Raqqa to the world: a letter
Raqqa. Flickr/Beshr Abdulhadi. Some rights reserved.Dear Brother,Thank you for your letter and I am pleased to hear you were nowhere near central Baghdad when the bomb went off. I know…
Raqqa. Flickr/Beshr Abdulhadi. Some rights reserved.Dear Brother,Thank you for your letter and I am pleased to hear you were nowhere near central Baghdad when the bomb went off. I know…
Before Monday night’s preseason game between the Cleveland Browns and the New York Giants, a dozen Browns players kneeled and raised a fist during the singing of the national anthem.…
Ben Carden. All rights reserved.Since the beginning of 2016, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has sent out 76 triggers alerting relevant NGOs to demolitions by the…
Think about how much you paid in college tuition: probably somewhere between $24,610 (if you’re at an in-state university) and $49,320 a year (for private colleges). You might assume a…
Sep 15, 2017; Bonita Springs, FL, USA; Louis Sarangi pushes a boat out of the flood waters along Pawley Avenue in Bonita Springs five days after Hurricane Irma. USA TODAY…
It’s tempting to get swept up in all the glitz and glamour surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Assocation — a.k.a., the force behind the annual showbiz phenomenon that is the Golden Globes. You…
French President Emmanuel Macron at the end of the Summit of the Heads of State and of Government of the G7. May 27,2017.Blondet Eliot/Press Association. All rights reserved.“He’s a cat…
Zambian police forces patrol the street after riots in Kanyama township of Lusaka, Zambia, on Jan. 12, 2018. Chanda Mwenya/Press Association. All rights reserved.Since gaining its independence from Britain on…
There are an estimated 3.7 million Arab-Americans in the U.S. and more than 300 million worldwide, but Guy Ritchie reportedly can’t find a single one among them who can act and sing.…
An Anzac soldier gives water to a wounded Turk. Photograph taken circa 1916. Wikicommons Gallipoli file. Some rights reserved.December 7 – 9,1917, exactly 100 years ago, were portentous days for…