Thanks to world leaders’ failures to adequately address the threats posed by nuclear weapons and the climate crisis—in spite of mounting public pressure for bold action on both fronts—the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced Thursday that the Doomsday Clock remains at two minutes to midnight, “the closest it has ever been to apocalypse.” Click…
Responding to allegations of gender discrimination and sexual harassment from some people who worked on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) 2016 presidential campaign, National Nurses United (NNU)—which endorsed the senator’s bid for president—is calling on all candidates in the 2020 race “to establish strong, mandatory rules to protect staffers and volunteers from all forms of sexual…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Democrats are worried that allegations of domestic abuse made by a former girlfriend of Rep. Keith EllisonKeith Maurice EllisonThe Hill’s Coronavirus Report: Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says country needs to rethink what ‘policing’ means; US cases surpass 2 million with no end to pandemic in sight Officer charged in…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday charged a Russian woman with participating in a conspiracy to influence next month’s midterm elections, underlying the degree to which Moscow is seeking to interfere in the United States. The timing of the complaint, which was unsealed as U.S. intelligence officials issued a warning on foreign influence campaigns, sends a dire message…
Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum (D) during a fiery Wednesday night debate said he would not call his GOP opponent Ron DeSantisRonald Dion DeSantisGOP tentatively decides on Jacksonville for site of convention DeSantis pushing to host Republican National Convention in Florida Florida bars and theaters to reopen starting Friday, DeSantis says MORE a racist, but “the racists believe he’s…
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As new polling found that over 80 percent of the American public supports the key pillars of the Green New Deal resolution, the youth-led Sunrise Movement on Thursday launched an action plan aimed at making Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) regret his “shameless” plan to rush a floor vote on the bold climate plan….
The CIA-funded California software firm Palantir Technologies and the World Food Program (WFP) have announced a five-year $45 million partnership that data privacy and human rights advocates are describing as “breathtaking and terrifying” as well as “horribly irresponsible and potentially incredibly harmful.” Click Here: Fjallraven Kanken Art Spring Landscape Backpacks “The recipients of WFP aid…
Oregon’s new rent control law, described as both “unprecedented” and “historic,” will help to combat the most unjust actions of landlords across the state—but fair housing advocates said Friday that while progress is welcome, the job is far from done. Democratic Gov. Kate Brown signed Senate Bill 608 into law on Thursday, enacting the United…
Voters in Exeter, New Hampshire, fearing the impact on their community from a planned pipeline project, declared Tuesday that their town’s right to a safe and healthy climate trumps corporate profits. “Our right to a healthy climate is an unalienable right,” said Maura Fay, co-founder of the community group Citizen Action for Exeter’s Environment (CAEE),…