Month: October 2020

Juan Mata has hailed Man Utd team-mate Donny van de Beek “very clever player” after the Red Devils beat Brighton 3-0 in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday. The visitors ran out 3-0 winners as the 32-year-old Mata laid on Scott McTominay’s header before tucking away his 50th goal for the club, with Paul Pogba’s deflected…

Lyon presiden Jean-Michel Aulas has given Arsenal hope of pulling off a deal for reported key target Houssem Aouar by claiming the French club could “lose two players” before the transfer deadline. Mikel Arteta is a big admirer of the talented midfielder, who impressed in both Ligue 1 and the Champions League last season. However, Arsenal…

Looking for a ray of sunshine amidst seemingly endless news of the warming planet, global biodiversity loss, or ongoing war? You might want to head over to Seeds of a Good Anthropocene, a website developed by a team of international researchers to spotlight global initiatives or “seeds” from the grassroots that help pave the path…

In an ominous sign for press freedom, documentary filmmaker and journalist Deia Schlosberg was arrested and charged with felonies carrying a whopping maximum sentence of up to 45 years in prison—simply for reporting on the ongoing Indigenous protests against fossil fuel infrastructure. Schlosberg was arrested in Walhalla, North Dakota on Tuesday for filming activists shutting…

Uncertainty about the future of Obamacare under a Trump administration might “spook” insurers and prompt them to leave the market early to avoid losses, Politico reported on Monday, which could spell chaos for consumers who are already facing a turbulent healthcare landscape. Vice President-elect Mike Pence confirmed on Sunday that President-elect Donald Trump would prioritize…

Global wealth inequality continues to rise, according to a new study from Credit Suisse, with the richest 10 percent now owning a full 89 percent of all global assets. The annual assessment (.pdf) from the Zurich-based financial services company finds that while the world was trending toward greater equality until 2008, the financial crisis halted…

In the first presidential election since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, voters in many crucial swing states are encountering fewer polling places, longer lines, and in some cases even reporting intimidation. “There is tremendous disruption at the polls today,” Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human…

In the mere hours since Donald Trump emerged as the surprising victor of the presidential election, there has been an observed uptick in reports of abuse, hate speech, and assault against Muslims, people of color, immigrants, Latinos, and the LGBTQ community, pointing to—as The Verge‘s Sean O’Kane put it—some “really dark days ahead” for minorities…

The election recount in Michigan is off to a rocky start, marred by ongoing legal challenges and broken polling machines. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, a Republican who “lashed out” Tuesday at the federal judge who ordered the state’s recount to begin Monday, plans to “aggressively argue to stop the recount” at a hearing Tuesday…

After United Steelworkers Local 1999 president Chuck Jones revealed Wednesday that fewer jobs were remaining in Carrier’s Indianapolis plant than President-elect Donald Trump had promised, Trump launched into a Twitter tirade against the union leader. In his tweets, the president-elect did not address his own apparently false statements about the job numbers but instead appeared…