North America

In the Company of Angels | John Michael Greer

June 3, 2020 (EcoSphia.net) -- So far in our exploration of the hidden history of American magic, we’ve talked mostly about people whose place in this nation’s history has been forgotten -- or, to be a little more frank, erased. The one exception, John Winthrop Jr., is tolerably well known by those who have some reason to recall the history of colonial Connecticut, but outside that limited circle ...

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Love The Parasite You’re With | Anna-Sophie Jürgens & Alexander Maier

Alien vs. Predator/IMDB Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Australian National University and Alexander Maier, Australian National University The entertaining life of unwelcome guests from flea circuses to Aliens ...

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Chomsky: Trump Is A 'Sociopathic Megalomaniac' Who Made US 'Singularly Unprepared' For Pandemic

Noam Chomsky. Photo credit: Oliver Abraham (oliverabraham (at) gmx.de)May 25, 2020 (Common Dreams) -- World-renowned intellectual and author Noam Chomsky called President Trump a "sociopathic megalom ...

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Pandemic Reminder: Community Can Transcend Ideology | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 1, 2020 “To build community requires vigilant awareness of the work we must continually do to undermine all the socialization that leads us ...

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As a White Writer, Here’s Everything of Value I Can Add to the #BlackLivesMatter Discussion | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 1, 2020 Mickey Z. can be found on Instagram here. He is also the founder of Helping Homeless Women - NYC, offering direct relief to women on ...

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Coronavirus and the Cost(co) of Freedom | Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust May 29, 2020 Screenshot from TMZ In this time of lockdowns and quarantines, how far are you willing to go to display your liberated spirit? Let’s say you had to drive to ...

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Why Abbas Abandoned Oslo | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudPolitical Ambiguity or a Doomsday Weapon Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 24, 2020 This time, we are told, it is different and that President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud ...

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Social Distancing: (Fire) Escape from New York | Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust May 21, 2020 Photo credit: Mickey Z. The Covid quarantine has helped remind me of just how much I appreciate my fire escape -- and fire escapes, in general. Unable to sp ...

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Why Does Israel Celebrate Its Terrorists | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudBen Uliel and the Murder of the Dawabsheh Family Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 22, 2020 Israeli media and Zionist apologists everywhere are busy whitewashing Israel’s globally- ...

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1st Human Trial Of COVID-19 Vaccine Finds It Is Safe & Induces Rapid Immune Response | Lancet

May 22, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- The first COVID-19 vaccine to reach phase 1 clinical trial has been found to be safe, well-tolerated, and able to generate an immune response against SARS-CoV-2 in hum ...

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Hearts Of Group Drummers Synchronize | Bar-Ilan University

Credit: CC0 Public Domain May 21, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- The hearts of group drummers synchronize. In an interdisciplinary study published today in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers have r ...

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