From World News Trust Contributors
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The REAL First Rule of Fight Club — Mickey Z.
(credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 23, 2021 Life in the United States of Algorithms has me thinking about Fight Club again — reading snippets, posting quotes, and watching YouTube cli ...
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Progress or War: On Islamophobia and Europe’s Demographic Shifts | Ramzy Baroud
An anti-Islam demonstration in the Czech Republic. (Photo: Venca24, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 21, 2021 Europe’s identity crisis is not confined to the ceaseless squ ...
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The White House & Facebook vs. Freedom of Speech — Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 20, 2021 “Freedom of speech/Just watch what you say.” (Ice T) "Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate ...
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What do you really know about U.S.-Cuba relations? — Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 18, 2021 “The need to possess Cuba is the oldest issue in U.S. foreign policy.” (Noam Chomsky) When you watch the latest news stories about unrest in Cuba, are you r ...
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A DIY Little League Story (we’d all be canceled today) — Mickey Z.
Yours truly, at maybe age 6, in Long Island City High School schoolyard Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 16, 2021 Growing up in a working-class, blue-collar neighborhood — long before there was an i ...
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Family Separation Law: Israel’s Demographic War on Palestine Intensifies | Ramzy Baroud
Palestinians waiting at Qalandia Checkpoint (Photo: Patrick Edgar, Supplied) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 14, 2021 When the Israeli Knesset (parliament) failed to renew what is commonly refe ...
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Critical Race Theory: Echo Chamber vs. Echo Chamber — Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 14, 2021 “Social media is biased, not to the Left or the Right, but downward” (Jaron Lanier) Critical race theory, according to Wikipedia, is “a body of legal schola ...
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Alexa, Artificial Intimacy, and Living Lives of Quiet Desperation — Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 12, 2021 More than 100 million Amazon Echoes have already been sold across the globe. Researchers believe many consumers purchase the artificial intelligence device ...
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Kneeling against Racism: Solidarity in EURO 2020 Should Not be ‘Controversial’ | Ramzy Baroud
French footballer Kylian Mbappé kneeling down against racism. (Photo: video grab) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 9, 2021 Another football "controversy" has started when football players partic ...
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Somewhere in Astoria: A Personal History of Sorts — Mickey Z.
The iconic Hell Gate Bridge Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 8, 2021 I’ve had a couple of folks request that I write an article about the history of Astoria because I’m so identified — and self-iden ...
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The People vs. Mahmoud Abbas: Are the Palestinian Authority’s Days Numbered? | Ramzy Baroud
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas with PA officials. (Photo: President Mahmoud Abbas FB Page) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 7, 2021 “The Palestinian Authority’s days are numbered. ...
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