The first oil tanker that came from Iran’s Bandar Abbas port into the Caribbean is called Fortune. The tanker entered Venezuelan waters on May 24 and was then escorted by the Venezuelan Navy and Air Force ...
“The federal government should have acquired, contracted for tests, PPE, they should have made it available to states in much greater quantities.” The COVID-19 virus has hit elderly populations the hardest, but despite pleas from ...
“The police killed him, bro, right in front of everybody. He was crying, telling them like, ‘I can’t breathe,’ and everything. They did not care.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) Video footage posted to social ...
An environmental photographer filed the copyright claim directly with YouTube YouTube took down a Michael Moore-produced documentary “Planet of the Humans” after a British photographer launched a copyright claim against the film. But Moore argued ...
Dan Kovalik’s new book, No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using “Humanitarian” Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests — which I am adding to my list of books you should read on ...
The lives of civilians in Aden are being pushed into the abyss not only due to epidemic, disease, and fallout from flash floods but because of violent clashes between opposing factions of the Saudi-led Coalition. ...
Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio executive produced a new miniseries about Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth President of the United States, that premieres on Memorial Day on the History Channel. Based on the critically acclaimed 2017 ...
Biden and policy advisers around him have re-tooled the basic Trump and American foreign policy with slightly friendlier language As America reaches 100,000 coronavirus deaths, President Trump is taking a golf trip and most states ...
(By: Anthony Pahnke & Jim Goodman, Common Dreams) From wasted food to the exploitation of farmworkers, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it painfully clear that this country’s food system must be changed. Politicians must pass ...
While negative coverage of Donald Trump has been common due to his handling of the pandemic, media outrage has been muted in relation to the magnitude of the dying in our midst. (Common Dreams) Journalists ...
The Airports Council International (ACI) World and International Air Transport Association (IATA) outlined their recommendations for safely reopening air travel amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in a paper released this week. The Airports Council International (ACI) ...
Joe Biden is the Democratic Party presidential nominee, Bernie Sanders gave up the fight and endorsed him, and Elizabeth Warren has evidently abandoned her principles to try to become Biden’s VP pick. So yeah, a ...
“Today I’m identifying houses of worship — churches, synagogues and mosques — as essential places that provide essential services.” Since the outbreak of COVID-19 and shutdown culture became standard fare, calls to reopen churches have ...
(David Swanson) John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man and this TED Talk, has a new book called Touching the Jaguar. You can pre-order it here and get an online workshop and other bonus materials that I haven’t ...
A group of Hindu policemen in central India beat a diabetic man seeking treatment at a hospital after they mistook him for a Muslim man because of his beard. (By: Alan Macleod, Mintpress News) In ...
Importing kangaroo meat and skins must be banned in the EU, but Americans can also help protect this iconic species. Before the global pandemic turned the world swiftly on its head, another disaster unfolded with ...
What do you call a crisis that kills a hundred thousand Americans? It all depends on who does the dying. At first, it seemed like it was mostly white people infected and/or killed by the ...
This is the seventh and final article in series about the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee’s Shark Tank Initiative Hearing. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 , Part 6 ...
Earth Day was different this year. Filmmaker Michael Moore released his bombshell climate change documentary, Planet of the Humans, on YouTube on April 21, the eve of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The film ...
An Alaska school board that was in the national spotlight after removing five books from its high school reading list has rescinded its vote. In April, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Palmer, Alaska, voted ...
“I think we have a very good relationship with Russia. But Russia didn’t adhere to the treaty. So until they adhere we will pull out,” Trump said. For 30 years, the Treaty on Open Skies ...
This is the sixth in the multi-article series about the Shark Tank initiative, discussion Dr. Bright’s whistleblower complaint about corruption, political and industry influence in BARDA’s work. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, ...
“If he retains stock in companies that are investing in the development of a vaccine,” said government watchdog CREW, “we can’t be confident of the integrity of any process in which he is involved.” (By: ...
Countries around the world are starting to ease restrictions in an attempt to return to some degree of normalcy. Countries around the world are starting to ease restrictions in an attempt to return to normalcy, ...
After chief of intelligence of the Libyan Government of the National Accord (GNA) Abdulkader Al-Tuhami died under mysterious circumstances, a number of media outlets who happened to be affiliated to Turkey downplayed the importance of ...
