Matt Peppe
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The Irony of 'Hamilton' Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda's Advocacy For Puerto Rico
As the economic and humanitarian crisis has worsened in Puerto Rico in recent months, playwright and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, has given voice in interviews and Op-Eds to the severity of the crisis among ordinary Puerto Ricans. Miranda called the island's debt crisis a matter of "life and death," saying, "I have a lot of family who are struggling in Puerto Rico, that's not an abstract issue to… → Read More
Historian Jeff Herf taken to task for his criticism of the resolution against Israel
As the American Historical Association (AHA) prepares to vote this week on a symbolic resolution that affirms support for the right to education in the occupied Palestinian territories, apologists for the Israeli regime’s policies against Palestinians are putting forward nonsensical rationalizations for their opposition to the measure. Writing in History News Network, University of Maryland… → Read More
American Imperialism: The Left Defends The ‘Moderate’ Muslim
While we must defend Muslims in the face of Islamophobia, it shouldn't come attached to a defense of American military adventures in the Middle East. → Read More
'60 Minutes': Alan Gross's Improbable Tales Of Cuba
Alan Gross was imprisoned on a covert mission for USAID, so there's every reason to doubt his stories of torture in a Cuban prison. → Read More
Putin's Question, Syria And The Future Of The Middle East
Putin on the Middle East: "Instead of the triumph of democracy & progress, we got violence, poverty & social disaster. Do you realize what you have done?" → Read More
Canada’s Justin Trudeau Supports Keystone XL, And Other Climate Change News
In Fracked Earth News: What do Canada's elections mean for the environment & First Nations? More links between fracking & earthquakes. El Nino & the Blob. → Read More
Fox News & The Imaginary Cuban Troops in Syria
Last week, Fox News claimed that Cuban troops were assisting Russian forces in Syria, where they were attacking U.S. trained "moderate" rebels. → Read More
Benign State Violence Vs. Barbaric Terrorism
When ISIS burns someone alive it's called terrorism, but when the U.S. and its allies immolate someone with a Hellfire missile, it's called patriotism. → Read More
If U.S. Government Can Kill An American Child In A Drone Strike, Is Anyone Safe?
August 26, 2015, would have been Abdulrahman Awlaki’s 20th birthday. Instead, this teenage American was killed in 2011, by a CIA drone strike in Yemen, → Read More
Planet Earth: Messing It Up And Cleaning It Up
In Fracked Earth News: Islamic Declaration on Climate Change demands better stewardship of earth, Navajo Nation fights for clean water, & more energy news. → Read More
Creating Art With Sudanese Asylum Seekers' Children In Israel
David and Ana Camusso Wapner, 2 Argentina-born artists living in Israel, created an art project to inspire asylum seekers' children in their small town. → Read More
#BlackLivesMatter & The Search For Black Superman
Rapper and scholar Professor A.L.I. on the historic search for a "black messiah," the modern Black Lives Matter movement, and his new song "Black Superman." → Read More
Can Homemade Heroin Save Mexico From US Drug Habits?
Legalization of cannabis in US States forced drug traffickers to rely increasingly on heroin to feed American drug appetites. But that could change ... → Read More
New FOIA Doc Reveals How US Supported The Rise Of ISIS
A Defense Intelligence Agency briefing predicted the rise of Islamic State and the fall of Mosul and Ramadi years ago, and the US has only helped it happen. → Read More
Climate Change Superheros Take On Fossil Fuel
Fracked Earth News is MyMPN's roundup of top climate headlines, from the fight against fracking to skyrocketing cancer rates among Canada's First Nations. → Read More
The Privilege Of Being A Jew Condemning Zionism
Only Jews can criticize Zionism without being accused of anti-Semitism, which is why Giuseppe Zambon argues they must condemn Israel's violent racism. → Read More
Fracked Earth News: Indigenous People Fight For “Precious” Waters
In Kate Lanier's weekly Fracked Earth News roundup, a look at the growing struggle among indigenous people to save the precious waters of the earth. → Read More
Did Prison Contractor PrimeCare Cause Pennsylvania Inmate Deaths?
Just as in other states, outsourcing medical care in Pennsylvania prisons to PrimeCare has resulted in cut corners and preventable inmate deaths. → Read More
Stop Smoking The Democrack: Protest America's Wars
When the Democratic Party took the White House, the peace movement of the Bush era vanished. Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan explains why this must change. → Read More
Great Women In Islamic History: Three Female Rulers In Bhopal, India
Dr. Milena Rampoldi concludes her series on women leaders in Muslim history with the Begums, at a dynasty of female sultans that ruled Bhopal in India. → Read More