“I know there’s no fathomable way that I have committed any crime at all, let alone treason.” Lisa Page, the married, former FBI agent whose affair and anti-President Donald Trump text messages with fellow former ...
When methyl parathion was sprayed on Maui cornfields on July 15, 2014, Bayer Monsanto knew full well that this use was prohibited. (By Beyond Pesticides) Bayer’s Monsanto endangered public health and the environment by knowingly ...
A decree was passed yesterday prohibiting the participation of al-Bashir’s National Congress Party (NCP) in political activities for 10 years. The properties and assets of the party are to be confiscated and its members removed ...
An alleged Douma chemical weapons attack drummed up support for U.S. intervention in Syria in 2018, but how reliable is the official report on what actually took place that day? An email leaked by Wikileaks ...
A family mourns the loss of nine after a recent Israeli airstrike struck a civilian home in Gaza in a case of possible mistaken identity. At her asbestos-roofed home in the central Gaza Strip city ...
A second release of Yemen prisoners of war in two months brings hope that the Yemen War is nearing an end. The Saudi-led Arab military coalition, which has been at war with the Yemen Houthi ...
“For me, though, film is about emotion.” — Meet director Kevin Wilson Jr. of the 2018 Oscar-nominated My Nephew Emmett I caught up with film-maker Kevin Wilson Jr. to talk influences, film and making the ...
What lies ahead for Bolivia in the aftermath of the recent coup that deposed popular indigenous leader Evo Morales? Most likely, rigged elections and the end of democracy. With every passing day, it becomes clearer ...
Teen usage of vaping and e-cigarettes took a drastic jump in 2018, but are blanket approaches like bans the most effective solution? After a spate of negative publicity and illnesses related to black market vaping ...
“There is this tension between being a health care provider and doing what’s best for their care … and being a profit-maximizing firm that aggressively goes after patients.” After private equity firm Blackstone acquired TeamHealth, ...
Protests in Iraq continue to escalate as protesters call for government resignations on charges of corruption, poor public services, and pervasive Iranian influence in Iraqi affairs. At least sixteen Iraqi demonstrators were reportedly killed on ...
“This should not be anyone’s reality and unfortunately, it is for communities sitting at the fence-line of the petrochemical corridor along the Gulf Coast — an ever-growing corridor because of the billions of dollars being ...
“Progressives will not support the National Defense Authorization bill if we do not have this amendment that brings the war in Yemen to an end.”—Rep. Ro Khanna (By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) With Congress set ...
“The industry executive said the quiet part out loud,” said one outside expert in response. “Price-gouging is central to the industry business model.” (By: Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams) Corporations’ quest for profits is what “is ...
“I’m of the thought that you can entertain and create change. It’s what Lena and I like to call ‘protest art.’ I hope that it brings value to black life and the black experience. If ...
“The biased American policy toward Israel, and the American support of the Israeli settlements and the Israeli occupation, leaves us with only one option: to go back to resistance.” Thousands of Palestinians in several West ...
“If there is no reaction to Zalat’s arrest, they will come for someone else, then another, and another. So, if you’re reading this, whether you’re a Twitter user or a newspaper editor – right now ...
No soldier should be above the law. Nor should those who sent the soldiers into battle. U.S. President Donald Trump sacked his Navy secretary on Twitter. The main reason is that the Navy secretary did ...
Republican and Democrat legislators are at odds over reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, known as VAWA, which has been stalled since last January. Reauthorization of the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) has stalled ...
Indonesian fires this year emitted nearly twice the amount of greenhouse gases as the forest fires that razed parts of the Brazilian Amazon, new research shows. (By Hans Nicholas Jong, MongoBay) Fires from land and ...
After signing a peace deal last year to end South Sudan’s six-year-long civil war, the country is still struggling to form a transitional government. Violent clashes were reported Thursday in South Sudan, leaving two people ...
“I’m not sick. The world is sick & I’m the surgeon with the scalpel for false values.” - Meet comedian Lenny Bruce’s only daughter, Kitty. Lenny Bruce: comedian, scathingly sharp social satirist, oppressed by meddling moralists and ...
The Bolivian coup, and the U.S. support behind it, fit into a longer process to undermine leftist governments in the region that threaten the interests of the U.S., its allies, and transnational corporations. Thirteen of us ...
