Organizers behind a campaign to pressure major art institutions into cutting ties with the Sackler family secured a major victory Wednesday when the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced it would no longer accept donations from the family, whose pharmaceutical empire helped fuel the opioid crisis. Fourteen months after the grassroots group P.A.I.N. Sackler held its…
Free speech advocates who warned of the predictable consequences of allowing powerful tech companies to police online discourse seized on YouTube’s attempt Wednesday to purge hate speech from their video platform after creators performing public service journalism and education were swept up in the effort. “Apparently, creating and implementing vague, arbitrary censorship standards on the…
In yet the latest shocking image depicting just how fast the world’s natural systems are changing due to the global climate emergency, a photograph showing a vast expanse of melted Arctic ice in Greenland—one in which a pair of sled dog teams appear to be walking on water—has gone viral. The photo, taken by researcher…
It wasn’t quite a “blink and you’ll miss it” moment, but it was close: Democrats in the second of the first primary debates on Thursday only spent eight minutes of the 120-minute debate on the climate crisis, an indication to many progressive groups and commentators that the planetary catastrophe just isn’t a major priority for…
Global outcry erupted on Monday—with one critic condemning the move as “ethnic cleansing with impunity”—after Israeli forces demolished dozens of homes in Sur Baher, a Palestinian village that straddles East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. “These demolitions are a flagrant violation of international law and part of a systematic pattern by the Israeli authorities…
Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams (D) defeated incumbent GOP Rep. Mia LoveLudmya (Mia) LoveThe biggest political upsets of the decade Former GOP lawmaker: Trump’s tweets have to stop Congressional Women’s Softball team releases roster MORE by fewer than 700 votes in a hotly contested race for Utah’s 4th Congressional District, turning the district blue…
House Democratic Leader Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiTrump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Pelosi: Georgia primary ‘disgrace’ could preview an election debacle in November MORE (Calif.) said Thursday that Democrats are closely monitoring fraud allegations in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, but…
Democrats are worried that they have a problem: The three people leading polls in the very early stages of their presidential race are all white men. The party traditionally battles over identity politics and wants to be seen as promoting diversity. Its last three nominees have been Barack ObamaBarack Hussein ObamaHarris grapples with defund the…
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 2020 campaign manager mocked CNN on Tuesday for signing former Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) as a political…
Ahead of returning with new television episodes later this year, MLW TV is moving nights. It was announced today that — starting next week — MLW TV will premiere on the fubo Sports Network at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday nights. There will also be a replay on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern: Major League…