Month: October 2020

Trump met with mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, transition says

President-elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from

With Heavy Hearts, Activists Carry Human Rights Message from #FergusonToGeneva

The family of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager shot and killed by a white police officer this summer, and

Demanding Justice for Rape and Bullying, Oklahoma High School Students Stage Walk Out

Hundreds of high school students in Norman, Oklahoma walked out of class on Monday morning to protest the school district’s

Locked in Military Prison, Chelsea Manning Speaks Out for Transgender People Everywhere

Chelsea Manning, the U.S. Army whistleblower who leaked some of the most explosive military and government documents of the post-9/11

West Africa's Ebola Death Toll Continues to Climb: WHO

The Ebola death toll in the three West African countries most impacted by the virus has climbed to at least

GOP Rule Change in Congress Signals New Dawn for 'Voodoo Economics'

A seemingly arcane rule change passed by the House of Representatives on Tuesday night signals that a new wave of

Answers Demanded Following Fatal Shooting of Homeless Man by LAPD

The fatal shooting Sunday of a homeless man by Los Angeles Police Department officers that was caught on video is

Zombie Cookie: The Tracking Cookie That You Can’t Kill

An online advertising clearinghouse relied on by Google, Yahoo and Facebook is using controversial cookies that come back from the dead

'Capitalism vs. Nature': Dominican Republic Activists Fight to Save Mountain from Mining

Activists are calling for the Loma Miranda mountain in central Dominican Republic to be designated a national park to save

Bernie Sanders: Keeping US From Becoming Oligarchy 'A Struggle We Must Win'

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) gave a speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. on Monday to talk about