(2019-03-27). Pompeo was a Firm Supporter of RussiaGate: Was he Jeopardizing Trump's Foreign Policy Initiatives? globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | It is worth noting that until the release of the Mueller report, Trump's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (and former CIA Director) was a firm supporter of the RussiaGate narrative. …
(2019-03-27). A Privileged Education: The US College Admissions Scandal. globalresearch.ca The oldest idea of history; the perennial problem of station: education. Get the child as far as possible so that he or she can be propelled, as if from a trebuchet across the ramparts of life. Nasty obstacles — one …
(2019-03-27). Cancer Cluster at California Elementary School Results in Removal of Sprint Cell Phone Tower. globalresearch.ca A Sprint cell phone tower will be removed from a California elementary school after four students and three teachers were diagnosed with cancer. | Weston Elementary School in Ripon, CA went on high alert after the controversy erupted two years ago …
(2019-03-27). Two Million Palestinians Are Victims of Israeli Airstrikes and Collective Punishment Policy… Gaza under 66 Israeli Airstrikes within 12 Hours, Rendering Dozens of Civilians Homeless after Destruction of Their Houses. globalresearch.ca On Monday and Tuesday, 25 and 26 March 2019, Israeli forces carried out dozens of airstrikes on various targets across the Gaza Strip. These airstrikes have been the most violent in recent months that have not spared civilians and displaced …
(2019-03-27). "The Opioid Crisis Isn't White": How the Lethal Epidemic Affects Communities of Color. democracynow.org 
As Oklahoma and Purdue Pharma reach a $270 million agreement in a lawsuit claiming the company knowingly helped create the opioid crisis responsible for nearly 50,000 deaths per year in the United States, we look at how the opioid crisis affects communities of color with Abdullah Shihipar, a graduate student of public health at Brown University who wrote an op-ed about his research for The New York Times headlined "The Opioid Crisis Isn't White."
(2019-03-27). 20 Years Ago, the NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia Established a New Criminal World Order. globalresearch.ca It is an attempt to make the whole world "get used to the fact" that in the new American-centered world order, where the US and their satellites are allowed to violate the basic provisions of the UN Charter and the …
(2019-03-27). Ukrainian Security Official Says Ukraine Shot Down MH-17. globalresearch.ca 298 Passengers and crew were murdered by Ukraine in order to create a propaganda attack on Russia. The filth that comprise the Western media and governments hid the truth for the sake of Washington's anti-Russian propaganda. | The security official says …
(2019-03-27). "The Africa Spring": The US Is Stoking Congo's "Deep State" Civil War in Order to "Contain" China. globalresearch.ca The "African Spring" seems ready to spread to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after there are visible signs that the US is stoking its "deep state" civil war in order create obstacles to China's hitherto unrestricted access to cobalt …
(2019-03-27). After Trump's Golan Heights Announcement, Israeli Politicians Now Pushing for US Recognition of West Bank as "Israeli" globalresearch.ca In 2016, longtime Trump advisor, and current ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, said Trump would recognize Israel's sovereignty over the entire West Bank if Israel "deemed it necessary." | *** | After U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he planned to unilaterally …
(2019-03-27). The Opioid Crisis Isn't White. truthout.org As Oklahoma and Purdue Pharma reach a $270 million agreement in a lawsuit claiming the company knowingly helped create the opioid crisis responsible for nearly 50,000 deaths per year in the United States, we look at how the opioid crisis affects communities of color with Abdullah Shihipar, a graduate student of public health at Brown University who wrote an op-ed about his research for The New York Times headlined "The Opioid Crisis Isn't White." | Transcript: | AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman. We're spending the hour on the opioid crisis…
(2019-03-27). Are Federal Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids Hurting Patients with Chronic Pain? democracynow.org 
As Oklahoma and Purdue Pharma reach a landmark settlement, we look at an underreported result of the opioid crisis: the underprescribing of opioids for patients who rely on them for pain management. This month, more than 300 doctors and medical researchers sent an open letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning patients have been harmed by a lack of clarity in guidelines for prescribing opioids. The CDC revised the guidelines for primary care physicians in 2016 in order to improve safety and reduce risks associated with long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain. But many say the new guidelin…
(2019-03-27). Down the Imperial Memory Hole with Venezuela. globalresearch.ca In George Orwell's 1984, the dictatorship of Oceania controlled perceptions by continuous propaganda broadcast through the "telescreen" and constant updating of news print so that the past would conform to the lies of the present. The device used to …
(2019-03-27). US Coalition in Syria Using ISIS at Al Tanf. globalresearch.ca ISIS is defeated, and the Syrian Defence Forces (SDF) announced the capture of thousands of ISIS terrorists in their custody, and the wives and children of the terrorists were taken to camps in north east Syria. The question on …
(2019-03-27). 2020: Ready or Not. America's Next Presidential Elections. globalresearch.ca Although the country is nowhere close to the next presidential election, twenty months away to be exact, yet my first Agita attack of the 2020 campaign season is expected at any time. I can feel it coming on. | To date, …
(2019-03-27). Video: Mueller Report Decimates 'Russiagate' Hoax — What's Next? globalresearch.ca The two-plus year great hoax has come to an end. Trump is not Putin's puppet, as the vast majority of the mainstream media and Democrats have claimed. There was no "collusion" with Russia. | So after so much wasted time and …
(2019-03-27). SPLC reacts to Facebook policy on white nationalism. splcenter.org The internet, and social media in particular, continues to be a powerful tool used by the radical right to accelerate the spread of hate into the mainstream.
