By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

The US on Sunday bombed Iran’s Larak Island, a small island off the coast of Bandar Abbas in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first known US strikes on Iranian territory in more than a month. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) quickly responded to the US attack, launching strikes against US bases in Jordan. Continue reading “US Bombs Iran’s Larak Island; IRGC Strikes US Bases in Jordan”

By Drop Site News

Story by Raj Patel and Jim Goodman

Today’s data center proponents argue that such projects bring needed jobs and a boost to local economies. Rural America has heard confident pitches like these before. Nearly 40 years ago, concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) arrived one barn at a time with bold promises of jobs and a county tax base. Continue reading “Do Rural Residents Have the Power to Say No?”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

The Anti-Defamation League and a host of major Jewish groups are lobbying California to pass a bill to classify Jews as a race/ethnicity and “not just a faith.” Continue reading “ADL, Jewish Groups Lobby California to Classify Jews as a Race, ‘Not Just a Faith’”