Month: <span>September 2020</span>

Just as other individual countries have done in the days following a pair of shooting massacres that took place in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio over the weekend, Amnesty International on Wednesday afternoon issued a global travel warning for anyone currently traveling—or planning to travel—to the United States. “By prioritizing gun ownership over basic…

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Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday said that while he knows President Donald Trump does not want to “see people mowed down and killed” in the way that victims in last weekend’s mass shooting in El Paso, Texas were by a racist gunman—one who has since told authorities he was specifically targeting Mexican shoppers at a…

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At least four major U.S. companies will close their doors on September 20 to encourage employees to take part in the Global Climate Strike in order to send a clear message that they will not conduct “business as usual” while the world’s children are demanding action to stop the climate crisis. Ben & Jerry’s, Lush…

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As the National Hurricane Center announced Tuesday that Hurricane Dorian’s core was “finally moving away from Grand Bahama Island,” toward the Southeastern U.S. coast, footage of the storm’s devastation flooded the internet alongside calls for governments and the news media to recognize the here-and-now destruction of the climate emergency. Through Tuesday evening, the center warned,…

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Sen. Bernie Sanders vowed, if elected president in 2020, to break with both the Trump and Obama administrations by refusing to use the repressive, century-old Espionage Act to prosecute whistleblowers, a stance that was applauded by press freedom advocates and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. In an interview with The Intercept‘s Ryan Grim released Tuesday,…

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Reebok has announced its collaboration with Warner Brothers. Consumer Products and DC Comics, to create the Reebok x Wonder Woman 1984 collection. The capsule features retro styles, to match the looks from the 80’s superhero and villain from the 1984 Wonder Woman, consisting of double denim, wild animal prints and shimmering materials. Some of the…

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George Russell is just as excited as his F1 colleagues to hit the track today at Mugello, but the Williams charger says the venue’s stunning layout is “an absolute killer physically”. Formula 1 has set up shop in Tuscany’s picturesque countryside this weekend for the very first time in its history but racing at Mugello…

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Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, reportedly has yet to rule out running for the Oval Office again in…

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Democrats are looking to put a number of their own incumbents in the crosshairs in 2020 as competing party factions vie for influence in the new House majority. Progressive groups are gearing up early in the 2020 cycle to field challengers against conservative Democratic Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas) and Daniel LipinskiDaniel William LipinskiEngel scrambles to…

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Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who announced in January that he was “strongly considering” running for president as a “centrist independent,” will deliver a policy speech Thursday at Purdue University. A spokesperson for Schultz confirmed to The Hill that Schultz will be speaking at the university on Thursday, in an address that will also be…

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