Month: October 2020

A leading organization of American pediatricians declared Monday that children are “uniquely vulnerable” to the harmful impacts of human-made climate change—from natural disasters to food “With Child Health Uniquely Threatened, Pediatricians Call for Climate Solutions”

The American Psychological Association (APA) this week formally requested that the U.S. government “safeguard psychologists from involvement in any national security interrogations or detention settings” “APA Letter Sends 'Clear Message' That Psychologists Reject US Torture”

President Obama’s official rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday was met with grand applause from those who opposed the project and organizers who “Obama's Rejection of Keystone XL Is Victory, But That's Not the Whole Story”

A secretive British police investigation focusing on journalists working with Edward Snowden’s leaked documents has been designated the code name “Operation Curable,” according to details “Code Name for U.K. Probe of Snowden Reporting Revealed: “Operation Curable””

United Nations-brokered peace talks in Yemen’s nine-month-old civil war are faltering, amid disputes between rival factions over the release of prisoners. Meanwhile, local officials have “Ceasefire in Yemen Faces Collapse as U.S. Continues Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia, Fueling Civil War”

The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), a super PAC aligned with House GOP leadership, is increasing its spending in Georgia’s special election, increasing it by $3.5 “GOP super PAC pours millions into Ga. special election”

A liberal healthcare group is putting more than $500,000 behind attack ads aimed at 24 GOP lawmakers who voted for the party’s plan to repeal “Liberal group funds $500K in attack ads after healthcare vote”

Forty-seven House Democrats joined with a majority of Republicans to approve a bill that would effectively stop the ability for Syrian refugees attempting to flee “47 Democrats Join with House GOP to Refuse Suffering Refugees”

French police have placed 24 activists under ‘house arrest’ ahead of the major UN climate warming COP21 talks starting near Paris next week. The French “France Puts 24 Climate Activists Under House Arrest Ahead of COP21”

Venezuela’s right wing won a majority of seats in the country’s National Assembly on Sunday, signalling a major political shift that President Nicolas Maduro said “After Party Loss, Venezuela's Maduro Vows to Continue "Socialist Revolution"”