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Israel’s Middle East Allies Are Brutal Dictatorships That Regularly Violate Human Rights

Popularly known as the Middle East’s only democracy, Israel’s military might and occupation of Palestine depend on the support of two brutal, repressive allies in the region.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Both Saudi and Israel need to remain close in order to maintain their artificial desert fiefdoms.

JERUSALEM --- According to its supporters, Israel is the “only democracy” in the Middle East, and is often described as a Jewish nation surrounded by Arab enemies. Although this status is debatable, given its mistreatment and disenfranchisement of both occupied Palestinian and Israeli minority populations, it’s also worth noting that the country

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Bernie Sanders & Jill Stein’s College Plans Treat Education As A Human Right

While Hillary Clinton promises to make college more affordable if elected, both Stein and Sanders have rolled out bold plans to slash student debt and make education accessible to all.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the Des Moines Youth Summit, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, at Creative Visions in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

WASHINGTON --- With presidential candidates hoping to court young voters, it’s not surprising that the student debt crisis and the rising cost of a college education have become key campaign issues. While Hillary Clinton has promised to make college more affordable, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Dr. Jill Stein want to make it accessible to

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Saudi Royal Calls For Regime Change In Riyadh

Plea by grandson of state’s founder comes as falling oil prices, war in Yemen and loss of faith in authority buffet leadership of King Salman.

The Guardian
By The Guardian
Saudi King Salman, left, speaks with his son Prince Mohammed bin Salman as they wait for Gulf Arab leaders ahead of the opening of a Gulf Cooperation Council summit, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday, April 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A senior Saudi prince has launched an unprecedented call for change in the country’s leadership, as it faces its biggest challenge in years in the form of war, plummeting oil prices and criticism of its management of Mecca, scene of last week’s hajj tragedy. The prince, one of the grandsons of the state’s founder, Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, has told

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FBI Will Begin Collecting And Publicizing Information About Police Shootings Of Civilians

Federal law enforcement officials have acknowledged in the last year a lack of reliable data about how often police officers use force in the line of duty.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Police Shooting Missouri

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI will begin collecting and providing to the public more information about police shootings of civilians, FBI Director James Comey said Monday as the agency released annual data on crime nationwide. Federal law enforcement officials have acknowledged in the last year a lack of reliable data about how often police officers

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Putin: Do You Realize What You Have Done? Putin Speaks To UN About Syria

“Instead of the triumph of democracy and progress, we got violence, poverty and social disaster — and nobody cares a bit about human rights, including the right to life,”

CNBC
By CNBC
Russian President President Vladimir Putin addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the U.N. on Monday that those who supported democratic revolutions in the Middle East are to blame for the rise of a globally ambitious Islamic State. "Instead of the triumph of democracy and progress, we got violence, poverty and social disaster — and nobody cares a bit about human rights, including the

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DARPA Is Testing Implanting Chips In Soldiers’ Brains

“Are hunter-killer robots right around the bend?”

Fusion
By Fusion
U.S. soldiers

For decades, DARPA, the secretive research arm of the Department of Defense, has dreamed of turning soldiers into cyborgs. And now it’s finally happening. The agency has funded projects that involve implanting chips into soldiers’ brains that could one day enhance performance on the battlefield and repair traumatized brains once the fog of war has

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