The Omicron Shame: Why is the World Punishing instead of Helping Africa? | Ramzy Baroud

Africa steps up Omicron variant detection as COVID-19 cases rise. (Photo: Marta Villa Monge, via WHO) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 13, 2021 The decision by several governments across the glo ...

On ‘Gassing the Arabs’ and Other Diseases: Is Israel a ‘Sick Society'? | Ramzy Baroud

Israeli President Isaac Herzog storm the Ibrahimi Mosque accompanied by settler leaders and Knesset members. (Photo: via QNN) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 8, 2021 For whatever reason, some m ...

Belgium is on the Right Track, but Europe has Failed Palestine | Ramzy Baroud

EU Representative Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff visits Palestinian communities threatened by settlement expansion around East Jerusalem. (Photo: via EUD Palestine) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 1, ...

An Empire of Dreams | John Michael Greer

Dec. 1, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- There’s a fond belief among the comfortable classes of our time, and for that matter every other time, that the future can be arranged in advance through reasonable di ...

Why the Palestinian Voice Should Take Center Stage | Ramzy Baroud

Palestinian activists Mohammed and Muna El-Kurd. (Photo: via Twitter) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 24, 2021 At a recent New York event, the President of the Foreign Press Association Ian Wil ...

“Harnessing social media to help solve and predict crime” — Mickey Z.

; Still image from the 2002 film, Minority Report Mickey Z. — World News Trust November 19, 2021 On January 30, 2020, The Brennan Center for Justice sent a letter to the Los Angeles Police Department ...

From Pegasus to Blue Wolf: How Israel’s ‘Security’ Experiment in Palestine Became Global | Ramzy Baroud

An Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank. (Photo: File) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 17, 2021 The revelation, a few years ago, that the U.S. National Security Agency has been conducti ...

Bill Gates Should Know Better: How the Israeli Occupation Ravages the Environment in Palestine | Ramzy Baroud

American business magnate Bill Gates (L) with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. (Photo: video grab) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 10, 2021 Those who are not familiar with how Israel, pa ...

The Next European War | John Michael Greer

Nov. 3, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- The notion that history has nothing to teach us is one of the most pervasive beliefs in modern industrial society. It’s also one of the most misguided. Sure, we’ve got ...

Words without Action: The West’s Role in Israel’s Illegal Settlement Expansion | Ramzy Baroud

Israel is accelerating settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. (Photo: ActiveStills.org) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 3, 2021 The international uproar in response to Israel’s approva ...

The West’s China Complex: Beijing as the Enemy and the Savior | Ramzy Baroud

Modern buildings in Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), Tianjin, China. (Photo: Alexander Needham, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 2, 2021 “Could Chin ...