(2019-03-27). OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma to Pay $270 Million Legal Settlement. truthout.org The state of Oklahoma has reached a $270 million agreement with Purdue Pharma — the makers of OxyContin — settling a lawsuit that claimed the company contributed to the deaths of thousands of Oklahoma residents by downplaying the risk of opioid addiction and overstating the drug's benefits. The state says more Oklahomans have died from opioids over the last decade than have been killed in vehicle accidents. More than $100 million from the settlement will fund a new addiction treatment and research center at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa. Barry Meier, author of Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit…
(2019-03-27). Don't Expect Kosovo to "Compromise" on Its "Independence" Anytime Soon. globalresearch.ca Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov confirmed everyone's suspicions last week when he said that he regards Kosovo's ultimatum-like demand to Serbia to recognize its "independence" as having been encouraged by the US. This shouldn't have surprised anyone since NATO's War on …
(2019-03-27). OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma to Pay $270 Million Legal Settlement That Will Fund Addiction Center. democracynow.org 
The state of Oklahoma has reached a $270 million agreement with Purdue Pharma—the makers of OxyContin—settling a lawsuit that claimed the company contributed to the deaths of thousands of Oklahoma residents by downplaying the risk of opioid addiction and overstating the drug's benefits. The state says more Oklahomans have died from opioids over the last decade than have been killed in vehicle accidents. More than $100 million from the settlement will fund a new addiction treatment and research center at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa. "It's really just the first move in what is a very complicated…
(2019-03-27). Victims of FBI Subversion Now Embrace America's Secret Police. globalresearch.ca It shouldn't come as a surprise the FBI and the DOJ obstructed justice last year when then acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe told the House Intelligence Committee to pound sand after Republicans demanded he hand over work-related texts. | The obstruction …
(2019-03-27). Video: Two Oligarchs and a Comedian Lead Ukraine's Presidential Race. globalresearch.ca On March 31, the first round of the 2019 presidential election will take place in Ukraine. A record number of candidates — 39 — is campaigning for the presidential post in the biggest country in Europe. Most of them have …
(2019-03-27). Phrase 'cultural Marxism' only antisemitic if you research it, Tories confirm. thecanary.co On 26 March, Tory MP Suella Braverman said: As Conservatives, we are engaged in a battle against cultural Marxism. The phrase 'cultural Marxism' is … | Read more Phrase 'cultural Marxism' only antisemitic if you research it, Tories confirm | By John Shafthauer
(2019-03-27). "Trump Time": How to Make Yourself an Exception to the Rule of Law. globalresearch.ca Events just fly by in the ever-accelerating rush of Trump Time, so it's easy enough to miss important ones in the chaos. Paul Manafort is sentenced twice and indicted a third time! Whoosh! Gone! | The Senate agrees with the …
(2019-03-27). Major: Ukraine Enacts Pro-Nazi Legislation, WWII Era Nazi Collaborators Given Veteran Status, Pensions. globalresearch.ca In Ukraine a law on the recognition of members of military operations of nationalist organizations as 'veterans', including those of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), who fought in support of the Hitler-led German Nazy effort banned in Russia, came into …
(2019-03-27). Islamic Center of Tallahassee and Students For Justice in Palestine hold solidarity vigil honoring Christchurch victims. liberationnews.org 
There was a touching show of unity as over 40 community members, both Muslim and non-Muslim, came to the steps of the Florida Historic Capitol to observe the candlelit vigil. The event started out with a few words from Imam Munir Alfarra, who said, "If I could tell him something I would say he did not waste his time to know about Muslims. To know how they pray, and when and where. To know that Muslims' doors are always open…"
(2019-03-27). Why the College Admissions Scandal Threatens the Disability Community. truthout.org The college cheating scandal involving multiple U.S. universities may have a number of consequences when it comes to the future of college admissions. One potential impact has disabled students very worried: the possibility that the incident may be used as a pretext to crack down on legally-mandated disability accommodations. | One of the ways the scam's coordinators smoothed the way for students who couldn't get into c…
(2019-03-27). Betsy DeVos Defends Cutting $18 Million in Special Olympics Funds. theantimedia.com (CD) — Critics expressed shock and anger Tuesday after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos defended the Trump administration's proposed budget, which cuts ten percent of her department's overall funding—including huge cuts to the Special Olympics—while increasing funds private charter school. Appearing before a House subcommittee on appropriations for the Education Department, DeVos told lawmakers that the proposed budget "focuses on …
(2019-03-27). Over One Million Paraguayans Live in Total Poverty. plenglish.com Asuncion, Mar 27 (Prensa Latina) In Paraguay, 1,679,810 people currently live in conditions of total poverty, according to data from the closing of 2018 of the General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys and Censuses (DGEEC).
