OK

Today is World AIDS Day. It was first observed on December 1, 1988 to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic and to provide information concerning it. It was a WHO prohect until 1996 when the newly founded Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS...

No administration likes leaks, except for the leaks they send out on purpose, such as trial balloons in order to find out how popular an idea might be, or to smear a foe or to praise a friend. The ...

"The true father of our national literature." That's how H.L. Mencken described the force of nature that was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain. If ever there was a person whose bullshit detector went to 11, it was him. Also in his corner:...

Welcome back friends to the Monday Good News Roundup, that time of the week when your intrepid GNR Newsroom (Myself, Killer300, Bhu, and the GNR Discord ) bring you all the good news to start your ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the US-proposed peace plan aims to ensure Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and economic development, during the US-Ukrainian talks in Hallandale Beach, Florida on November 30. Other Key Takeaways:...

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, , annetteboardman, Besame,and jck,. Alumni editors ...

Short-Attention-Span Security Theatre. Installing a toll plaza on the “cocaine superhighway to the United States” Donald Trump has said he will grant a pardon to Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras who is serving a 45-year prison...

The diary�for today’s meeting didn’t manifest, so I’m throwing this together and asking you a�basic question to give us a place to hang comments. It’s�one of the top five basic questions for ...

The Autopen Gambit: When Political Theater Costs Billions President Trump just announced he's canceling "all Executive Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden, because the people who operated the Autopen did so...

Welcome to Street Prophets Sunday Coffee Hour.� This is an open thread so grab something to drink and sit a spell and let us know what is new with you. I have always said the most important person ...

Automobiles were first developed in Germany in the late nineteenth century. During the first decade of the twentieth century, automobile manufacturing began moving from hand-made cars to mass ...

Speech to a man is not an invitation to a dialog as it is with women but the declaration, in a simple laconic statement, of their world view at the moment as uncontested fact — even if no one else either agrees or has any idea what he is talking about....

Sound up Holy Shit! This is where my story ends. Anything between this and the comments has nothing to do with me. ZT

How do oligarchies and their crony capitalists manage to dominate our lives: Five points on the current treachery First, the WSJ story highlights all of the downsides to Trump’s brand of start-up diplomacy. Both Witkoff and the Russians had little...

Humans— Homo sapiens —first evolved in Africa and were biologically adapted to life in a warm climate. When humans left Africa and began their migrations north into Europe and Asia, they had to ...

Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 290 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you�

Making the military into media production extras, Trump can do things in DC he hasn’t been able to do elsewhere in the country. We deport. You decide. Original RIFF on original Nothing in her mission suggested she would die on a street corner while...

We began posting Good News Roundups (GNRs) in 2017. Our writers collect upbeat news about the nation and world, news that we do not get from down-beating corporate media. Choosing not to flee or freeze, with the help of Good News Roundups we engage...

It’s always about the money, unfortunately US/Russian money. The war will end when Russia leaves. And crony capitalism will be all the more wealthier. Trump, Kushner, and Witkoff tried to sell out Ukraine, the U.S., and Europe for money. It's so bad...

Just to supplement Sabrina Haake’s post currently on the Rec list: Juliette Kayyem was Massachusetts’�Undersecretary for Homeland Security and served as Undersecretary for Intergovernmental ...

Many Native women promote�the true story of Thanksgiving:� Ramona Peters : The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving: After Squanto’s aid with corn and other planting, the pilgrims had a ...