“كلما ضاقت دائرة أهتمامات الناس في مجتمع ما جاءت صحفهم ملونة بلون إقليمي محلي أنها نشرات أما إذا إتسع الأفق و إرتفعت الثقافة نشرت الصحب بالتالي شِباكها حول العالم وأهملت الصغائر من أخبار الأفراد” ― زكي نجيب محمود, أيام في أمريكا

“The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.” 
― Jane Addams

CYBERSECURITY

Russian government advises Putin to mandate domestic antivirus software and ‘secure’ the Internet 

Ukraine’s ransomware attack was a ruse to hide culprit’s identity, researchers say

Global cyber attack likely cover for malware installation in Ukraine: police official

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Ellen Lord, Textron System CEO, nominated for undersecretary of AT&L 

U.S. Senate committee wants to ban Kaspersky products from the Department of Defense

Mattis opposes plan to create new military branch for space

PENTAGON

F-35 Unreliability Risks Strain on Pentagon Budget, Tester Says 

Time for the Pentagon to Overhaul Drone Management, New Report Says

Pentagon moves to shut foreign firms out of its supply chain

White House Limits Pentagon on Afghan Troop Level

Pentagon: A War Against North Korea Would Be 'Catastrophic'

The Pentagon sends a dispiriting message to its transgender troops OPINION

U.S. MILITARY

How the Death of a Muslim Recruit Revealed a Culture of Brutality in the Marines 

Trump Gave the Military More Power, But Here’s What Really Concerns Us

Top US general denies claim of possible war crimes in Mosul fight

15 Minutes with Former Members of the Armed Services

U.S. CONGRESS

What’s the ‘Risk’ in China’s Investments in US Artificial Intelligence? New Bill Aims to Find Out 

Congressional AI Caucus Wants to Separate Fact From Fiction

Senate to delay recess

House panel approves $696.5B defense policy bill

Senate panel passes $700B defense policy bill

Spooked by North Korea, Lawmakers Resurrect an Old Missile-Defense Idea

IMMIGRATION

He crossed the border illegally but wasn’t deported — because he brought his child

GOP officials in 10 states push Trump administration to end DACA program

Immigration fears are preventing children from getting medical care

Battle emerging inside Trump administration over who controls immigration and refugees OPINION

HEALTHCARE

Parents of Sick Kids Are a Powerful Weapon Against the Senate Health Bill

Texas Medicaid cuts leave special needs kids without therapy

There’s no sugarcoating it: Republicans are taking a sledgehammer to Medicaid OPINION

Senate GOP and White House plan final, urgent blitz to pass health-care

HAVES/HAVE NOTS

There are some good Grenadian artistes in Canada for the Pure Grenada Festival OPINION

To reach hungry children in the summer, these school cafeterias moved outside

Economic inequality goes well beyond the bank account OPINION

Stars are getting militant about inequality in Hollywood. It’s about time.

But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most powerful.  -- dissent to the US Supreme Court ruling ON Plessy v. Ferguson by Justice John Marshall Harlan of Kentucky

READ

The Moral Basis of Democracy NONFICTION 

Putin's Gambit: A Novel FICTION

When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow Wilson NONFICTION

YOU DECIDE

Meet the People Posting Photos of 'Banned Grandmas' to Protest the Travel Ban 

The Pentagon and the utility of war

Did a Glowing Sea Creature Help Push the U.S. Into the Vietnam War

NOTE: The news sources here vary.  Not all sources have the same credibility, but in an effort to share some different perspectives, they are included here.  This compendium itself cannot claim to be unbiased.  Please take into consideration where these different perspectives originate in assessing their value.  Thank you.