 presidential elections. She’s been voting since 1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt clobbered Herbert Hoover. She is as old as one Ted Cruz plus one Marco Rubio plus five North “Nori” Wests. Littman is 105. (Last week, she celebrated her birthday […]
Trump, Clinton Campaigns in Final Days Amid Voter Discontent
The campaigns of U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are criss-crossing the country in key battleground states in an attempt to energize voters as they enter the final weekend of a grueling and divisive campaign. A new poll has found that a great majority of voters are “disgusted” with two presidential hopefuls but […]