Month: October 2020

Authorities in Peru are investigating the murder of environmental activist Edwin Chota, a leader of the Ashaninka Indian village of Saweto, who was killed along with three other men in a remote area of the Amazon jungle that they were attempting to protect from illegal logging. Chota was murdered on September 1 after he left…

This story was co-published with NPR. Back in 2009, Kevin Evans was one of millions of Americans blindsided by the recession. His 25-year career selling office furniture collapsed. He shed the nice home he could no longer afford, but not a $7,000 credit card debt. We asked readers to tell us about their experiences being…

As the U.S. cements a pact to maintain troops in Afghanistan following their reported withdrawal at the end of the year, a top U.S. official has admitted that the military also has no set plan to release the secret prisoners held captive in that country. Brigadier General Patrick J. Reinert told Reuters that the unknown…

Students from at least two Philadelphia public high schools refused to go to classes Wednesday morning to protest the recent and abrupt cancellation of the city’s contract with the Philadelphia teachers’ union. The Philadelphia School Reform Commission (SRC), which replaced the elected school board amidst financial difficulties in 2001 and is comprised of five members…

Protests over a police shooting in St. Louis, Missouri continued for a second night on Thursday and into Friday morning as hundreds of people gathered in the city where a white off-duty officer killed a black teenager earlier this week. As many as 400 demonstrators came together throughout the night in the Shaw neighborhood of…

A new plan on broadband service reportedly being crafted by the Federal Communications Commission head has been criticized by open Internet advocates who say it still fails to deliver real net neutrality. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday on FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s “hybrid approach,” which is partly based on proposals from the Mozilla Foundation…

Environmental groups and concerned community members have taken to the streets in their fight to stop fracking—an extraction process they say threatens environmental and public health. But the issue has made its way to the ballot as well; in communities in California, Ohio and Texas, voters have a chance to enact fracking bans on November…

The U.S. will assume leadership of the international Arctic Council this week, as Russia and Canada flex their military muscles in the fossil fuel-rich polar region. For environmentalists, by opening U.S. Arctic waters to oil drilling leases, the Obama Administration hasn’t instilled confidence in its stewardship of the complex and swiftly changing ecosystem. Still, when…

UNITED NATIONS – When the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured a treasure trove of U.S. weapons from fleeing Iraqi soldiers last month, one of the rebel leaders with a morbid sense of humour was quoted as saying rather sarcastically: “We hope the Americans would honour their agreements and service our helicopters.”…

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a small drone found on White House grounds early Monday morning. The commercial drone was identified as a ‘quad copter,’ often used by military and law enforcement agencies for surveillance and reconnaissance missions. “The relatively cheap unmanned aerial vehicles are also often used by amateur model aircraft enthusiasts,” notes…