Updated March 3, 9:30 AM EST Roughly 400 student activists were arrested Sunday after zip-tying themselves to the White House fence in what observers say “Hundreds of Students Arrested Demanding Climate Action”
Month: October 2020
Justice Advocates Challenge Power of Multinational Corporations
WASHINGTON – Advocacy and accountability groups are urging the U.S. Congress to enact new mechanisms that would allow it to hold multinational corporations accountable for “Justice Advocates Challenge Power of Multinational Corporations”
Ukraine: Escalation Climbs Ahead of Crimea Vote
Moscow has deployed nearly 10,000 troops to the border with Ukraine, The Guardian reports on Friday, just days ahead of a planned Sunday referendum in “Ukraine: Escalation Climbs Ahead of Crimea Vote”
IMF to Ukraine: We'll Give You Money If You Give Us Austerity
The International Monetary Fund announced on Thursday a $14 to $18 billion “bailout” for Ukraine that is contingent on Kiev’s imposition of stringent austerity measures. “IMF to Ukraine: We'll Give You Money If You Give Us Austerity”
'Buzzword List' Reveals What State Officials Can't Say About Fracking
Former employees of the Pennsylvania Department of Health were ordered by supervisors to ignore complaints about fracking-related health issues and follow a host of other “'Buzzword List' Reveals What State Officials Can't Say About Fracking”
Sam Roberts to host weekly WWE Network series
Sam Roberts is getting his own weekly series on the WWE Network. Roberts announced today that “Notsam Wrestling” will premiere on the WWE Network at “Sam Roberts to host weekly WWE Network series”
Cape Cod Activists 'Guilty' for Plymouth Nuclear Plant Protest
Three years after Fukushima, and approximately one year after their acts of civil resistance, 12 Massachusetts residents were found guilty Friday in Plymouth (MA) District “Cape Cod Activists 'Guilty' for Plymouth Nuclear Plant Protest”
First Same-Sex Couples Wed in England, Wales
At the stroke of midnight same-sex couples across England and Wales tied the knot for the first time in history as a recently passed law “First Same-Sex Couples Wed in England, Wales”
Climate Change and Inequality Brewing Global Social Upheaval
President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, is warning that the combined crises of planetary climate change and rising global inequality in a highly “Climate Change and Inequality Brewing Global Social Upheaval”
'Tax Break for the Rich': House Passes Ryan Budget
In a move critics say would lead the country further down a path of austerity, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Paul Ryan’s proposed budget “'Tax Break for the Rich': House Passes Ryan Budget”