Month: October 2020

As Pacific Islanders contemplate the scale of devastation wrought by Cyclone Pam this month across four Pacific Island states, including Vanuatu, leaders in the region “Pacific Islanders Say Climate Finance 'Essential' for Paris Agreement”

Joining a rapidly expanding international network of institutions seeking to de-fund the industries driving global warming, Syracuse University on Tuesday announced it would divest its “In Another Divestment Victory, Syracuse University Goes Fossil Free”

Nearly two weeks into a Saudi Arabia-led military assault on Yemen, that has rained down bombs on civilian neighborhoods and infrastructure while locking out food “Enough War: Living Beneath Bombs, Yemenis Refuse to be Collateral Damage”

President Barack Obama’s controversial proposal for the authorization for use of military force (AUMF) in the war on ISIS, submitted to Congress in February, is “War Authorization Dies in House But US Bombs Keep Falling on Iraq and Syria”

A coalition of health and environmental organizations on Monday challenged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to expand the use of a new herbicide “With EPA Lawsuit, Environmental Groups Step Up Fight Against 'Super-Toxic Chemical Cocktail'”

Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen who was 15 when he was shot and captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan in 2002 and sent to Guantanamo “Omar Khadr, Former Child Prisoner at Gitmo, Granted Bail”

Another 21 people were arrested outside the controversial Crestwood Midstream gas storage facility in upstate New York on Wednesday, bringing the total number of arrests “Anti-Fracking Filmmaker Among 20+ Arrested at Latest Seneca Lake Blockade”

Female veterans commit suicide at nearly six times the rate of civilian women and at rates nearly equal to that of male veterans, according to “New Study Finds 'Staggering' Suicide Rates Among Female Veterans”

Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger “Sanders dodges question on whether he will give email list to DNC”

Despite a ferocious lobbying effort to get federal approval for a deal since last year, cable giant Comcast is planning to drop its highly-contested bid “'Spectacularly Good News for Consumers' as Comcast/Time-Warner Mega-Merger Fails”