News & Views | 07.14.15 Featured...  | | Opening Historic 'Possibility of Peace,' World Powers Clinch Iran Deal
by Sarah Lazare
Following years of arduous negotiations, and decades of hostile relations, Iran and world powers on Tuesday announced a nuclear agreement that proponents say provides a historic opening for military deescalation, relief from devastating sanctions, and ultimately, peace. | | | | | News...  | | Under Pressure from Europe, Tsipras Tries to Sell 'Unviable' Austerity Deal to Syriza
by Deirdre Fulton
As a Wednesday deadline loomed for Greece to pass a package of harsh austerity measures in exchange for a fresh €86 billion bailout, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with furious members of his left-wing Syriza party behind closed doors. | | | | |  | | With Iran Deal Reached, Now US Anti-War Base Must Mobilize to Defend It
by Sarah Lazare
Public polling shows that the deal has majority support among the U.S. public. Furthermore, many from Iranian civil society have called for an agreement, which they say provides a critical path to relief from devastating sanctions, isolation, and the threat of war. However, Congress could still derail the diplomatic process. | | | | |  | | Filmmaker Laura Poitras Sues US Over 'Kafkaesque' Harassment
by Nadia Prupis
Poitras has been detained, searched without warrant, interrogated for hours, and had vital belongings confiscated more than 50 times over the course of six years—without ever being charged with a crime. | | | | |  | | 'Money Isn't Justice': Eric Garner Family Calls for Real Accountability
by Deirdre Fulton
"No amount of money is going to heal our pain...we're just in search of justice," Eric Garner's daughter Erica said Monday night, as she led a rally on Staten Island to protest her father's death. | | | | |  | | Amid Torture Scandal, APA Officials Step Down
by Nadia Prupis
Behnke's communications with Anderson, Honaker, Farberman, and others at that time showed an intention to curry favor with intelligence agencies. | | | | |  | | Black Children Almost 4 Times More Likely to Grow Up Poor Than Whites
by Lauren McCauley
Despite the fact that white children in the U.S. outnumber black children by at least 3 to 1, at 4.2 million, the number of black children living beneath the poverty line exceeds the 4.1 million impoverished white children. | | | | more news... | Views...  | | Education: The Next Corporate Frontier
by Kristen Steele
Education has profound implications for the economy, for human wellbeing, and for the future of life on this planet. It is about both what and how we teach children. Do we want private investors and corporations to decide that? | | | | |  | | House Ag Committee Says ‘No’ to GMO Labeling, What’s Next?
by Katherine Paul
If we don’t stop it in the House next week, this “Mother of All Monsanto Protection Acts”, the fight will take place next in the U.S. Senate before summer’s end. | | | | |  | | How Trade Activism and Divestment Go Hand-in-Hand
by Sidni Frederick
The campaigns for fair trade and fossil fuel divestment are both critical components of a common movement to keep carbon in the ground and prevent companies from profiting off of the destruction of our planet. | | | | |  | | Reaction to Greece Austerity Deal: '#ThisIsACoup'
by Isaiah Poole
It is pretty explicit that Greece is now being punished by German chancellor Angela Merkel and her government for its people’s act of defiance of her will and that of Europe’s financial overlords. | | | |  | | Natural Systems and an Agricultural Philosophy in Punjab
by The 9x9 Film Festival
It has been proved, beyond doubt that the natural systems of farming benefit, not only human health but also the health of the environment in a long term and sustainable way. This is a narrative that looks at the cause, the symptom and finally a possible solution by one of the more progressive farmers in Punjab, Amarjeet Sharma. | | | | |  | | Media Refs Should Call Foul on Bogus Arguments Against Iran Deal
by Robert Naiman
If opponents of the deal were allowed to introduce irrelevant criteria into the debate, then they could rig the debate for their side. Thus, it's the responsibility of the media referees not to enable opponents of the deal to introduce irrelevant criteria into the debate. | | | | more views... | Newswire... |
