As technology becomes increasingly central to our lives, e-waste, or electronic waste, is piling up in our landfills and polluting our environment. As environmentalists fight to combat climate change, electronic waste is silently piling up ...
“There’s a time where the rubber meets the road, and showing up to something that’s this important and meaningful has impact.” Over 20,000 Google employees held a global walkout on Thursday to protest the way ...
As student debt moves past the $1.5 trillion mark, a new survey details the extensive damage that student debt has on millions of Americans. A new report details the disastrous extensive impact of student debt ...
Members of a migrant caravan heading to the U.S. filed a lawsuit suing for their right to declare asylum in the U.S. Six migrants in the caravan traveling from Honduras to the U.S.-Mexico border filed ...
There are so many crises around the world, it can be genuinely difficult to know where to start. In many respects, we’re still recovering from a global financial crisis (and may well be on our ...
For the first time, a minor has been added to the list of alleged Harvey Weinstein victims. Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage aspiring actress, according to a court filing on Wednesday. ...
Despite all the vitriol surrounding immigration policy, the reasons behind the crisis in Central America are rarely examined in depth by mainstream media outlets. This article will provide a brief, and by no means exhaustive, ...
Early voting turnout is up across all demographics but most significantly among the youth vote, a Democratic stronghold. In a surprising surge, early voting among the young is up over 500 percent in Texas and ...
The troop deployment would be the first time that any U.S. president has turned to active duty forces of this magnitude to counter approaching refugees to the U.S. border. On Tuesday, U.S. Northern Command chief ...
Washington state residents could pass the nation’s first-ever carbon fee program this November. Residents in Washington will be voting on the Clean Air, Clean Energy Washington initiative in November and if it passes it will ...
A new lawsuit filed in court on Monday names President Trump and family as defendants and accuses them of participation in a fraudulent marketing scheme. Four people filed a complaint against President Donald Trump, members ...
Only a few months ago, world leaders fawned over Saudi Arabia’s young prince Mohammed bin Salman – a grand reformer the world long awaited. Those voices have now fallen silent. Saudi Arabia murdered Jamal Khashoggi, ...
Your beloved pet Fido and Garfield may be consuming glyphosate, but at levels researchers deem safe. According to a new study, researchers from Cornell University found that glyphosate is present in cat and dog foods. ...
The Arbaeen pilgrimage is the world’s largest public gathering and held every year in Iraq, but relatively few know anything about it. October 30 marked the culmination of the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq – an ...
Twenty percent of crops harvested in Brazil between 2013 and 2015 were not safe for human consumption because of a high concentration of pesticides. A Brazilian study published in the journal Chemosphere links colon cancer ...
What does a win for the highly-controversial Jair Bolsonaro mean for Brazil, the world’s fourth-largest democracy? On Sunday, Jair Bolsonaro, often dubbed as Donald Trump of Brazil, won the runoff election by winning 55.1 percent ...
Is deep brain stimulation a new way of treating severe cases of autism? Rebecca “Becky” Audette is one of five autistic individuals to undergo a treatment called Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in an attempt to control repetitive, ...
After eleven members of a Jewish synagogue in Pennsylvania were killed in a mass shooting, two crowdfunding campaigns initiated by Muslims raised almost $1 million for victims. Two Muslim crowdfunding campaigns have raised over $750,000 ...
Dorin Shen is Senior Product Strategist for Canvas, the open online learning management system (LMS) that makes teaching and learning easier. Through open, usable, cloud-based technologies, Canvas enables easy integration of the content, tools, and ...
A Jewish progressive organization is calling for Trump to denounce white nationalism after the Tree of Life shooting. After a mass shooting in Pittsburgh which killed eleven Jewish synagogue members, one self-proclaimed progressive Jewish organization wrote a ...
Just about every child in the United States now over the age of 30 has heard the story of Adam and Eve. For many Americans, and scores of others across the globe, this was the ...
“Any animals in the near-shore environment with similar prey are probably being exposed as well.” (Beyond Pesticides) Bottlenose dolphins found along Florida’s west coast contain detectable levels of phthalates, chemicals used in plastics, cosmetics and ...
Perhaps the most important and least visible element of the Kochs’ integrated strategy is their influence within institutions of higher education. (Open Secrets) In a media landscape that has come to feel dominated by nationalists ...
Apu the longtime Kwik-E-Mart owner on The Simpsons is closing up shop. A popular character will be written out of the long-running animated series “The Simpsons” after some viewers complained of it being a racially ...
The migrant caravan, which has been met with threats from Donald Trump, is the result of poverty, growing crime and repression in Honduras. The US has played a key role in propping up the government ...
“We have an opportunity to correct course if Democrats win big in November. There’s no question: cannabis prohibition will end.” Last week, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) unveiled a plan for a Democratically-led House to push ...
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office. (FactCheck.org) In the time Donald Trump has been in the White House: The jobless rate dropped to the lowest in nearly half a ...
It has become a new American tradition. A tragedy happens and the race to find someone to blame begins. And since the election of President Donald Trump it has gotten worse. This past week has ...
The WWE recently announced they were going forward with the Crown Jewel event, despite mounting pressure after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. Despite domestic and international pressure for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to cancel the November 2nd ...
Nieto’s plan provides temporary ID cards and work permits, housing in local hotels, and medical care for all migrants. It also offers schooling for all children. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has offered work permits ...
An interview and discussion of the extreme circumstances contributing to the Central American migration/refugee crisis. Robin Schmid provides firsthand insight into the brutal realities of legal impunity, violence against women and sexual assault she has ...
Despite having massive oil reserves, Venezuela’s economy is still stuck in a downfall. Since 2014, the economy of Venezuela has been in a free-fall. The once vibrant economy that was also once the largest in ...
Aurelia Skipwith’s nomination to lead the US Fish and Wildlife Service breaks a glass ceiling but leaves many environmentalists worried. A former Monsanto executive may become the new boss of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
Outrage over Jamal Khashoggi’s murder has sparked a movement to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey generated intense reactions in the United States and ...
Russia is claiming that a drone attack on a Russian base in Syria was part of a Pentagon operation but disguised to look like the work of terrorists. Russian authorities accused the United States of attacking ...
How did the migrant caravan approaching the U.S. snowball in size from several hundred to more than 7,000? More than 7,000 migrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala grouped together this week to travel toward ...
More companies are using ‘uninstall tracking.’ Many app developers now track users even after users have uninstalled their apps, and the tracking allows companies to continue to serve targeted ads. Bloomberg first reported on this ...
Canada is offering to pardon marijuana offenses, but won’t fully expunge records. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed over 500,000 people charged with marijuana possession could have their slates wiped clean. Canada just legalized recreational ...
Rich Garon is an author, homeless advocate, and former Chief-of-Staff for the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives. While estimates vary, experts place the number of homeless in the United States somewhere near 550,000; ...
Indonesia continues the sexually violent practice of virginity tests despite international pressure to cease the practice. In 2017, the Indonesian National Police put an end to the intrusive ‘virginity tests’ female applicants were required to ...
The Wave Of Roses is a Citizens Truth series which highlights progressive candidates and organizations which challenge corporate Third Way control of the Democratic Party. This entry looks at key United States House of Representatives ...
“If they are deployed in Europe, we will naturally have to respond in kind.” (Radio Free Europe) Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that, if the United States deploys intermediate-range missiles in Europe, Moscow will ...
Ethiopia is building a dam that threatens Egypt’s access to water – a country that is expected to hit “absolute water scarcity” by 2030. The famous Nile River is a source of intense disagreement between ...
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