Nermeen Shaikh
Nermeen Shaikh worked in research and non-governmental organizations before joining Democracy Now! She has an M.Phil. from Cambridge University and is the author of The Present as History: Critical Perspectives on Global Power (Columbia University Press). You can watch her TEDx talk here.
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Unworthy victims?
Reminder: Most of the victims of the global problem of out-of-control militarism don’t get the same attention from the Western press.
Six lessons for America: How endless Trumpist lawbreaking drives his fascist takeover scheme
Trump’s infamy expands quicker than Pinocchio's nose—so much so it’s dawning on even backward Americans that Trump has gone way too far.
“The new space race is going nuclear”
“The space nuclear industry is flying blind—blinded by its devotion to profit and power."
The Essentiality of Individualism in Modern America
The time for Individualism no longer belongs to the past; we must embrace it today.
New study reveals children born close to fracking more likely to develop childhood leukemia
Not only are children at a greater risk of developing ALL from toxic air pollution, but the study said that fracking also contaminates drinking water, which causes more exposure to cancer-linked chemicals.