Month: September 2020

To win over the “rising American electorate” of young and diverse voters in 2018, the Democratic Party must “recognize that these voters will not be motivated unless they hear a message from the Democrat who says he or she is ‘fed up’ and ‘the economy and politics are rigged against the hard-working middle class,’” according…

A federal appeals court on Thursday struck down key provisions of Idaho’s ag-gag law—which criminalizes those who secretly document abuse of animals at agricultural facilities—saying they violate the First Amendment. The ruling, the result of a lawsuit led by Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), was hailed as a victory for animal rights, workers, and free…

Missouri Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley in an interview published Monday sidestepped questions about President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE  Hawley avoided directly addressing…

President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn will campaign in Montana for Republican Senate candidate Troy Downing. Downing, one…

MOGADISHU, Somalia—It was around five in the morning when Abdullahi Elmi heard the gunfire. Sitting in his small home in Bariire, in southern Somalia, the farm administrator had been recording the names of the laborers who had worked the day before. Stacks of accounting books sprawled on the floor around him. Across the room, his…

Despite new polling that shows more than 80 percent of Americans oppose Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to repeal net neutrality protections for the internet—which has provoked months of national protests—the FCC is disregarding that concern and will carry out its scheduled vote on the proposal Thursday. “Nationwide voters are rising up against…

In a report released Thursday, UNICEF decried the “shocking scale” of attacks on children in conflict zones worldwide throughout 2017, accusing those engaged in violent disputes of “blatantly disregarding international laws designed to protect the most vulnerable.” “Such brutality cannot be the new normal.”—Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF “In conflicts around the world, children have become front-line…

Former White House ethics director Walter Shaub joined government watchdogs in slamming the Interior Department’s decision to give Florida special treatment—exempting the state from offshore drilling plans announced last week by the Trump administration. In a tweet, Shaub accused Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke of granting the exemption only because President Donald Trump’s luxury resort Mar-a-Lago,…

Dealing a serious blow to the U.S. solar industry and despite protests from experts and a national trade group, President Donald Trump has approved a 30 percent tariff on imported solar panel materials. “With Americans in Puerto Rico and Houston still struggling to recover from climate disasters, Trump should be supporting renewable energy rather than…

Click:manufacturer for flocculating agent How can people today—who are facing “non-stop shocks” like record-breaking storms and militarized police—use these crises “to catalyze a kind of evolutionary leap” towards a more just, equitable, and habitable world? In a recent TED Talk, available online this week, author and activist Naomi Klein laid out what she sees as…