(2019-03-27). O "Partido Americano" nas instituiàßàµes da Unià£o Europeia. globalresearch.ca "A Rússia já nà£o pode ser considerada um parceiro estratégico e a Unià£o Europeia deve estar pronta para impor-lhe novas sanàßàµes se ela continuar a violar o Direito Internacional": esta é a resoluàßà£o aprovada pelo Parlamento Europeu, em 12 de …
(2019-03-27). Beto O'Rourke's Free Ride on Charter Schools Won't Last for Long. theintercept.com When Beto O'Rourke ran for Senate in 2018, he highlighted the importance of public education and consistently said that he stood squarely in support of teachers. Given that his opponent was Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, that was more than enough to secure endorsements from both the Texas State Teachers Association and its parent union, the National Education Association. Teachers across the country helped fuel his small-dollar donor machine. | There was little reason, then, to probe Beto O'Rourke on charter schools. In the Democratic pres…
(2019-03-27). Demand Surges for DeVos to Cancel 'Unconscionable' Plan to Cut Special Olympics Funding. commondreams.org "To take money away from the Special Olympics at the same time that Betsy DeVos has a 15 percent increase in executive [salaries] in her budget makes no sense whatsoever." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2019-03-27). Teacher: One Woman's Struggle to Keep the Heart in Teaching. wsws.org "It's almost as if our system doesn't need a reformation, it needs a re-creation. It's like we need to dismantle it and start again from the ground up."
(2019-03-26). "Suicide Is Preventable": Public Health Advocates Push to End Stigma After Parkland & Newtown Suicides. democracynow.org 
The father of a 6-year-old girl who was killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School was found dead by apparent suicide Monday. Jeremy Richman was a neuroscientist who, after the death of his daughter Avielle, founded the Avielle Foundation to support brain science research, with the ultimate goal of preventing violence and building compassion. The news of his death came just days after two students who survived last year's shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, died by suicide. An unnamed student died Saturday, according to local authorities, and 19-ye…
(2019-03-26). Selected Articles: RussiaGate and the Mueller Report. globalresearch.ca Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…
(2019-03-26). "Blood Gold" in La Rinconada, Devil's Paradise in Peru's Andes: A Crime Gang-run City, Human Rights do not Exist. globalresearch.ca Who buys this gold? Large corporations. One of them is the Swiss registered Metalor, among the world's largest gold foundries. Annually, 3,000 to 3,500 tons of gold are mined across the globe. Switzerland refines about 70-80% of all the gold in the world. An estimated 20% to 30% of it is considered 'blood gold'
(2019-03-26). US Red Lines for Digital Trade with the UK Cause Alarm. globalresearch.ca The US government has published its negotiating objectives for a trade deal with the UK, which include some worrying proposals on digital trade, including a ban on the disclosure of source code and algorithms, and potential restrictions on data protection….
