(Photo: Guiggyt4 via Shutterstock) Attorneys for New York state and the Trump administration are set to square off in Manhattan next month over a provision of the 2017 federal tax law that capped the amount individuals can deduct from their state and local taxes, or SALT. . ..…
Gulf Centre for Human Rights welcomes the news that imprisoned human rights defender and Ahmed Mansoor may have ended his hunger strike, while reiterating calls for his immediate release. ..…
On July 26, 2018, thousands of protesters, led by Abuelas del Plaza de Mayo, marched Argentina to oppose President Mauricio Macri's plans to empower the military to engage in domestic policing. ..…
In response to the continued, indefensible attacks by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other terror groups, Israel has right and responsibility to defend and its citizens militarily from further violence. Nita Lowey of New York, Appropriations Committee, Ted Deutch of Florida, Ethics..…
Due to court rulings and broken asylum laws, CBP began releasing “non-criminal” migrants and children directly to NGOs and to bus stations (daytime only). Since the new program began on March 19, Border Patrol agents released more than 30,000 migrants, the official stated. . ..…
Nehru, backed by team and solidly organized Congress, had almost two decades until his death in 1964 to guide and consolidate the new state of India.. Liaquat did not see urgency for holding elections at the national level or creating constitution, since he was concerned about the in the..…
“An independently-elected vice president would give American voters a new level of direct control over who serves in the White House,” Vice.run says on its website. ..…
the number of people in prisons and jails America has declined, numbers released on Thursday, April 25, by Bureau of Justice Statistics still show that nearly 1.5 million individuals were prison by the end of 2017.. ..…
WASHINGTON — The human rights and unionists rights Brazil, under new right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, is direr two top unionists and one of their consultants from South American republic said at meeting at AFL-CIO headquarters here yesterday.. ..…
From 2008 to 2018, Medicaid was the driver of the 42 percent increase in total federal grants to states ( See. ..…
Ten years newly unsealed internal report confirms his death was most likely not accident and that one officer involved in the deadly shooting lied about the facts of that tragic night. ..…
Madonna used speech at Annual GLAAD Media Awards New York City on Sunday to encourage people to fight and advocate for LGBTQ rights.. ..…
Victims of the 2010-11 post-election crisis hold placards reading 'We claim justice, justice at in Kouassai district of Abidjan on February 28, 2013, during International Criminal Court's confirmation of charges hearing against former Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo © 2013 Sia Kambou AFP Getty Images.. ..…
GELLER Munich SHOOTER was MUSLIM who lured children to their deaths on Facebook . ..…
But before their vote, commissioners heard comments from dozens of parents and others who identified themselves as Christians and said, among other things, that the new guidelines are part of an LGBTQ “agenda” and “sexualize” California’s schoolchildren. . “Homosexuality is not a..…
When New Day host John Berman asked Santorum about Graham’s comments, Santorum was quick to respond that Graham’ had the right to say them. . ..…
Winger said there were 12 cases where criminals were running for office, and there was not one dissent from any court, upholding their right to run. . “It’s Unconstitutional because it directly or indirectly creates a new eligibility requirement that Article II of the..…
'If these actions take place — if they do by some third-party proxy, a militia group, Hezbollah — we will hold the Iranian leadership directly accountable for that.' . The announcement comes two days after the Trump administration imposed new limits on Iran's nuclear activities. ..…
Authorities arrested Naif al-Hindas and bloggers and columnists Ali al-Saffar and Redha al-Boori. Committee to Protect Journalists 21 April 2019... ..…
murderer who has been on death row Nevada for 34 years returned to court Monday to try to get his execution sentence reduced to prison after federal appeals court ruled his rights were violated during the phase of his original trial.. ..…
Adulterers risk death by stoning too, while thieves face amputation of a right hand on their first offense and a left foot on their second. The new laws apply to children and foreigners, even if they are not Muslim. . . . . . ..…
Guns and Butter War and Militarism Triggers Social Inequality and Poverty By Ken Stone, May 06, 2019.. ..…
Veganism has attracted sixty-million new British recruits overnight after two separate milkshakes were found to contain traces of far-right activist, Tommy Robinson.. ..…
It's no secret that Saudi Arabia has poured sum of dollars both from government and private donors into American colleges to promote whitewashed Islamic studies and influence opinions on Middle East. ..…
the military has taken to dictating to journalists what to call ethnic armed forces, forbidding, for instance, the use of 'Arakan Army, and instead calling it 'AA rebel group media reports... ..…
This new media landscape severely curtails citizens’ right to access to independent and critical information. ..…
Vali Nasr, dean of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, noted that Trump administration has yet to put forward any clear evidence to support claims that Iran is planning new attack on American forces in the region. He pointed to heightened level of tension that always..…
Poll Power The Voter Education Project and the Movement for the Ballot in American SouthToday we welcome guest post from Evan Faulkenbury, author of Poll Power The Voter Education Project and the Movement for the Ballot in American South, just published by UNC Press.. ..…
Brazil's so-called cultural war has affected all of Brazil. ..…
Given popular support among center-right-wing voters for annexation of the settlement blocs, the new coalition will probably try to force the opposition to take a stand on this question. ..…
Setting a new direction . Asia EDGE can be the vehicle to right President Trump’s misguided approach to energy cooperation and climate in the world’s most consequential region. ..…
Officers of Karapatan, Rural Missionaries of Philippines and Gabriela file petition for writ of amparo and writ of habeas data before Supreme Court, May 6.. ..…
L-R Malou Mangahas of PCIJ, Ellen Tordesillas of Vera Files, Luis Teodoro of CMFR, Nonoy Espina of NUJP, Maria Ressa of Rappler, Inday Espina-Varona of ABS-CBN Raymund Villanueva of Kodao and Altermidya, present the situtation of press in Philippines, May 3.. ..…
Retired NFL Benjamin Watson rallies against abortion at 'Alive From New York event hosted by Focus on Family Times Square New York City on Saturday May 4, 2019. Pro-life supporters at 'Alive From New York event hosted by Focus on Family Times Square..…
By the performance of the in the election, I've been appalled. ..…
While Oxford had long been the indoctrination center of young elites for centuries prior, now with the Rhodes Scholarship program in place, a new level of standardization had been initiated. ... Knowing that a fearful mob tends to fall into extremes, the CIIA’s creation of a..…
After provoking a new confrontation with Russia in the Maidan Square protests, Washington (despite the change of administration from President Obama to President Trump) has pursued the same strategy: transforming Europe into the forefront of a new cold war to the advantage of US interests..…