Month: October 2020

A federal judge struck down Mississippi’s anti-LGBTQ bill hours before it was scheduled to go into effect on Friday, saying that it fails to “respect “Mississippi Hate Bill Smacked Down in 'Blistering Opinion'”

After a weekend of protests and arrests across the U.S., demonstrations against police violence continued on Sunday in cities nationwide. As Common Dreams reported, marches “Tensions High as Combat-Ready Police Confront National Black Lives Matter Protests”

Thousands of people were arrested and at least 161 killed overnight in Turkey as an attempted military coup came to a chaotic end. The death “Thousands Arrested as Attempted Coup in Turkey Reportedly Fails”

#KabulBlast Tweets At least 80 people were killed, and more than 230 wounded, in Kabul on Saturday by suicide bombers who targeted a peaceful protest “At Least 80 Dead in Kabul After Massive Attack on Peaceful March”

The final night of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) saw highs, lows, and abundant examples of party propagandizing. Here are some takeaways from Night Four: “From Populism to Nationalism: The Highs and Lows of Democrats' Big Finale”

The fight for internet privacy has focused much of its attention on government surveillance, but mass data collection is done by private companies as well—and “Spying's New Frontier: Private Firm Collects Data on 'Every American Adult'”

Both Ukraine and Russia are escalating military activity along the Crimean border, as tensions between the two nations—largely stoked by the West—mount once again. On “'High Alert': Ukraine and Russia Building Up Military at Crimean Border”

As illegal forest-clearing fires once again burn acres of tropical peatland in Indonesia, new research on last year’s deadly blazes estimates that 100,000 people died “Indonesia's Illegal Deforestation Fires Killed Over 100,000: Study”

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have “Clinton: Trump is 'a very effective reality TV star'”

Michael Flynn, the former White House national security adviser caught in a federal probe about Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election, now has a “Flynn family sets up legal defense fund”