Black Lives Matter organizers say they have no plans to back down from a racial justice protest planned for Wednesday, despite the Mall of America “'Outrageous and Totalitarian': Mall of America Sues to Block Black Lives Matter Protest”
Month: October 2020
Look What We've Done: Human-Made Epoch of Nightmares Is Here
There’s no question about it. A new epoch—the Anthropocene—has begun. So says an international group of geoscientists, in a paper published Friday in the journal “Look What We've Done: Human-Made Epoch of Nightmares Is Here”
Rejecting Snyder's Claim, Experts Say Poisoning of Flint Blatant Racial Injustice
Experts are voicing strong disagreement with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who on Friday tried to argue that the lead poisoning plaguing the water of the “Rejecting Snyder's Claim, Experts Say Poisoning of Flint Blatant Racial Injustice”
Skip Your Visit to Argentina, Nobel Laureate Tells Obama
The 1980 Nobel Peace Prize laureate has urged President Barack Obama to reschedule his planned visit to Argentina, saying the date marks the anniversary of “Skip Your Visit to Argentina, Nobel Laureate Tells Obama”
Sanders backers fall short in California Democrat race
California Democrats on Saturday elected a longtime party activist to become their new chairman, after a contentious day of voting in which a second candidate “Sanders backers fall short in California Democrat race”
'Historic Settlement' Cheered as Harbinger of End to Toxic Pesticides' Harm
Click:city tour shanghai china A conservation organization is celebrating what it calls a “historical settlement” that stands to put permanent restrictions on widely used pesticides “'Historic Settlement' Cheered as Harbinger of End to Toxic Pesticides' Harm”
Sanders Blasts Michigan Officials for Denying Undocumented People Clean Water
Senator Bernie Sanders blasted the state of Michigan after reports circulated that undocumented immigrants living in Flint, Michigan have been denied clean drinking water. “This “Sanders Blasts Michigan Officials for Denying Undocumented People Clean Water”
McDonald's Being "Called Out Worldwide" as Brazil Opens Probe
As the fight against McDonald’s expands its global front, federal prosecutors in Brazil have opened a probe into the fast food giant and its main “McDonald's Being "Called Out Worldwide" as Brazil Opens Probe”
'Lying Through His Lead-Free Teeth': Gov. Snyder Berated on Capitol Hill
Republican Governor Rick Snyder was in the hot seat during the second of this week’s congressional hearings about Flint’s water crisis and sparks flew as “'Lying Through His Lead-Free Teeth': Gov. Snyder Berated on Capitol Hill”
'Up All Night' Protests Sweep France as 100,000 Join Pro-Democracy Movement
A police crackdown will not deter France’s burgeoning Nuit Debout (or ‘Up All Night’) movement that has swept across the country in recent weeks as “'Up All Night' Protests Sweep France as 100,000 Join Pro-Democracy Movement”