Several Western nations have closed their embassies in Yemen this week and thousands took part in protests amid continuing unrest in the impoverished country. The developments follow the announcement last week by Houthi rebels that they had assumed control and last month’s resignation of President Abed Mansour Hadi and his cabinet. The Intercept described the […]
Tens of thousands of Israelis rallied against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ruling government in the nation’s capital of Tel Aviv on Saturday night as they decried the leader’s domestic policies and called for a peace agreement with the Palestinians who live in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Government […]
In the same day the nation’s eyes were focused on a deadly Amtrak derailment in Pennsylvania, the Republican majority in the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday slashed nearly $260 million from a bill funding the federally-supported railway service. As the Huffington Post reports: With the latest reporting indicating that seven people were killed and hundreds […]
ATLANTA — The race to be the next leader of the Democratic National Committee is headed for a photo finish as party officials gather in Georgia ahead of Saturday’s vote to elect a new chairman. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), a progressive firebrand with the support of Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church […]
CALGARY — Infectious disease specialists say a recent surge in COVID-19 cases that surpasses a spike last spring must not be shrugged off as merely a byproduct of increased testing. “I think minimizing right now is a real mistake,” said Dr. Lynora Saxinger of the University of Alberta. “People are not wanting to believe that […]
TORONTO — Is it that time already? Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath outlined the first plank of her 2022 election campaign Friday. She promises to invest $3 billion more in long-term care and home care, and get private companies out of the system altogether. “I’m running for premier in 2022 because people deserve better and […]
As residents in Vanuatu returned home to start the immense task of cleaning up and rebuilding in the wake of “monster” Cyclone Pam, the island nation’s president on Monday blamed climate change for the damage wreaked by the powerful storm. “This is a very devastating cyclone,” President Baldwin Lonsdale told the United Nations’s third World […]
Parents, teachers, and students from across the state flooded the streets of Manhattan on Saturday to call out Governor Andrew Cuomo for selling out the public school system. “Wall Street got a bailout. Public schools were sold out,” was the message as protesters rallied, surrounded by NYPD barricades, outside Cuomo’s 3rd Avenue office building. The […]
Pointing to egregious examples of Fortune 500 corporations “manipulating the tax system to avoid paying even a dime in tax on billions of dollars in U.S. profits,” a new report from Citizens for Tax Justice makes a sharp case for corporate tax reform. The 15 companies cited in the CTJ analysis represent a range of […]
More than 25 farmworker, environmental, and food safety organizations sent an open letter on Tuesday to the U.S. Department of Agriculture demanding that the agency investigate reports that its scientists are facing retaliation and suppression of their research on controversial neonicotinoid insecticides that pose a danger to pollinator and human health. “It is imperative that […]