The fossil fuel divestment movement continued its momentum this week as students across the U.S. highlighted the need for their institutions to dump “support of global climate disaster, exploitation, and human suffering.” On Tuesday, for example, four members of Divest Harvard were arrested after staging a sit-in at the Federal Reserve Bank building, where the […]
This weekend, hundreds of activists will encircle a Kinder Morgan facility in British Columbia on the ground and on the water, while demanding that Canada break free from fossil fuels, listen to science, and transition to a 100 percent renewable energy. A key step toward doing so, they’ll say, would be rejecting Kinder Morgan’s proposed […]
As McDonald’s prepares to hold its annual meting on Thursday, low wage workers—buoyed by successes from the “unstoppable” Fight for $15 movement—are gearing up to confront the burger giant and again demand a decent wage and union rights. Click Here: camisetas de futbol baratas On Wednesday, in addition to a mid-day strike at the flagship […]
The world’s oceans are enduring the longest-lasting and most widespread coral bleaching event ever recorded, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). And the massive bleaching event is predicted to get even worse—extending into a third, unprecedented year. The current bleaching event has already all but destroyed Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, and NOAA’s […]
Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.) released two ads on Thursday touting President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s recent endorsement of him ahead of next week’s […]
At a moment when the wealthiest one percent own more money than the rest of the world combined, a new report finds that in 2015 the world’s richest people were able to sit back and watch their assets grow by 5.2 percent to a stunning $168 trillion. “Unless companies here and across the globe rein […]
The deathtoll from a massive truck bomb detonated in a Baghdad shopping district over the weekend has climbed to over 200 people, with hundreds more injured and scores still missing, making it one of the deadliest such attacks in the recent history of war-torn Iraq. According to Reuters: Subsequently other outlets, including CNN, raised the […]
Protests, discord, and heightened security announced the start of the Republican National Convention (RNC) on Monday as thousands marched on downtown Cleveland calling on the GOP to reverse its racist policies and “Dump Trump.” The peaceful March on the RNC ended with a rally outside the heavily-fortified perimeter that encircled the Quicken Loans Arena during […]
An epic battle over land rights is being waged in the Dakotas, as a local Indigenous community, facing arrests and litigation, is standing firm in its resistance to a massive Bakken crude pipeline project. Developers of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access (also known as the Bakken) Pipeline filed suit in federal court on Monday against […]
Former Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.), fresh off a prison term, wants to win back his old congressional seat — a campaign that could set off a contentious primary with the Republican who holds the seat now. Grimm, who was released from a seven-month prison term for fraud in 2016, admitted publicly for the first time […]