Mohammed Dahlan, a strongman figure of Palestine’s Fatah party, is wanted by Turkey for his alleged involvement in a 2016 failed coup. Turkish authorities announced a reward last week of $700,000 for anybody who could ...
“Mr. Assange showed all symptoms typical for prolonged exposure to psychological torture, including extreme stress, chronic anxiety and intense psychological trauma.” More than 60 doctors sent an urgent letter to U.K. authorities on Monday warning ...
The rollback of the Chemical Disaster Rule is the latest of the EPA’s slashed environmental regulations, joining asbestos, coal ash, chlorpyrifos, glyphosate, methane, and carbon emission deregulations. The Environmental Protection Agency weakened an Obama-era regulation ...
Wisconsin is now the 10th state to pass an ALEC-inspired “critical infrastructure protection” bill, and other states are considering similar proposals to ban pipeline protests. Wisconsin’s Democratic Governor Tony Evers signed a bill into law ...
Accurately depicted in new film Dark Waters, DuPont was guilty of actions such as dumping sludge they knew to be toxic into a farm in West Virginia. The new film Dark Waters dives into the ...
“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, last night after experiencing chills and fever earlier in the day.” Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been admitted to the ...
Whatever the outcome, the pressure for Stephen Miller to be fired or resign should continue as long as he is one of the worst examples of what the Trump White House has to offer and ...
“Reporting on the database also revealed that the U.S. government coordinated with Mexican authorities to monitor these individuals.” The American Civil Liberties Union is suing on behalf of journalists it says were detained and spied ...
In a historic first, a House committee passed the MORE Act, the first bill to take the initial steps toward decriminalizing marijuana at the federal level. The legalization of marijuana at the federal level just ...
In 2017 Yemen was ranked as the worst place in the world to be a woman. As the war continues to ravage the nation, Yemen women continue to suffer atrocities in silence. Disclaimer – names ...
Trump’s defense and survival of impeachment hearings may fall on the loyalty of four close confidants – Mulvaney, Giuliani, Pompeo, and Bolton. The House Intelligence Committee completed the public trial phase of the Trump impeachment ...
After instigating protests across Egypt last September, Mohamed Ali is spearheading a new movement to restore democracy to Egypt and bring down Egypt’s President Sisi. Former Egyptian army building contractor and actor, Mohamed Ali, who ...
After much reluctance, the U.K. has decided to repatriate from northeastern Syria the first group of children left orphaned by the Syrian War. In an unprecedented move, the British government announced on Thursday that it ...
The new documentary Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator includes direct accounts from former students of Bikram Choudhury recounting sexual harassment and rape that occurred during private trainings. Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator joins the slate of recent documentaries ...
“Palantir is engaged in tracking of people and populations the Trump administration despises and when you put Palantir and Facebook together, you’ve got a data operation the Nazis would have adored.” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ...
Government penetration and control over media of little interest to those who are subject to it. (By Joshua Cho, FAIR) Last month, CNBC (10/7/19) reassured us that fears of a potential recession are “overblown,” because the ...
A Bill Gates’ backed renewable energy project has made a solar energy breakthrough that could lead to replacing the use of fossil fuels in industrial settings. Clean energy startup Heliogen is using artificial intelligence and ...
“The Patriot Act extension passed the House with nearly all Democrats voting for it. When Pres. Trump signs it into law, Democrats will be just as responsible for warrantless surveillance as Trump and the GOP. ...
A little will by PM Rama to love and care for his people, his country and the Albanian Republic could put the country on the right path. Throughout 2019, Albania has been a center of ...
Impeachment is becoming a multi-million dollar battleground for issue ads aimed at pressuring lawmakers without advocating for or against their upcoming election. (By Anna Massoglia and Karl Evers-Hillstrom, The Center For Responsive Politics) A veterans group ...
No driver in the trucking industry is as underpaid as military moving drivers because of the cheating and corruption in the military moving industry. The Military Household goods moving industry business accounts for 20% of ...
The proliferation of unregulated CBD products is a striking example of troubling FDA regulation delay but far from the only one. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has served an invaluable role in ...
“Israel is building illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which are still considered occupied territories. This kills any alleged ‘peace process.’ There is no more 2 state solution.” U.S. Secretary of State ...
Evo Morales rode to victory in 2006 with the promise of a new day for Bolivia but mining interests have fought back. When you look at your computer screen, or the screen on your smartphone ...