Month: October 2020

Creative direct actions are taking place across Canada on Saturday, in a nationwide mobilization meant to demonstrate that Canadians “care about their communities, and that we are ready to stop digging, start building and move beyond the tar sands.” #JobsJusticeClimate Tweets The ‘We > Tar Sands’ rallies and events are coming in advance of aRead moreRead more

A week of direct actions across Canada and the U.S. to stop so-called “bomb trains” began on Monday, the two-year anniversary of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, when an unmanned train with 72 tankers carrying 30,000 gallons of crude oil careened into a small town in the Canadian province of Quebec, where it derailed, exploded, andRead moreRead more

As the Japanese government moves to accelerate the return of Fukushima refugees to their homes, environmental advocacy organization Greenpeace warned Tuesday that radioactive contamination remains “so widespread and at such a high level” that it will be impossible for people to safely go back. Four years after an earthquake and tsunami touched off the nuclearRead moreRead more

The 21st century has already seen a record-smashing decline in the world’s glaciers, which are melting at up to three times the rate of the 20th century and will continue to disappear even without further climate change, an alarming new study concludes. Click Here: All Blacks Rugby Jersey Entitled Historically Unprecedented Global Glacier Decline inRead moreRead more

In hundreds of trials over a 10-year period, prosecutors in a Louisiana county rejected potential black jurors three times as often as they rejected potential jurors of other races—a trend which is reflected in court systems around the country, new reporting published Monday has found. Blackstrikes: A Study of the Racially Disparate Use of PeremptoryRead moreRead more

Outrage and condemnation were the reactions inside a Cairo courtroom and across the world on Saturday after three Al-Jazeera journalists were sentenced to at least three years in prison by an Egyptian judge. #FreeAJstaff Tweets Canadian national Mohammed Fahmy, Australian journalist Peter Greste and Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed were convicted of “spreading false news” andRead moreRead more

Following years of fast food worker organizing, protests, and strikes, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced to a cheering crowd of union members and rights campaigners that he has used his executive power to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour for employees at fast food chains—and vowed to endorse making thatRead moreRead more

The high stakes of Georgia’s special election for an open House seat show no signs of letting up as the final two candidates race to the finish line with less than 60 days to go. Democrat Jon Ossoff narrowly failed to win a majority of the vote in the 6th District last week and avoidRead moreRead more

Anti-fracking activists in Colorado erected a 20-foot mock oil derrick in front of Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper’s mansion in a Denver neighborhood on Monday, demanding an end to drilling in their state. About 230 people joined the demonstration—which made stops at several “Hall of Shame” locations including Halliburton’s Denver office, the state capitol, and theRead moreRead more

Author and activist Naomi Klein joined a panel discussion on Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show Wednesday and shared her thoughts on why Pope Francis’ messages seem to be resonating so well with huge numbers of people. The segment aired the day ahead of the pope’s historic address to U.S. Congress. Responding to host Larry Wilmore’sRead moreRead more