WASHINGTON (Mint) — Approximately 600 prisoners have been under intermittent lockdown since late December at North Carolina’s Scotland Correctional Institution, according to Keith Acree, the communications officer at North Carolina’s Department of Public Safety. Prisoners have responded to the heavy-handed measures by writing to a prison advocacy website and legal advocates in the state to describe the conditions. Lockdown involves confining …
New Geopolitical Landscapes Create Room For Iran-US Business Relations
WASHINGTON (Mint) — Despite forecasts that investment in Iran’s oil sector will not increase until 2021, the country is gearing up to introduce foreign governments and countries to prospects for investment and collaboration in its oil, gas, and petrochemical sectors at a summit in London in February 2015. The event –Iran Oil & Gas Summit — is being billed as an …
America At A Crossroads: ISIS, The Arms Industry, And A Peace Economy
WASHINGTON (Mint) — Whether or not they are legitimate concerns that demand American attention, issues like the Islamic State, general instability in the Middle East, and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine are used by the defense industry to argue for more funding. This makes issues that involve life and death more confusing because it creates economic incentives for congressional districts …
Pseudo-Revolutionary Imran Khan Attempts To Turn Back Clock On Pakistan
WASHINGTON (Mint) — For the past three weeks, Pakistan has been bending under the weight of its own Egypt-like crisis, with protesters camped out on the parliament’s doorstep demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the dissolution of the government’s assemblies, and new elections for the sake of a Naya (New) Pakistan. However, the similarities to Egypt don’t come from …
The Key To Stop ISIS From Spreading To Jordan Rests In Iraq
WASHINGTON (Mint) — To the north, civil war has engulfed Syria, and in the east the so-called Islamic State has made inroads into Iraq, while the conflict between Israel and Gaza to the west has garnered the world’s attention to de-escalate hostilities. In the middle of all of this turmoil and chaos lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a constitutional monarchy reigned …
Fear of a Persian Planet: The GCC and an Iranian Nuclear Deal
WASHINGTON DC, United States (Inzuna) – Is it a revolutionary state that aims to spread its ideology throughout the region calling for the downfall of the Gulf’s monarchies? Is it an imperialist power, or simply a nation-state concerned about the security of its own borders? These are the questions the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a loose political and economic union of …
Gas: Iran’s Olive Branch to the Gulf
WASHINGTON, DC – The gas and electricity potential of Iran could be a boon for the entire Persian Gulf region if the P5 + 1 and the Islamic Republic adhere to the upcoming July 20th deadline to solidify a nuclear deal, according to Bijan Khajehpour, the Managing and Founding Partner of Atieh International, the overseas arm of a group of …
The Clintons: A Genealogy of Power Emanating from Wall Street
WASHINGTON (VR) – Recent reports have grumbled over the fact that Hillary Clinton and her family has been able to raise over $2 billion in the last 20 years from companies, speeches, and powerful networks of influence on Wall Street. Republican lobbyist Rick Hohlt told the Wall Street Journal that ‘”Clinton Inc. is going to be the most formidable fundraising …
Tough lives, Tough Questions at a Student-Run Mayoral Forum (The Baltimore Brew)
BALTIMORE, Maryland (The Baltimore Brew) – Unlike the forums held so far in the Baltimore mayoral primary, where the questions and answers have been earnest, increasingly polished and somewhat abstract, last week’s youth-run forum had a stinging, streetwise narrative – less policy paper, more urban tragedy. Instead of adult journalists or religious leaders, the six mayoral hopefuls faced teenagers, whose …
US Free Clinics Cater to Populations Too Poor For Obamacare
WASHINGTON (VR) – It looks like your normal run-of-the mill suburban doctor’s office replete with framed accolades of the doctor’s accomplishments and pictures of his children and their artwork. The difference is that this office houses the Center for Health and Human Rights, a free clinic based in the Washington DC suburb of Fairfax, Virginia, that provides medical assistance for free …