“The industry is positioning Tobacco 21 as the only thing that needs to be done on tobacco prevention.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has pledged to introduce legislation to raise the legal age to buy ...
“Too many people have too much money invested in war.” According to a new study, Global military spending in 2018 reached its highest level since the end of the Cold War era, triggered by an ...
Julian Assange is charged with a conspiracy to criminally obtain classified information through computer hacking — not with a conspiracy to disclose or publish classified information. (By Ofer Raban, The Conversation) A British court on ...
Since January, Guaidó with support from his foreign allies has orchestrated several media charades in order to push the situation in Venezuela to a breaking point, hoping to force Nicolás Maduro to step down. (Peoples ...
The largest donor in the openDemocracy investigation on dark money groups is the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. A recent report from openDemocracy shows U.S.-based religious rights groups have spent at least $50 million on ‘dark ...
Free software developer and privacy activist Ola Bini, who is in prison in Ecuador, reflects on the responsibilities of privilege, his commitment to privacy and the risks poses by the rise of surveillance. (Peoples Dispatch) ...
“Our immigration system has reached a breaking point as we continue to see an overwhelming surge of migrants, with more than 100,000 arriving at our border in March alone.” In a presidential memorandum signed Monday, ...
Juan Guaido urged the military to join the “final phase” in Caracas on Tuesday morning and declared “the moment is now.” US-supported opposition leader Juan Guiadó initiated a full-fledged uprising against President Nicolás Maduro on ...
“The lifeblood of this organization is on the line. We are under attack from without; we do not need to be under attack from within” – former NRA President Marion Hammer. On Monday, President Trump ...
The New York Times has drawn a growing list of condemnations after posting a cartoon that was deemed anti-Semitic April 25. The New York Times published in the April 25 print edition a political cartoon ...
This video is part of a series on immigration at the border. In a previous video Citizen Truth reporter Jenna Mulligan rode along on a water drop and aid drive in the Arizona desert which ...
Malaria is still one of the biggest killers of children worldwide, taking the lives of over 200,000 children every year. -Dr. Seth Berkley Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) published a press release and ...
Citizen Truth reporter Jenna Mulligan is reporting live from the border as she travels through Arizona, California and Mexico to get a firsthand account of immigration issues at the U.S.-Mexico border. Look for her video ...
“Threats of violence against Ilhan show that this level of vitriol, xenophobia and Islamophobia is so rife that it can even ‘punch up’ in a way. I think that increases the reality of the situation.” ...
“There comes a point and a time in which the courts have to intercede to protect constitutional rights.” Last Thursday, in a court case about gerrymandering, federal judges in Michigan unanimously struck down 34 of ...
This is the third entry in a multi-part series which takes an in-depth look at the Mueller Report. The first two can be found at the following. 1, 2. During the campaign, a visit to ...
“I was given the impression that the North Korean leader shares the same point of view. And we need guarantees of security, that’s all. We need to think about this all together.” Last week, North ...
Samantha Bee unleashed several insults about Trump—accusing him of being a sexual assaulter, bully, and coward for not appearing at the real White House Correspondent’s Dinner. Comedic TV star Samantha Bee hosted “Not the White ...
“Early this morning, #USBP Agents found a 3-year-old boy alone and crying in a cornfield in TX. He had his name & phone numbers written on his shoes.” Last Tuesday morning, US Customs and Border ...
Water problems in Gaza have reached a crisis point in the past few years, with almost 90 percent of Gaza’s water undrinkable. Mohammad Mahdi and his family, along with thousands other residents of the Maghazi ...
DDE, a breakdown product of the long-banned organochlorine insecticide DDT, was detected in 55.7% of the wristbands. (Beyond Pesticides) Research by the youth participatory action team of the CHAMACOS of the Salinas Evaluating Chemicals in ...
These revered shows are as culturally relevant today as they’ve ever been, and the talent they have gathered makes this the can’t-miss television event of the year.” For one night ABC will air a live ...
According to the study, Brazil lost 25% of per capita GDP, Nigeria lost 29%, and India lost 31% because of climate change. The first of two new climate studies finds that climate change intensifies the ...
“I’m confident it will be obvious that there’s no substance to this case, and that it will collapse into nothing.” On April 11 Ecuadorian authorities arrested the Swedish cryptographer and privacy advocate Ola Bini in ...
Researchers found that the exploitation rates of black neighborhoods are nearly double that of other neighborhoods. Two researchers, MIT’s Nathan Wilmers and Princeton’s Matthew Desmond, decide to study the exploitation of the poor by looking ...
