Month: October 2020

Russian agents reportedly used a Facebook tool to target specific American voters in an attempt to influence their politics. According to a Tuesday report in The Washington Post, the Russians used a Facebook tool known as Custom Audiences to target groups of Americans by gender, demographics, interests and geography. The Post cited individuals knowledgeable with the…

The dominoes continue to fall in Tennessee, where GOP state Rep. Mark Green will run for the seat Rep. Marsha BlackburnMarsha BlackburnGOP senators introduce resolution opposing calls to defund the police GOP senators dodge on treatment of White House protesters Five things to know about Trump’s legal power under the Insurrection Act MORE (R-Tenn.) is…

A day after the United Nations admitted that it helped spread cholera in Haiti, the organization also found that poor sanitation persisted in its missions around the world—from the Caribbean nation to Africa and the Middle East. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon acknowledged on Thursday that reckless waste disposal played a role in the 2010…

With the right to vote “more vulnerable now than at any time in the past 50 years,” an American civil rights coalition is calling for an increase in international election monitors during the 2016 election. Click Here: geelong cats guernsey 2019 In a letter sent this weekend, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights,…

As the civil war in Syria deepens, American war hawks are using recent atrocities to push for direct U.S. military intervention against the Syrian government, according to observers who warn that further escalation will only worsen what has been dubbed “the most dangerous and destructive crisis on the planet.” At The Nation on Thursday, journalist…

Two pipeline corporations have announced plans to merge, raising the hackles of climate activists who say the deal “would be bad news for energy consumers and terrible news for the clean energy revolution on which the future of our planet depends.” Canadian pipeline behemoth Enbridge said Tuesday that it plans to buy Houston-based Spectra Energy…

When it comes to Hillary Clinton’s and Donald Trump’s election campaigns—and potential presidencies—who’s actually in “the room where it happens?” Watchdog group Public Citizen sheds light behind closed doors with its new report, out Thursday, entitled The Company They Keep: A Guide to the Presidential Candidates’ Domestic Policy Advisers (pdf). Arguing that “personnel choices provide…

Canada’s approach to tackling climate change grows ever more confused as the federal government scrambles to sign the Paris climate accord in early November—without actually putting forth a national plan to limit the country’s soaring carbon emissions. “Canada has a consistent history under successive Liberal and Conservative governments of making international carbon-cutting promises that it…

A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan killed at least 15 civilians on Wednesday, drawing United Nations condemnation and calls for an independent probe into the attack. In a statement, the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said the civilians, all men, “had gathered in a village to celebrate the return of a tribal elder from…

Wearing black as a symbol of mourning for lost reproductive rights, tens of thousands of women in Poland and beyond took to the streets on Monday to protest a draconian ban on abortion. Tweets about #CzarnyProtest OR #BlackMonday OR #”BlackProtest” lang:en As part of “Black Monday,” more than 100,000 protesters vowed to boycott work or…