Hard-pressed communities have been reopening schools for girls up to grade 12, Barbara Crossette reports.
Rural Taliban Accept Plan to Keep Educating Afghan Girls
Author: corinna barnard
Vijay Prashad: Pandemic Worsens the Old Divides
Vijay Prashad hails socialist educational programs that have stuck to their core principles and defied overall trends during the pandemic.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Maestro of Messes
Biden apparently dreamed of the presidency for decades. And now as his first year in office draws to a close we must reflect on how perilous it often turns out to be when dreams come true.
Chris Hedges: The Execution of Julian Assange
He committed empire’s greatest sin. He exposed it as a criminal enterprise. And empires always kill those who inflict deep and serious wounds.
Israel Pushes Hardline in Iran Nuclear Talks
Along with verbal appeals, Israel is preparing militarily, write Ariel Gold and Medea Benjamin.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Macron’s Treacherous Role in Lebanon
Here is an example of a Western power directly intervening to spread the tyrannical rule of Saudi Arabia over other Arab countries, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
Assange: The Masks are Crumbling
The U.S. and its allies don’t care about press freedom beyond the extent it can be used to conduct propaganda, writes Caitlin Johnstone after the High Court’s ruling against Julian Assange.
Australia Captured
Michelle Fahy investigates the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s development of deep connections to the world’s largest and most powerful military weapons manufacturers.
2021 Nobel Peace Prize: Freedom for the Press or the US?
The Nobel awarders will present the peace prize on Friday with full confidence they will once again get away with the betrayal of the antimilitarist purpose at the heart of Alfred Nobel’s testament in 1895, writes Fredrik S. Heffermehl.
The Tribal Left’s Mirror Image of Tribal Right
Truly liberating oneself from propaganda and transcending the identities that have been largely manufactured is the riskiest of ventures, writes Jonathan Cook.