Month: October 2020

Ukraine in Context: What You Don't Know About a New Cold War

As the events in Ukraine have sent world leaders scurrying to develop and spread narratives that serve their own interests, the complexities of the geopolitical and economic implications—whether from a Russian, American, European or Ukrainian perspective—have become elusive to those trying to understand exactly what’s going on inside the country. While the U.S. media is…

By HearthstoneYarns October 22, 2020 0

'Proof of Our Flawed Justice System': Man Freed After Almost 30 Years on Death Row

Louisiana’s longest-serving death row inmate was freed on Tuesday after a state district judge voided his murder conviction and death sentence. Sixty-four-year-old Glenn Ford, who spent almost 26 years on death row at the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, had maintained that he was not involved in the 1983 killing of a neighborhood jeweler…

By HearthstoneYarns October 22, 2020 0

North Carolina Colluded With Duke Energy to Block Green Groups: Internal Docs

Internal emails released Thursday by environmental lawyers confirm what activists have long charged: the North Carolina authorities tasked with regulating Duke Energy — the company responsible for the Dan River coal ash disaster — have been colluding with the corporation behind closed doors to undermine concerned environmental groups. “These documents reveal a very cozy relationship…

By HearthstoneYarns October 22, 2020 0