Month: November 2020

Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases “Top aide: Trump 'gracious' by not prosecuting Clinton for emails amid recount”

Saul Landau—award-winning author, filmmaker, scholar and social activist—has died at the age of 77 after a lengthy battle with cancer. According to Democracy Now!, which “Documentary Filmmaker and Activist Saul Landau Dead at 77”

Marking at least a temporary victory for the Nez Perce Tribe and environmental activists, a federal judge on Friday halted shipments of giant tar sands “Victory: Judge Halts Tar Sands 'Megaloads' Through Nat'l Forest”

The Syrian government met the first deadline in the disarmament plan brokered by the United States and Russia by submitting information about its chemical weapons “Syria Meets Deadline to Disclose Chemical Weapons”

Three new political committees have formed in the last month urging first lady Michelle ObamaMichelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaThe Hill’s Morning Report – Treasury, Fed urge “'Ready for Michelle' PACs urge 2020 run”

The world needs to “wake up before it is too late” and usher in a paradigm shift in agriculture that moves away from industrial agriculture “Ecological 'Wake-Up' Call Counters Corporate-Friendly 'Free' Trade”

Following the release of the IPCC’s first installment of its fifth assessment report (AR5) on climate change in Stockholm on Friday, environmental groups, experts, and “'Debate on Science is Over, Time to Act Is Now': World Reacts to IPCC Report”

Ecuador gave the OK on Thursday to oil drilling in the Yasuní National Park, an area some consider the most biodiverse place in the world. “Oil Drilling in Planet's Most Biodiverse Area Gets Green Light”

Kellyanne Conway is considering taking the helm of the external political operation that will support Donald Trump during his tenure as president, according to sources “Conway eyes top spot in Trump's outside political operation”

Thousands of people rallied and about 200 were arrested outside the Capitol Building in Washington, DC on Tuesday, demanding meaningful and immediate legislative action to “Immigration Rights Activists Joined by Lawmakers as 200 Arrested in DC”