There’s no doubt about it—2017 has been a massive year for the reigning queen of pop, Selena Gomez. In addition to dropping three acclaimed singles (and a chart-topping collaboration with Kygo, “It Ain’t Me”), the 25-year-old is riding high is all aspects of her life—from her successful recent kidney transplant to her renewed relationship with on-again,…
Month: November 2019
Extreme Wealth Threatens Our Very Planet
We either keep fossil fuels in the ground, or we fry. That’s the conclusion of another new blockbuster study on climate change, this one from the National Academy of Sciences. Our fossil-fuel industrial economy, the study details, has made for the fastest climate changes our Earth has ever seen. Our fossil-fuel industrial economy, the study…
How to Watch the Golden Globes 2018 Ceremony
What time is the Golden Globes and when is the Golden Globes red carpet? The Golden Globes ceremony starts at 8 p.m. ET and goes until 11 p.m., but tune in two hours prior to the ceremony start if you want to catch the red carpet. If you can’t get to a TV in time…
Boris Johnson 'Should Resign,' Declares Corbyn, After High Court Rules Suspension of Parliament Illegal
British Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn led calls for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign Tuesday after the U.K. Supreme Court ruled his suspension of Parliament last month “unlawful, void, and of no effect.” “The Prime Minister has acted wrongly in shutting down Parliament,” Corbyn said during the Labour Party conference following the court’s decision. “It…
'What Corporate Impunity Looks Like': Court Acquits Tepco Executives for Role in Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
A Japanese court sparked widespread outrage Thursday by acquitting three former Tepco executives accused of criminal negligence for their failure to take adequate safety measures ahead of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Click Here: Golf special In 2011, a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan caused a tsunami that severely damaged Tepco’s Fukushima Daiichi power…
Sanders Says If Israel Wants to Ban Members of Congress, It Should Not Receive Billions in US Military Aid
Sen. Bernie Sanders told MSNBC Thursday night that perhaps Israel should not be receiving billions of dollars in U.S. military aid after the right-wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu barred Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering the country. “I wish I could tell you…that I am shocked. I am not,” Sanders, a…
Blue Ivy Hushed Beyoncé and Jay-Z at the Grammys and It Was Adorable
Obviously, Blue’s presence alone is noteworthy, but the eldest Carter child truly made her mark on the 2018 ceremony with the gravity of her interactions with her Grammy winner ‘rents. Click Here: Spain Football Shop At one point during the show, Jay and Bey engaged in some light applause. For some unknown reason (perhaps she…
The Slow Suicide of the West
The West appears, suddenly, devoid of its greatest virtues, constructed century after century, preoccupied now only with reproducing its own defects and with copying the defects of others, such as authoritarianism and the preemptive persecution of innocents. Virtues like tolerance and self-criticism have never been a weakness, as some now pretend, but quite the opposite:…
'This Is Final Proof That He Has Gone Mad': Denmark Mocks Trump Reported Desire to Buy Greenland
Amid reports that President Donald Trump has directed aides to examine whether the United States can purchase Greenland—an autonomous territory of Denmark—Danish lawmakers on Friday condemned the idea as both absurd and “grotesque.” “If he is truly contemplating this, then this is final proof that he has gone mad,” Soren Espersen, foreign affairs spokesman for…
Our First Amendment Rights Are Under Assault With the Global Gag Rule
On Wednesday White House adviser Ivanka Trump announced she is planning a trip to Africa to promote a global women’s initiative she is leading. Her goal is to “economically empower” 50 million women in developing countries by 2025 at the cost of $100 million. Click Here: Tienda cruz azul As Ivanka embarks on her plan…