Month: October 2020

By 2050, a majority of U.S. coastal areas—including urban centers such as Baltimore, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Boston—will likely be threatened by 30 or more “Driven by Climate Change, 'Nuisance' Flooding to Become Commonplace in US Coastal Areas”

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a new military doctrine that names NATO’s military presence near the country’s border and expansion in Eastern Europe “Amid Heightened Tensions With the West, Russia Declares NATO is Top Military Threat”

The United States has entered the new year pledging to lead a war on ISIS for “as long as it takes to prevail.” But what “As US-Led War Continues, What Happens to Civilians Wounded and Displaced?”

More than 700,000 people took to streets across France Saturday in a massive show of national unity and solidarity with the victims of the deadly “France Takes to the Streets Saturday: 700,000 March For Unity, Against Fascism”

Zero tolerance. That’s what the United Nations, health professionals, and those who advocate for women and girls say is necessary to end female genital mutilation “'Zero Tolerance': A Worldwide Call to Eliminate the Brutal Practice of FGM”

Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness “Hillary Clinton holds head high as Trump takes office”

The documentary film directed by Laura Poitras, Citizenfour, which chronicles the impacts of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s decision to entrust journalists with some of the “Laura Poitras' Documentary 'CitizenFour' Nominated for Oscar”

Kansas officials have for the first time publicly linked fracking activity—specifically, the injection of saltwater into wastewater wells—with a dramatic uptick in earthquakes across the “Yet Another State Admits Connection Between Fracking and Earthquakes”

The National Security Agency began its warrantless surveillance program without Congressional approval, spying on emails and phone calls of foreign targets months before the passage “NSA Began Warrantless Surveillance Without Congressional Approval”

One of the three Al Jazeera journalists who had been held in Egypt for 400 days has been freed, sources reported Sunday. Peter Greste, an “One Al Jazeera Journalist Freed While Two Remain Prisoners of Egyptian Crackdown”