The Kardashian-Jenner family Christmas card has become the stuff of legends. The first family of reality TV holds nothing back when it comes to crafting the perfect holiday greeting. They’ve done everything from posing in glamorous gowns on the stairs in 2010 to testing out a 3D version in 2011 to a chaotic carnival in…
Read moreEU Urged to Go Further to Save Trash-Filled Waters With New Proposed Plastics Ban
In a move welcomed by conservationists, the executive arm of the European Union (EU) on Monday proposed a ban on 10 common single-use plastics that, together with fishing gear, account for about 70 percent of marine litter across Europe. The European Commission’s ban would apply to bags; balloons and balloon sticks; chips and candy wrappers;…
Read moreWith Lurking Demand Google Be Broken Up, EU Hits Tech Giant With Record $5 Billion Antitrust Fine
The European Union (EU) on Wednesday hit Google with a record-breaking €4.34 billion ($5.06 billion) antitrust fine and ordered the tech giant to make changes that will scale back its dominance of the mobile phone market. Should Google be broken up? “The answer is yes.” Characterizing the move as “the EU’s sharpest rebuke yet to…
Read moreBrits Don't Mince Words: The Most Irreverent and Radical Signs From UK's Historic Anti-Trump Protest
Despite the American corporate media’s efforts to obscure the radical, irreverent, and often obscene signs on display across the United Kingdom on Friday, the disgust hundreds of thousands of Britons feel toward Donald Trump and Trumpism could not be suppressed as they took to the streets en masse to show their opposition to the U.S….
Read moreAlex Jones Is Far From the Only Person Tech Companies Are Silencing
We’re finally having a public debate about the big Internet platforms policing content and suspending accounts. But it’s a serious mistake to frame the debate about content moderation around right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars and not around the thousands of other moderation decisions that have been made by such online giants as Apple, Facebook,…
Read moreA 'Scale of Brutality…Out of Control': Amnesty Says US Annihilation of Raqqa Possible War Crime
The large-scale and indiscriminate bombing of Raqqa, Syria by the U.S. military and allied forces last year likely breached international humanitarian law and amounted to war crimes, according to a new report by Amnesty International. The coalition’s “war of annihilation,” as it was called by Defense Secretary James Mattis, killed hundreds of civilians and injured…
Read moreA New Authoritarian Axis Demands an International Progressive Front
There is a global struggle taking place of enormous consequence. Nothing less than the future of the planet – economically, socially and environmentally – is at stake. At a time of massive wealth and income inequality, when the world’s top 1% now owns more wealth than the bottom 99%, we are seeing the rise of…
Read moreShelby Says Sessions Could Win Alabama Senate Race Despite Rift With Trump
Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is entering a crowded GOP primary field to try to win back his old Senate seat representing Alabama. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Updated at 8:25 p.m. ET Alabama GOP Sen. Richard Shelby is stepping into the middle of political hotbed: He’s saying his longtime friend of 20 years,…
Read moreReversing Catholic Doctrine, Pope Francis Declares Death Penalty 'Inadmissable' in All Cases
Reversing long-held church doctrine and aligning himself with progressive Catholic advocates, Pope Francis said Thursday that the death penalty is “inadmissable” in all cases. Announcing a change to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the pope said capital punishment is “an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person,” and vowed that the church…
Read more'Horrifying' Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Shouting With Joy After Sniping Unarmed Palestinian in Gaza
Just days after a journalist and at least eight other Palestinians were gunned down by Israeli forces during anti-occupation demonstrations in Gaza, a recent video of an Israeli sniper shooting an unarmed Palestinian man emerged for the first time on social media Monday, providing further evidence that the deliberate killing of civilians “is routine for…
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