While France rises in the name of freedom of expression — under threat after the attack against Charlie Hebdo — a 34-year-old man was sentenced to 4 years in prison for making an apology for the Kouachi brothers — “There should be more Kouachi… . I hope you will be the next… . You are a godsend for terrorists” — would he … Read more
Twenty-four million dead. That is the egregious number that few people have overlooked in the decades since the end of the Second World War — number which symbolizes the dead Russian men, women, and children who died defending their motherland. It is no wonder then that Russians refer to the war as “The Great Patriotic War.” Since Putin has been in … Read more
After years of intensive smoking of cigarettes since 1979, James Mogga, a gardener with one of the hotels in Juba, South Sudan said he left smoking in 1989 in Oliji, a refugee camp in Adjumani, northern Uganda. He shares his experience as explained to the New Nation how he began smoking in 1979 during Amin’s … Read more
It’s all pomp and glory as the world welcomes the year 2015. Faithful from all over the globe last night gathered in places of worship to bid goodbye to the year 2014 and to usher in another year of possibilities. The year 2015 comes amidst challenges from the previous year and everyone waits to see how … Read more
Daily our algorithm-frazzled synapses are bombarded with self-help memes, cat videos and outraged politically correct protest (anti-) propaganda, all surely designed to infotain our Kardashian-raped, Cowell-infested sensibilities. Whilst bemoaning the fact that anything consumptively enjoyable will either bankrupt or kill you, we are also unremittingly told that either Iceland or Denmark for the 16th year … Read more
The year was 1997, the place was a slum area called Los Guidos, in San José, Costa Rica. Around 100,000 families live in very poor and sometimes inhuman conditions. Families are large, most are single mothers with 5 to 7 children of different fathers. Around 85 percent of the families are illegal Nicaraguan immigrants. It was a … Read more
In this in-depth guest post, Israeli soldier Josh Green, who has lived and worked side by side with the Israel’s Druze population, paints a picture of his experience and and familiarity with a group that accounts for a significant portion of the IDF. The Druze have a total population of around 1-2 million. The largest community lives in Syria. Approximately … Read more
Chile has been experiencing a nationwide surge in what has commonly become referred to as “detención ciudadana” or “civilian detention” otherwise characterized as vigilante justice. Read more about this trend in civilian vigilante justice: Vigilante justice spikes in Chile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NN458BxTCk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ8VDnD6ZXo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm_H6ZnFXN8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVAE2oGabGg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c141O-8rU1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgaYI9jUabk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYaeDnOW_tA Selected by Jay Verkamp Read more
Immigration is considered one of the biggest problems in many developed countries around the World. The United Nations estimates that approximately 4.5 percent of the world population are immigrants. The dream of many people who live in third world countries is to move to a developed country, believing that the moment they set foot in this … Read more
Every once in a while you hear about acts of selflessness. They are one time acts of compassion and putting others before yourself. One such story of selflessness that has spanned over 40 years started when David McCallion’s Grandfather gave him his Princess Mary tin and belt. That became a lifelong passion, and now David McCallion is the … Read more
History is usually written by the winners, not by the losers, and the way in which the history of slavery has been represented, for the most part, is as abolition, the triumph of abolition. So we’re trying to think again about that way of writing the history and put the whole slavery business and the … Read more
Stuff people who work in news will find funny: The proper way to leave an interview The proper way to enter an interview But there’s also this: Every month, a YouTube channel publishes a compilation of news bloopers. They’re called NewsBeFunny. Read more