With the United Nations climate talks in Paris underway, hundreds of climate change protesters stormed the Australian Parliament House on Wednesday to demand the country’s leaders “put people before polluters.” Climate group 350 Australia, which said 300 people took part Read More …
From calls to ban non-American Muslims to pledges to carpet bomb densely-populated cities, the rise of hateful rhetoric among 2016 presidential candidates—and the real, violent consequences for those communities targeted—has raised widespread concern. But also on display during the fifth Read More …
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With the final Democratic debate on Sunday putting South Carolina in the spotlight, the question once again rises: Will Bernie Sanders be able to rally black voters there, and across the U.S.? With its upcoming February 27 Democratic primary, the Read More …
The “virtual tie” in Iowa between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton Monday evening is being hailed as a symbolic victory for the Sanders campaign, bolstering the fight for “political revolution,” which the candidate vows will continue all the way to Read More …
After the very public failure of a number of Arctic drilling attempts last year, Big Oil companies are lobbying the government of Canada to extend their drilling licenses and relinquish hundreds of millions in security deposits, reporting on Monday revealed. Read More …
Apple and the FBI will take their high-profile encryption battle to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, with both sides calling on Congress to weigh in on the “watershed” privacy case—as well as the significant precedents it could set. FBI Director James Read More …
NASA this weekend released new data which shows that February 2016 was not only the hottest in recorded history, but it soared past all previous records, prompting scientists to describe the announcement as “an ominous milestone in our march toward Read More …
As expected, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Tuesday signed a controversial and bigoted “religious freedom” law that opponents say sanctions widespread discrimination. Bryant’s stamp of approval, the ACLU said, gives Mississippi the “dubious distinction of being the first state to Read More …
Hoping to avoid a costly ballot fight, California lawmakers and labor unions on Saturday reportedly reached an agreement to raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour gradually by 2023. Governor Jerry Brown is expected to make a formal Read More …