Fallen Eric Boerlert was often candid: We created the mess we’re in today because the Press didn’t ask ‘Why?’
The media can be conspiratorial. Coverage of politics in America – and by extension the so-called democratic world – is often biased. Eric Boehlert had the rare gift of serving readers whole news. By the time Al Gore crushed Bradley in the January 2000 Iowa caucuses, the solons of the...
Transition: How journalist Eric Boehlert refused to swim with the stream to give American voter unvarnished truth
From his early coverage of political reporters’ savaging Al Gore to his incisive critique of their Joe Biden coverage right before he died, he got it. And Eric Boehlert will be missed. I am broken-hearted over the news of Eric Boehlert’s death in a bicycle accident this week, at 56....
US intelligence says Biden acted faster, decisively to counter Russian hackers compared to predecessors
Since Russia launched its full-blown invasion of Ukraine in late February, a wave of predictable cyberattacks has accompanied that offensive, striking everything from Ukrainian government agencies to satellite networks, with mixed results. Less expected, however, was the cyber counteroffensive from the US government – not in the form of retaliatory...
Biden credited with speedy and decisive crackdown on Russian hackers after Ukraine invasion
Since Russia launched its full-blown invasion of Ukraine in late February, a wave of predictable cyberattacks has accompanied that offensive, striking everything from Ukrainian government agencies to satellite networks, with mixed results. Less expected, however, was the cyber counteroffensive from the US government – not in the form of retaliatory...
To reclaim ‘soil justice’ Diné Nation in US taxed junk food and used proceeds to fund community wellness
In 2014, Denisa Livingston, a Navajo tribal member, public health expert and organiser with Diné Community Advocacy Alliance (DCAA) and other members of her organisation successfully lobbied the Navajo tribal government to pass the Healthy Diné Nation Act, which imposed a two per cent tax on junk food – the...
From soil justice to social justice: How neglected Indigenous communities in US are using land to fight racism
A half-hour drive south of Gallup, New Mexico, the elevation rises and the sprawling desert turns to a hilly, mint green landscape covered in piñon trees and fields of wild sage – staple plants in Navajo traditional medicine and spirituality. Unlike many Native American tribes forced to resettle permanently in...
Somalia boosts its maritime capabilities with $3 million project for its police in capital Mogadishu
Somalia’s maritime capabilities received a major boost on March 30 with the inauguration of a new, state-of-the-art facility for the Somali Police Force (SPF) in the capital, Mogadishu, funded by the European Union and developed by the United Nations. “In recent years Somalia has expanded its maritime law enforcement capability,...
How black woman judge overcame Republican racist opposition to become first US Supreme Court justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in a milestone for the United States and a victory for President Joe Biden, who made good on a campaign promise as he seeks to infuse the federal judiciary...
South Sudan’s president and deputy shake hands to reenergise ‘revitalised peace agreement’
Recent ‘revisit’ of the revitalised peace agreement signed between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and First Deputy President Riek Machar has given a fillip to hopes of free and fair elections, although a cloud of doubt still hangs over the possibility of the polls happening soon within the timeframe provided...
South Africa present wants outdated UN Security Council democratised to strip rich nations of veto power
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa this week told the country’s senior diplomats the current formation of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is “outdated and unrepresentative”. He told high commissioners, ambassadors and others representing South Africa abroad that the Russia-Ukraine conflict “exposed the inability of the UNSC in fulfilling its...
