
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who is being supported by Russia and Iran, is reportedly starving the residents of a besieged mountain town located northwest of Syria’s capital, Damascus, as the freezing and hungry townspeople prepare to endure a cold winter.
by Edwin Mora7 Jan 2016, 2:56 PM PST0

The growth in wages for UK workers is set to stall at just two per cent next year thanks to the large number of migrant workers waiting to fill vacancies, the Guardian has admitted. Referring to data from the Chartered
by Nick Hallett30 Dec 2015, 3:56 AM PST0

A group of prominent mainstream British journalists — including former editors at The Economist and The Guardian — are backing a new Europhile website designed to attack what they say are the “inaccuracies and twisted logic” promoted by Eurosceptics. The group’s
by Sarkis Zeronian14 Dec 2015, 9:17 AM PST0

The Guardian has summarised Britain’s history as a litany of “Pirates, explorers, empire-makers, slavers,” and branded the British character as “insular”. Yet despite all this England-bashing, the author is surprised at the lack of pride among newcomers for their adoptive
by Donna Rachel Edmunds13 Dec 2015, 9:09 AM PST0

From charlatans asking her to ‘free the nipple’, to men left so confused and impotent by the sexual revolution they can’t accept her advances, one Guardianista gender warrior has had it with the “male feminists” she helped to create. “My name is Kate Iselin.
by Liam Deacon20 Oct 2015, 1:57 AM PST0

The Guardian and The Washington Post are reporting sky-high numbers of “mass shooting” incidents in America over the past few years while scholarly studies and Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports show a very low number of incidents, relatively speaking. For example,
by AWR Hawkins9 Oct 2015, 11:46 AM PST0

For the second time in two weeks, actor Matt Damon is having to explain himself over a set of controversial remarks.
by Kipp Jones29 Sep 2015, 8:11 AM PST0

Robert De Niro reportedly walked out of an interview with Radio Times journalist Emma Brockes this week, after the actor accused her of being too “negative” with her questions.
by Kipp Jones22 Sep 2015, 9:56 AM PST0

Russia was ready to agree to a proposal that would see Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad renounce his presidency as part of a peace agreement between Syrian and rebel forces that would likely end the civil war in the nation, Martti Ahtisaari—the former President of Finland, who was involved in negotiations at the time—told The Guardian in an interview published on Tuesday.
by Jordan Schachtel15 Sep 2015, 10:21 PM PST0

Prince Charles has called for a “rewiring” of the global economic system in order to avert catastrophic climate change while urging more government intervention to ensure that it happens. Although the Prince has long been outspoken on environmental issues, his
by Donna Rachel Edmunds3 Jul 2015, 9:09 AM PST0

It is common for Hollywood celebrities and other stars to invest time in charitable causes. But once the cameras are off, the unsung heroes of international famine and despair quickly find out who really cares, and who forgot to leave their ego on the private jet.
by Kipp Jones2 Jul 2015, 2:12 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has decimated al-Qaeda by taking its recruits and ripping it apart, reports The Guardian.
by Edwin Mora11 Jun 2015, 7:48 PM PST0

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton is facing a firestorm of criticism for comments he made to The Guardian, in which he argued that the preponderance of criminal records among black men makes it difficult to hire them as police officers.
by William Bigelow10 Jun 2015, 12:04 PM PST0

The Guardian reader’s editor is investigating complaints against the newspaper after it reported leaked information that former Cabinet Minister Grant Shapps edited his own Wikipedia page and that of other Conservative ministers via a “sockpuppet” account. The claims were made by
by Allum Bokhari10 Jun 2015, 4:40 AM PST0

The Guardian, spiritual home of middle-class right-on liberals has all but admitted that a British exit from the EU would be a jolly good thing. In a list of “ten ways in which life could change if the UK left
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Jun 2015, 12:41 AM PST0

The award winning author Walter Mosley once said: “A man’s bookcase will tell you everything you’ll ever need to know about him.” How very sexist of him. For, as Jessica Valenti has rightly pointed out in the Guardian, sexism isn’t just about
by Donna Rachel Edmunds18 May 2015, 7:22 AM PST0

Slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov’s recently-released report, titled Putin. War, catalogues his country’s involvement in Ukraine. The report claims there are more than 200 Russian military personnel operating in Ukraine. Nevertheless, PayPal shut down an account that allowed people to donate funds to pay for the report’s mass printing.
by Mary Chastain15 May 2015, 7:17 PM PST0

An immigrant from Libya penned a first person account in The Guardian about his journey across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy in 2011. He wanted to tell his story, he writes, so the world understands what these people go through to escape the civil war in Libya.
by Mary Chastain20 Apr 2015, 9:50 AM PST0

April 14 marks the one-year anniversary of the Boko Haram kidnapping of almost 300 young female Christians in Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. The terrorist group only released 59 girls in the past year– most accidentally. Witnesses tell BBC that groups of those remaining missing have been spotted.
by Mary Chastain13 Apr 2015, 12:45 PM PST0

Kent William Sprouse, 42 years-of-age, was put to death at 6:33 CST on April 9, 2015 in Huntsville, Texas, for fatally shooting Ferris Police Officer Harry Marvin “Marty” Steinfeldt III. The murder occurred at a Ferris, Texas, Diamond Shamrock gas station and food mart on October 6, 2002. Sprouse is the fifth Texas death row inmate to be executed this year. There were no late-filed appeals to stop the execution.
by Lana Shadwick9 Apr 2015, 4:52 PM PST0

On March 15, The Guardian ran a report suggesting President Obama use his “executive powers” to order “smart guns” for police departments.
by AWR Hawkins17 Mar 2015, 9:39 PM PST0

As the number of cases of Ebola begin to rise for the first time in 2015, a new audit has uncovered more than $3 million in funding to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone is wholly unaccounted for. The government has vowed a prompt investigation as it begins to quarantine previously untouched neighborhoods in the capital, Freetown.
by Frances Martel17 Feb 2015, 6:13 AM PST0

The Guardian has been strongly criticised by its own readers for an article which suggested that freedom of speech must only be used “responsibly”, and that speech without self restraint was tantamount to “provocation”. The commentary, by columnist Hugh Muir,
by Donna Rachel Edmunds16 Feb 2015, 8:49 AM PST0

Russian soldiers and pro-Russian separatists continue to shell in strategically important Debaltseve, Ukraine, despite an official ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia set to begin at midnight on February 15. In response, the European Union (EU) passed new sanctions and admitted Russia sent forces to east Ukraine.
by Mary Chastain16 Feb 2015, 8:09 AM PST0

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk confirmed more Russian forces entered Ukraine on Monday after he spoke with the National Security and Defense Council.
by Mary Chastain20 Jan 2015, 11:02 AM PST0