Month: September 2020

The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday there is no indication that Trump Tower was ever the “subject of surveillance” by the U.S. government. Committee chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and ranking Democrat Mark Warner (Va.), who are also leading an investigation into Russia’s alleged involvement with the presidential election, issuedRead moreRead more

The world reacted with dismay and anger as President Donald Trump issued an executive order Tuesday that dismantled critical U.S. climate policies, betraying the country’s international climate commitments. While world leaders, scientists, and policy makers expressed outrage and skepticism about the president’s move, they also vowed to step up and increase climate change mitigation inRead moreRead more

The Great Barrier Reef may be at a “terminal” point after being hit with unprecedented bleaching events in consecutive years, scientists warned Monday. According to new aerial surveys conducted by the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, two-thirds of the reef have now been affected, up from one-third last year. ThisRead moreRead more

Indigenous people and allies around the world are mobilizing this Earth Day to demand respect for community land rights in the name of the climate, biodiversity, and human rights. “Peoples and local communities are the best guardians of their lands and forests, yet governments are giving the go-ahead to hydroelectric dams, industrial mining, predatory logging,Read moreRead more

The Democratic Party’s ground game was the deciding factor in the election of Doug Jones to the Senate, former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon said Wednesday. Speaking on “Breitbart News Daily” on SiriusXM, Bannon sought to explain the loss of Roy Moore, the Republican candidate in Alabama he endorsed and campaigned for. Bannon saidRead moreRead more

The Justice Department has launched a new inquiry into whether the Clinton Foundation engaged in any pay-to-play politics or other illegal activities while Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies toRead moreRead more

The deadly truck bombing that struck the diplomatic area Afghanistan’s capital during rush hour on Wednesday is a grim reminder of the ongoing horrors of war felt by Afghan civilians, says one expert. CNN noted that the “streets were packed with commuters, women shopping, and children going to school.”  The death toll, as of thisRead moreRead more

Some major U.S. corporations recently made headlines by creating relatively generous paid parental leave policies—but a new report out Wednesday shows that most companies only offer paid leave to their corporate employees, and short-change low-wage, hourly workers who would benefit from such policies the most. For example, Starbucks received glowing praise for creating a maternityRead moreRead more

Journalist Jim Acosta, the senior White House correspondent for CNN, was among those expressing alarm and frustration on Monday after the White House held a press briefing that barred the use of both audio and video recordings. “I don’t know why everybody is going along with this,” Acosta said on air after the closed briefingRead moreRead more

Organizers of the Women’s March on Washington—which took place the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration and inspired solidarity marches in hundreds of cities across the globe—are planning a protest against the National Rifle Association for July 14, in response to a video published to the NRA’s Facebook page last month. This time around, the two-dayRead moreRead more