Новости за 17.03.2017

The U.S.-Mexico border in Sasabe, Ariz. (Phillip Capper / CC 2.0) The release of President Trump’s budget proposal earlier this week has drawn criticism across the political spectrum for a variety of reasons, and many of them focused on potential massive cuts to federal agencies. What’s not getting a budget cut, however, is the president’s controversial wall along the U.S.-Mexican border. Politico reports: Mick Mulvaney, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said the... Читать дальше...

By Joseph Torres and Malkia Cyril / Free Press Ajit Pai (pictured at left), the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, could pose a threat to unfettered access to an open internet.

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network New research analyzes the decline of the region’s ecology by weighing natural variability and human factors.

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The musician we meet in this book looks back on his mid-’70s Beach Boys caricature with sympathy and dread. As his gentle voice emerges from the pages, a more definitive picture takes shape.

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Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer interviews author Joel Whitney (pictured) about the CIA’s anti-communist influence on journalism during the Cold War and the way it compares with anti-Russian sentiments in the U.S. today.

The ’80s and ’90s brought welcome advances for female filmmakers. But would the bias that produced the term “chick flick” remain? (Shown: A screen shot from Mira Nair’s 1991 film “Mississippi Masala.”)

Scapegoating immigrants absolves the true culprits—neoliberal capitalism and corporate greed—from blame. But this is too simplistic.

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Critics are concerned that the Supreme Court nominee won’t offer an adequate check on Donald Trump’s agenda.

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia headquarters in Beirut. (Wikimedia Commons) A new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) concludes that Israel has established an “apartheid regime.” The report is titled “Israeli Practices Toward the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid.” According to The Associated Press: Its authors conclude that “Israel has established an apartheid regime that systematically institutionalizes... Читать дальше...

By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch If you want to know where President Donald Trump came from, don’t look to reality TV or Twitter or even the rise of the alt-right. Look someplace far more improbable: Iraq.