Limbo in Lisbon

Portugal’s new government looks doomed to be shortest ever. By Paul Ames.
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Independent journalism and the future of the CBC - The Listening Post (Feature)

Canadians, who overwhelmingly support their public network, need to hold Justin Trudeau´s to his word if the CBC is to survive. The Listening Post's Flo Phillips reports from Toronto on the future of the CBC.
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How the National Endowment for Democracy Manufactures Regime Change Around the World

To most people the National Endowment for Democracy, probably looks like a pretty innocuous organization. But when you examine the records of those who control it and its affiliates, it starts to look like they’re running a shadow foreign policy, sometimes acting in ways that are contrary to the wishes of the powers that be in Washington. By Derek Royden.
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Human Kind | George Monbiot

Fascinating new lines of research suggest that we are good people, tolerating bad things.
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A 6,000-year-old 'eco-home' found near Stonehenge

The discovery has been dubbed an “eco” house and is like nothing archaeologists have unearthed from Stonehenge before. Our green ancestors used the giant base – around 9 metres – of a large tree which had fallen to make into the wall of their house.
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Disappointed migrants 'too frightened' to live in Swedish woods

When he fled the war in Syria, Abdullah Waez dreamed of a new life in Sweden. Waez and 52 other asylum seekers were shocked when migration officials brought them by bus to their new accommodation on Sunday: a cluster of red wooden cabins in a forest in the village of Limedsforsen, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) northwest of Stockholm.
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The Doctor

Last year, Sudan's government bombed Dr. Tom’s hospital. He’s not leaving. By James Verini.
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