No longer safe from conflict in the very place they’d sought refuge, an estimated 130,000 Syrian Kurds have crossed into Turkey since Friday, according to “Syrian Refugee 'Emergency' in Turkey Intensifies”
Month: October 2020
Rate of Ocean Warming Vastly Underestimated: Study
The ocean is getting warmer at a rate that far outpaces previous estimates, a new study published Sunday has discovered. Since 1970, the top 700 “Rate of Ocean Warming Vastly Underestimated: Study”
Media Outlets 'Outraged' After FBI Caught Falsifying AP Story to Target Suspect
Major media outlets expressed outrage following revelations this week that in 2007, the FBI crafted a news story under a false Associated Press byline, and “Media Outlets 'Outraged' After FBI Caught Falsifying AP Story to Target Suspect”
Report: Senate Report on CIA Will Sidestep Look at Bush 'Torture Team'
Click:发稿渠道 According to new reporting by McClatchy, the five-year investigation led by the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee into the torture program conducted by the CIA “Report: Senate Report on CIA Will Sidestep Look at Bush 'Torture Team'”
'This Stops Today': Nationwide Protests Planned in Wake of Eric Garner Decision
On Thursday, the day after a grand jury in New York decided not to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo for the July 17 chokehold death “'This Stops Today': Nationwide Protests Planned in Wake of Eric Garner Decision”
W.Va. attorney general may challenge Manchin
West Virginia’s outspoken Republican attorney general is likely to launch a bid for the Senate in a race that could put him up against against “W.Va. attorney general may challenge Manchin”
Iraq War Veteran, Outspoken War Critic Tomas Young Dead at 34
Iraq war veteran and outspoken Iraq war critic Tomas Young has died at the age of 34. Democracy Now! reported his death Monday, the eve “Iraq War Veteran, Outspoken War Critic Tomas Young Dead at 34”
Sanders Joins Warren in Opposing Obama's Wall Street Nominee for Treasury
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Sunday that he intends to join Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Ma.) in opposing the confirmation of Wall Street investment banker “Sanders Joins Warren in Opposing Obama's Wall Street Nominee for Treasury”
Typhoon Hagupit Slams Into Philippines
Typhoon Hagupit slammed into the Philippines on Saturday, bringing torrential rains, threatening catastrophic damage and underscoring the risks brought by storms expected to become more “Typhoon Hagupit Slams Into Philippines”
How One Indigenous Woman Took On a Multinational Mining Corporation… And Won
For over three years, indigenous Peruvian farmworker Maxima Acuña de Chaupe has refused to allow a U.S.-based multinational corporation to turn her land into an “How One Indigenous Woman Took On a Multinational Mining Corporation… And Won”