Month: September 2020
37 Posts
Life in supermax for the ‘crime’ of journalism? UK court told Assange likely to be sent to notorious US prison
Raskin raps Trump administration for ignoring white supremacist threat in law enforcement
Trump 2016 campaign used Facebook for deterrence operation targeting millions of Black voters
Investigation reveals BP, Shell still back anti-climate lobby groups, despite pledge
Jayapal leads demand for White House answers on possible illegal mass surveillance
‘Recognize what is at stake,’ progressives warn amid reports Trump to tap Barrett as Ginsburg’s successor
Ro Khanna introduces bill for 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices
US-Guyana maritime patrols near Venezuela border denounced as latest American imperialism
Trump EPA OKs continued use of chlorpyrifos
Sanders leads 30 Democrats in call for OAS to avoid prolonging ‘crisis of democracy and human rights’ in Bolivia
‘Fox Lied, 200,000 Died’: Video mash-up chronicles Fox News downplaying Covid-19 dangers as deaths soared
Outrage over Florida Gov. DeSantis’ proposed anti-protest bill
Trump blasted for ‘McCarthy-like’ call for ‘patriotic education’ and attack on Howard Zinn, 1619 Project
ACLU rebukes Barr for urging sedition charges against protesters
Daniel Ellsberg tells UK court that US seeks both ‘revenge’ against Julian Assange and to ‘crush’ future whistleblowers
USDA and meatpacking industry collaborated to undermine Covid-19 response
Study shows richest 1% of Americans have taken $50 trillion from bottom 90% in recent decades
For Palestinians and their supporters, Arab-Israeli pacts are ‘a stab in the back’ amid ongoing oppression
Former US-backed Salvadoran colonel sentenced by Spanish court to 133 years in prison for 1989 Jesuit massacre
Bernie Sanders blasts AstraZeneca for raising drug prices despite $1.2 billion from taxpayers for Covid-19 vaccine
New UN report recommends ICC investigate possible war crimes by all sides in Yemen
UN: Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes increases despite pandemic
Krugman ripped on 9/11 anniversary for claiming ‘no mass outbreak of anti-Muslim sentiment’ after 2001 attacks
New report details dozens of Trump rollbacks perpetrated under cover of Covid-19
Former NSA chief Keith Alexander—who infamously lied about mass surveillance—joins Amazon board
Peace activists say Trump drawdown in Iraq not nearly enough
Lula blasts Bolsonaro and Brazil’s oligarchs for ‘creating a monster’ in video seen as launching political comeback
Collective 20 — Interview with Mary Wareham, Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
Despite overseeing soaring civilian casualties, Trump points finger at Pentagon leaders as warmongers
Outrage over Duterte pardon of US Marine who murdered Filipina transgender woman Jennifer Laude
Report: Only 7% of inmates’ loved ones say prisoners have soap, other basic necessities to stop Covid-19
Portuguese youth file ‘unprecedented’ climate lawsuit against 33 European countries
GOP Rep. Clay Higgins threatens to shoot armed Black protesters
Latest US military report on Somalia airstrikes ignores civilians killed
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib join calls for Joy Reid apology after host compares Trump to ‘violent’ Muslims
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