Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against…
Read moreClinton fires back at Brazile ‘rigged’ claims: ‘That just wasn’t the case’
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 on Wednesday dismissed claims made by former Democratic National Committee interim Chairwoman Donna Brazile about the…
Read more'We're Dying Like Flies': Sick, Retired Coal Miners Betrayed by GOP Senators
“The country must not turn its back on coal miners,” right-wing Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell told constituents in eastern Kentucky last week. Yet coal miners—many “facing a slow death” from black lung and other deadly illnesses from a lifetime of mining coal—say that McConnell and other Senate Republicans are doing exactly that, the Associated…
Read moreToxic Economy: Common Chemicals Cost US Billions Every Year
Exposure to chemicals in pesticides, toys, makeup, food packaging and detergents costs the U.S. more than $340 billion annually due to health care costs and lost wages, according to a new analysis. The chemicals, known as endocrine disruptors, impact how human hormones function and have been linked to a variety of health problems such as…
Read moreCall for DOJ Observers in North Dakota as DAPL Activists Face Severe Injuries, Arrests
Water protectors battling the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline are grappling with terrible injuries and even more arrests in the wake of Sunday’s police onslaught, in which law enforcement bombarded the peaceful activists with concussion grenades, rubber bullets, mace, and water cannons in sub-zero temperatures. One woman is even facing the potential amputation of an arm,…
Read moreScientists Call on Obama to Enact Trump-Proof Arctic Drilling Ban
With the proverbial bell tolling for the end of the Arctic ice sheet, as well as for the Obama presidency, dozens of leading scientists are calling on the president to pass a permanent ban on fossil fuel drilling in the Arctic—one that cannot be easily undone by his climate-denying successor, Donald Trump. On Monday, 34…
Read moreHere It Comes: Trump's 100-Day Plan to "Make America Great Again"
What now? Brace yourself. At the end of October in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump laid out what his campaign called a “100-day plan to Make America Great Again.” The plan (pdf) came on top of multiple promises Trump made on the campaign trail about what he would do on his “first day in…
Read moreThere's No Normalizing President-Elect Trump (Or at Least, There Shouldn't Be)
From penning puff pieces to “pivoting to ‘Trump as our kooky uncle’” to glossing over his promotion of white nationalist Steve Bannon, the media is helping to normalize President-elect Donald Trump, critics charged this week. It was a trend that began during the campaign, FAIR’s Adam Johnson wrote on Sunday, and it has only accelerated…
Read moreOpen Pit Mine in Montana Kills Thousands of Migrating Snow Geese
Thousands of snow geese have been killed by the toxic waters of the Berkeley Pit, a flooded former copper mine in Butte, Montana that is one of the most poisonous and acidic bodies of water in the United States. Unusually warm weather led the flock—tens of thousands of geese—to migrate south from Canada to the…
Read moreSenate Finally Approves Flint Aid—At California's Expense
The U.S. Senate on Saturday passed a wide-ranging $10 billion deal to fund water and infrastructure projects around the country, including the removal of lead pipes in Flint, Michigan—but climate advocates say the long-awaited assistance comes at the cost of environmental protections in drought-stricken California. If approved by President Barack Obama, the Water Resources Development…
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