To much fanfare, global leaders have agreed to tackle the climate crisis by ratifying the Paris climate agreement, but a group of esteemed scientists is warning that current pledges to reduce emissions are far from sufficient and, in fact, put the world on track to reaching the dangerous 2°C climate threshold by 2050. “The pledges…
Read moreAfter Hurricane Matthew, Haiti Faces Crisis and Media Instantly Forgets
Hurricane Matthew’s devastation in Haiti has left the nation facing a humanitarian crisis as corporate media shifts its focus to the storm’s encroachment onto U.S. shores. As the brief U.S. news coverage of Haiti dissipates, aid groups on the ground are still struggling to reach the most impacted regions, while residents grapple with flooding, mudslides,…
Read moreSnowden: 'Journalists Are a Threatened Class' in Era of Mass Surveillance
Whistleblower Edward Snowden warned a group of European reporters Wednesday that in the era of mass surveillance, journalists are increasingly a threatened class. “You must fight this on the front pages and you must win, if you want to be able to report in the same way that you’ve been able to do in the…
Read moreUN Observers Monitoring Abuses Against Standing Rock Water Protectors
The increasingly violent attacks by North Dakota police and private security forces against peaceful, Indigenous water protectors have caught the nation’s attention as well as that of the United Nations, an arm of which has begun an investigation into the protesters’ claims of human rights abuses, including “excessive force, unlawful arrests, and mistreatment in jail,”…
Read moreBig Pharma-Backed Dems Join GOP to Block Sanders Effort to End Drug Price Gouging
While the Republican Party is publicly dismantling millions of Americans’ health safety net, more than a dozen Democrats late Wednesday quietly threw their weight behind Big Pharma and voted down an amendment that would have allowed pharmacists to import identical—but much less expensive—drugs from Canada and other countries. The “power and wealth of the pharmaceutical…
Read moreHonda to withdraw from F1 at the end of 2021!
Honda has announced its withdrawal from Formula 1 at the end of the 2021 season, a decision that leaves Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri in need of new engine partners from 2022. Honda returned to Grand Prix racing in 2015 with McLaren, but the three-year partnership was an unmitigated disaster and led the Japanese manufacturer…
Read moreBaukjen and Isabella Oliver launch partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital
Premium sustainably online womenswear and maternity wear brands, Baukjen and Isabella Oliver, have announced a partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity). Collectively known as the ‘House of Baukjen’, the two UK-based premium fashion brands, have produced a knitted rainbow-designed sweatshirt, named ‘Hope’ to raise urgent fund for the children’s hospital. The…
Read moreEU bangs the Brexit negotiating table (but stays in the room)
The EU and U.K. are at loggerheads over Brexit | Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images EU bangs the Brexit negotiating table (but stays in the room) Brussels launches legal action against UK over its Internal Market bill breaching the Withdrawal Agreement, but the road is long and uncertain. By Barbara Moens and David M. Herszenhorn 10/1/20,…
Read moreDNC to consider resolution urging Bernie Sanders, Angus King to run as Dems
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) will consider a member’s resolution this week that calls on independent Sens. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (Vt) and Angus KingAngus KingSenator suggests…
Read moreTop DCCC aide bullish on 2018 prospects
The executive director of the House Democrats’ campaign arm is making a bullish prediction about the party’s prospects to retake the lower chamber next year. After a painful rout at the hands of President Trump and the GOP, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is trying new strategies — and reviving some old ones —…
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