Month: September 2020

South Bend., Ind., Mayor Pete ButtigiegPete ButtigiegScaled-back Pride Month poses challenges for fundraising, outreach Biden hopes to pick VP by Aug. 1 It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process MORE (D) said Tuesday that he could one day be in a position to broker a “peace deal” between the Chick-fil-A fast-food chain…

HAPARANDA, Sweden – Three U.S. Greco-Roman wrestlers won gold medals at the 2012 Haparanda Cup on Sunday. The U.S. individual champions were Nate Engel (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) at 55 kg/121 lbs., Joe Betterman (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) at 60 kg/132 lbs. and Andy Bisek (Colorado Springs, Colo./Minnesota Storm) at 74 kg/163 lbs. Continue reading at themat.com…

Climate activists and experts underscored the necessity of fighting to urgently end the use of fossil fuels worldwide after Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van Beurden claimed Monday that “we have no choice” but to invest in long-term oil and gas projects. On Tuesday, Bill McKibben, co-founder of the global environmental advocacy group 350.org, declared…

Environmental defenders applauded Friday as prosecutors in Peru charged five men in the powerful logging industry with the murders of four Indigenous land protectors. After a years-long investigation, “Peruvian justice did a 180,” said the Rainforest Foundation. After a years-long investigation, two executives and three loggers were formally accused on Wednesday of murdering Edwin Chota, Jorge Ríos Pérez,…

Sen. Bernie Sanders has made principled opposition to billionaire campaign donations a centerpiece of his 2020 presidential bid. So when the Vermont senator’s campaign learned recently that it received a $470 contribution from Marta Thoma Hall, it immediately vowed to return every dollar. Hall, wife of billionaire inventor David Hall and head of business development…

During a panel discussion Wednesday night following the 2020 Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta, filmmaker Michael Moore pushed back against MSNBC pundits for suggesting that a “moderate” candidate would be more likely to defeat President Donald Trump and said the majority of U.S. voters favor progressive solutions to the nation’s most pressing issues, from healthcare…

After three weeks of sailing across the Atlantic Ocean to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Spain, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived Tuesday in neighboring Portugal, where she was welcomed by an enthusiastic crowd of supporters. “We’ve all been on quite an adventure,” the 16-year-old Swede told reporters in Lisbon shortly after…

The State Department on Friday made clear that the American military will not abide by the requests of the Iraqi government to leave the country and instead will stay indefinitely.   “America is a force for good in the Middle East,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus claimed in a statement reaffirming that the U.S. will remain in…

Si le casting de “The Dark Knight Rises” continue de se remplir jour après jour, le plus récent tient davantage de la surprise, à en croire les récits d’observateurs du tournage – ATTENTION SPOILERS !!!! The Dark Knight Rises, ça s’agite aussi bien sur le plateau (cascadeur blessé par Anne Hathaway, avant que cette dernière…

Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with…