(2019-03-26). War Crimes: 10 Children Killed by US Airstrike in Afghanistan. UN. globalresearch.ca Ten children, part of the same extended family, were killed by a US airstrike in Afghanistan, along with three adult civilians, the United Nations said on Monday. | The airstrike early on Saturday was part of a battle between the Taliban …
(2019-03-26). Trump's Golan Green Light Paves Way to Israel's Annexation of West Bank. globalresearch.ca When President Donald Trump moved the US embassy to occupied Jerusalem last year, effectively sabotaging any hope of establishing a viable Palestinian state, he tore up the international rulebook. | Last week, he trampled all over its remaining tattered pages. He …
(2019-03-26). Become a Member of Global Research — Receive Free Books! globalresearch.ca At Global Research, our mandate is to increase awareness on the broadest possible level while maintaining full independence in our reports and analyses. Our commitment is to make our articles and videos available to the broadest possible readership, on a …
(2019-03-26). Tampa students hold vigil for victims of Christchurch mosque shootings. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On March 21 University of South Florida (USF) students and Tampa community members gathered to commemorate the lives of the victims of the Christchurch New Zealand mosque shootings. Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) hosted the event and laid out 50 flowers on the lawn in front of the Marshall Student Center to represent each victim of the attack. | The shootings were committed by Brenton Tarrant. Tarrant was motivated by white-supremacist and alt-right ideas, such as xenophobia and anti-immigration, which he rambled about in a written statement. | "The bottom line is that white suprema…
(2019-03-26). Disinviting Jordan Peterson: the Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge and Approved Ideas. counterpunch.org He has sent so many cliques and groups into titters of anger, and the indignant have attempted to turn on him. The university environment should be the last place where dangerous ideas, and views, are stifled and stomped upon. In actual fact, we are seeing the reverse; from students unions to middle- and upper-managerial parasites More
(2019-03-26). School funding crisis in England threatens children's basic education. wsws.org Twenty five schools nationally have taken the drastic measure of shortening the school week due to funding constraints.
(2019-03-26). 8 Cases That Prove the FBI and CIA Were Out of Control Long Before Russiagate. theantimedia.com The survival of liberty depends on skepticism of government power—and make no mistake, that includes President Trump. (FEE) — Conservatives tend to have two bad habits. First, they're prone to viewing the past through a nostalgic lens. Second, they tend to instinctively give law enforcement the benefit of the doubt. These tendencies help explain why conservatives …
(2019-03-26). Thousands of young Moroccan teachers assaulted by anti-riot police. wsws.org Contract teachers have struck the Northern African country of Morocco since March 3 and mass protests have escalated.
(2019-03-26). Pittsburgh high school students protest acquittal of killer cop. wsws.org Hundreds of high school students and others took part in rally Monday in the fourth day of protests following the acquittal of the police officer who shot and killed 17-year-old Antwon Rose last year.
(2019-03-25). UN launches drive to highlight environmental cost of staying fashionable. un.org It takes around 7,500 litres of water to make a single pair of jeans, equivalent to the amount of water the average person drinks over a period of seven years. That's just one of the many startling facts to emerge from recent environmental research, which show that the cost of staying fashionable is a lot more than just the price tag.
(2019-03-25). Google flipped seats, shifted millions of votes to Dems in 2018 midterms, researcher tells RT. rt.com 
Google's biased search algorithm actually flipped seats in the 2018 US midterm elections, according to a researcher who found the search engine's "dramatically biased" results could have shifted over 78 million votes to Democrats.
(2019-03-25). Students call next big climate action. greenleft.org.au 
Hundreds of people turned out to the #ClimateElection kickstart event in Brisbane on March 25. This was the major event organisers encouraged participants in the March 15 School Strike to attend. | The most inspiring part of the night was the announcement of the next big action: on May 3. Details are still being worked out. | Demands of this campaign are: Stop Adani; No new coal, oil or gas; and for 100% renewable energy by 2030. | The timing has been set…
(2019-03-22). Why School Psychologists Are Worried About the Mental Health of America's Students. aclu.org A new ACLU report shows that millions of kids are in schools that have no mental health staff. One of the report's authors discusses the implications. | Earlier this month, thousands of school psychologists met in Atlanta at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists. One of the hottest topics among attendees was exhaustion — a consequence of having to serve more students who are experiencing more trauma and other mental health problems without more help in carrying the load. | It's not just school psychologists who are concerned about being short-staffed. I know of far too ma…
(2019-03-22). School Strike 4 Climate organiser: 'We need mass support to achieve change'. greenleft.org.au 
On March 15, students organised the biggest global strike for real action on climate change ever seen. More than 80 countries took part. | In Perth, 3000 students and supporters marched through the CBD, joining an estimated 150,000 people around the country. | Green Left Weekly's Chris Jenkins caught up with Mandurah high school student and protest organiser Chaela King about the strike and what is being planned next. | How did you find the protest? Did it meet your expectations? | I definitely wasn't expecting such a great turn out. The numbers on Facebook was nowhere near the 3000 or so people who came. I also…
