Al Neal (2021-03-23). Case before Supreme Court may be definitive for farmworker rights. peoplesworld.org Before the sun rises over the green hills and steep valleys of California, migrant farmworkers' feet have already touched the rich dark soil found on farmland. Their hands and feet will remain there, threshing and picking the fruit and vegetables adorning the supper table of U.S. households, long after the sun begins to set. On …

Dan Cohen (2021-03-23). Video: US Escalates New Cold War as Diplomatic Gloves Come Off, with Carl Zha. mintpressnews.com The new Cold War has escalated over the past week as U.S. attempts to dominate both China and Russia backfired in embarrassing fashion for the Biden administration. Behind The Headlines' Dan Cohen is joined by "Silk and Steel" podcast host Carl Zha to discuss the diplomatic fiasco, how U.S. intelligence and media cornered Biden into denouncing Russia, and the Quad Alliance's political contradictions. | Feature photo | Graphic by Antonio Cabrera | Dan Cohen is the Washington DC correspondent for Behind The Headlines. He has produced widely distributed video reports and print dispatches from across Israel-Palest…

Edward Curtin (2021-03-23). Media Pseudo-Debates and the Silence of Leftist Critics. dissidentvoice.org You've heard of them, no doubt, the U.S. rulers who can't rule too well and are always getting surprised by events or fed bad advice by their underlings. Their "mistakes" are always well intentioned. They stumble into wars through faulty intelligence. They drop the ball because of bureaucratic mix-ups. They miscalculate the perfidy of the …

TheCOVIDBlog (2021-03-23). Germany: Whistleblower Says Seven of 31 Nursing Home Residents Died Immediately after Forced Pfizer mRNA Shots. globalresearch.ca A frightening video of a lawyer interviewing an anonymous whistleblower tells …

teleSUR (2021-03-22). Panama's Judges Perpetuate Inequality in Reproductive Rights. telesurenglish.net The Ombudsman's Office rejected a ruling by Panama's Supreme Court (CSJ) which validates unequal conditions for female sterilization in public institutions. | RELATED: | Women can only access voluntary sterilization in public hospitals if they are above 23 years old and have at least two children. Men can do so with no condition starting at 18 years of age. | The Social Development Ministry, the Women's Institute, and the Assoc…

Dan Cohen (2021-03-22). US intelligence thinks you're stupid: ODNI report blames Russia, ignores Colombian election interference. thegrayzone.com The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) issued a report alleging Russian interference in the 2020 election, contradicting November statements that there was no meddling, while ignoring documented interference from top US ally Colombia. By Dan Cohen / MintPress News / Behind the Headlines Russiagate is back! That's right. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) says Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei meddled in the 2020 U.S. election. But not only they: Lebanese …

Alexander Rubinstein (2021-03-22). Leaks show CIA pressured Yemen to release al-Qaeda leader and agency asset Anwar al-Awlaki. thegrayzone.com Explosive recordings released by the Houthi government of Yemen provide fresh evidence of Washington's support for the same jihadist militants it has claimed to be waging war on. (This report was originally published at Alex Rubinstein's Substack page.) The Moral Guidance Department, a branch of the Yemeni Armed Forces of the revolutionary Houthi government of Yemen, published a batch of secret documents and phone calls from the former regime of longtime president Ali Abdullah Saleh this March. Two phone calls …

Editor (2021-03-22). [rewind] Janet Yang on the Power and Pain of Being Asian American During the Coronavirus Crisis. scheerpost.com In this week's installment of "Scheer Intelligence," host Robert Scheer speaks with Janet Yang, the legendary film producer of "The Joy Luck Club" and "The People vs. Larry Flynt," among many other films, about the appalling onslaught of racism people of Asian descent are currently facing. Yang, who was born in the U.S. and has experienced discrimination since her childhood, notes the difference between what she faced her whole life and the terrifying shape racism is taking today amid the unprecedented crisis.

imperial.ac.uk (2021-03-22). Artificial intelligence can help spot traces of natural selection. imperial.ac.uk Researchers have used advanced AI and large sets of genomic data to unveil how humans have adapted to recent diseases.