After publicly praising two foreign nurses, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to increase the amount they pay for healthcare. One of the crown jewels of the United Kingdom is its National Health Service, a ...
“This has the potential to be a major environmental disaster.” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) Floodwaters unleashed by a dam failure in central Michigan have reached a Dow Chemical facility and Superfund site, the company ...
This is part 5 of a multi-article series about the COVID-19 Shark Tank initiative, focusing on seroprevalence and serosurveillance. Click here to read the previous articles , Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 ...
“For the President to threaten federal funding in the midst of a pandemic over a state exercising its authority to run elections in a safe and legal manner is inappropriate and outrageous.” President Donald Trump ...
On March 20, just after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic on March 11, the U.S. National Security Council (NSC) sent a cable to U.S. State Department instructing officials how they should speak about ...
“We knew the number of applicants would be high, but we were just overwhelmed.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a $125 million relief fund last month for undocumented immigrants and the first disbursements began Monday, ...
On May 13, the Senate failed to pass an amendment to the “Freedom Act” that would have required a search warrant for law enforcement to access a person’s browser information or internet search history. Freedom ...
Rather than accept responsibility for our declining competitiveness, the US is shifting responsibility by starting a new Cold War with China.
“Hoyer does not actually have a problem with primary challengers, he has a problem with progressives.” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) Progressives and climate activists expressed frustration with Democratic Party leadership after Politico reported Tuesday that House ...
What complicates Russia’s relationship with Syria, which has sometimes been referred to as a Russian client state, is that two strong-willed, highly self-opinionated leaders are also involved here—Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Syria Bashar ...
This is part 4 of a multi-article series about the Shark Tank collaborative involving NIH and BARDA, discussing differences between the U.S., S. Korea and Sweden. Part 1 click here, Part 2 click here Part ...
The U.S. government is certainly in the running for worst handling of coronavirus on earth. Where did this grotesque incompetence and indifference to human lives come from so suddenly? What if it was always there? ...
Just three years ago, Americans had a neutral view of China (and nine years ago it was strongly favorable). Today, the same polls show that 66 percent of Americans dislike the country. (By: Alan Macleod, Mintpress ...
For nearly a decade now, a collection of former heads of state, high political figures, businessmen, and cultural figures have been working to reform drug policy at the national and international levels. Known as the Global ...
“My commitment to both [accessibility and transparency] is largely (arguably entirely) the reason I am no longer managing it.” Rebekah Jones was the head of the data team overseeing Florida’s coronavirus public dashboard, a website ...
“Robbing from a clean energy future to prop up the dirty energy past.” (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) While giving fossil fuel companies access to relief funds ostensibly meant for small businesses struggling due to ...
This is part 3 of a multi-article series about the Shark Tank collaborative involving NIH and BARDA Part 1 click here Part 2 click here BARDA’S Involvement Dr Gary Dr Disbrow – Acting Director of ...
“His office was investigating — at my request – Trump’s phony declaration of an emergency so he could send weapons to Saudi Arabia.” On Friday evening, President Donald Trump informed Speaker of the House Nancy ...
A state where schools experienced deep adversities before COVID-19 can show the nation a pathway forward when schools reopen. “I think we’re all going to be different after this,” Mary Parr-Sanchez told me in a ...
Trump considers himself above the law. (Common Dreams) Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has allowed large corporations to run rampant, exploit people, and get away with it. Trump considers himself above the law, boldly claiming, ...
Farm animals have less legal protection than other confined animals, such as those living in laboratories or zoos. In January 2020, an estimated 10,000 chickens perished in a fire just west of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ...
“This budget proposes to undo key commitments to comprehensive coverage at exactly the moment when we need it most and resolving this public health emergency.” With the economy in tumult, unemployment numbers rising, and many ...
“If you thought the antitrust cases of big tech were a memory, you’d be mistaken.” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) Anti-monopoly groups are celebrating news that the Justice Department and state attorneys general are investigating ...
Last year, a government commission called for the U.S. to adopt an AI-driven mass surveillance system far beyond that used in any other country in order to ensure American hegemony in artificial intelligence. Now, many ...
President Trump has revealed a plan to mobilize the US military to deliver mass vaccinations across the country, coupled with Operation Warp Speed, a “Manhattan project-style” race to produce a COVID-19 vaccine. (By: Raul Diego, ...
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