“I think what happened at Notre-Dame is a great tragedy, but humans should be more important than stones.” On April 25 French President Emmanuel Macron announced new measures to address the ongoing “gilets jaunes” (yellow ...
Taking out a terrorist group’s leaders or conquering its physical territory “is not the same as undermining its ideology or destroying its raison d’être.” Indian intelligence services warned Sri Lankan officials about a suspect in ...
Bahia Amawi, a speech pathologist who lost her job due to the law, celebrated the ruling as “a huge win not just for me, but for everybody here in Texas.” (By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) ...
The song doesn’t just talk about nature—it also touches on different ethnicities and nationalities, urging for peace and harmony. Released on April 19 in anticipation for Earth Day, rapper Lil Dicky’s music video about saving ...
“I won’t take money from the banker, the realtors or the hotel, but I will take money from their trade association? That’s hypocrisy.” (By Camille Erickson, Center for Responsive Politics) More than 50 Democratic congressional ...
Organizations across the country have condemned the government of president Iván Duque for not providing security to social leaders. (By Tanya Wadhwa, Peoples Dispatch) Two weeks ago, four social leaders were assassinated in Colombia, taking ...
“This decision is intended to bring Iran’s oil exports to zero, denying the regime its principal source of revenue.” President Donald Trump revoked sanction exemptions that were issued last November for China, India, Japan, South ...
Joe Biden may not be the favorites of leading progressives but he still has a huge popularity rating and is working to amend past mistakes. Joe Biden entered the Democratic primary Thursday, leading the polls ...
CBD oil is not marijuana because it doesn’t contain THC, the cause of the psychoactive side effects. Unlike alcohol or Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), CBD oil does not give you a high, slow your reflexes or mess ...
“How many people in the United States understand that we overthrew a democratically elected government in Iran to put in the Shah?” 2020 Presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders told a CNN town hall event on ...
“None of those things are going to pass the Senate. They won’t even be voted on. So think of me as the grim reaper.” Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KT) desires to be thought of ...
After calling U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo an immature negotiator, North Korea turns to a summit in Russia. Speaking to Russia’s state-owned Rossiya-24, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said he’s hoping for a “successful ...
Earth Day produces many worldwide demonstrations and arrests throughout the week. The Extinction Rebellion, a U.K.-based grassroots organization, has organized a series of international protests to demand governments take action on climate change. The ...
Egypt’s decision to lift the travel ban for Umrah comes as Cairo attempts to mediate the ongoing dispute between the Islamist Hamas party and the Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. For over four ...
“We hope that the occupation is brought to justice and punished. We do hope that the occupation’s soldiers are being punished by means of international courts.” The United Nations released a report in March concerning ...
“Taking action against those who work for the ICC sends a clear message to torturers and murderers alike: Their crimes may continue unchecked,” said ICC’s Andrea Prasow. (Reuters) The United States will withdraw or deny ...
New Zealand’s Prime Minister vowed to look into amending the country’s gun laws following the mass shooting in Christchurch. On Friday, a mass shooting took place at two mosques in the city of Christchurch, New ...
First, a little backdrop: what the heck is a motion to recommit? According to an archived page on the official House of Representatives website under the banner of the late Democratic representative Louise Slaughter: The ...
One year after the brutal murders of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes, the question of who ordered the assassination still remains. (Peoples Dispatch) One year ago today, Brazilian councilwoman ...
Volkswagen “repeatedly lied to and misled United States investors, consumers, and regulators as part of an illegal scheme to sell its purportedly ‘clean diesel’ cars and billions of dollars of corporate bonds and other securities.” ...
“Why are we violating the law to include any question whatsoever in the 2020 census?” asked Ocasio-Cortez. On Thursday U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testified in front of a House Oversight and Reform Committee in regards to the Commerce ...
So, what is it about minority identities? It seems it has become almost fashionable to be a minority on the left these days. Identity politics is a tricky business. Beyond all the complaints against political ...
“We were not chosen for this act of violence because we condone racism, because we are enclave for extremism. We were chosen for the fact that we are none of these things. It was because ...
The step-sister of Anne Frank said high school students in California expressed their sincere remorse over a photo they took giving the Nazi salute. (Reuters) An Auschwitz survivor and stepsister of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank ...
According to a recent study, glyphosate, the primary pesticide in the weed killer Roundup, was found in popular beers and wines. In recent years, scientists and public health groups have conducted studies that found glyphosate ...
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