Tens of thousands marched in Mexico City and Iguala, Mexico on Wednesday to protest the disappearance of 43 student-teachers who went missing on September 26. Reflecting growing outrage over the failure of Mexican authorities to resolve the case, a group of masked protesters separated from the peaceful demonstration of several thousand in Iguala, broke into […]
Despite the rain, about 75 activists gathered outside the Washington, D.C. home of Senator Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) on Monday morning, protesting the Keystone XL pipeline she’s thrown her full weight behind. “Sen. Landrieu: if you’re not a climate denier, don’t vote like one,” read one banner amidst a sea of “Vote No KXL” signs. Demonstrators […]
With the latest data showing the world experiencing its hottest year in recorded human history and just months after the global climate justice movement expressed itself on the streets of New York City and cities around the world with hundreds of thousands voicing their determination to fight for a more sane energy and economic future […]
The $1.1 trillion spending bill which narrowly passed the House of Representative last night is expected to receive a vote—and likely pass—in the U.S. Senate sometime Friday or Saturday despite widespread condemnation of the package that will fund the government through most of next year. “Congress should not put taxpayers on the hook for another […]
“The future has already begun.” That’s what Alexis Tsipras, head of the leftwing Syriza Party in Greece, reportedly said on Monday after parliament failed in its third attempt to elect a new president and the scheduling of a popular general election was announced for next month. Syriza, which is polling ahead of rival parties and […]
People harmed by the 2013 oil train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec—which killed 47 people and set much of the downtown ablaze—have reached a $200 million settlement with some of the parties responsible. “On Friday, lawyers for the claimants filed a draft compensation plan with the Quebec Superior Court,” the Toronto Star reports. “The deal also […]
President Obama delivered his sixth State of the Union address on Tuesday night to a packed audience inside the Capitol Building. Video and the text of his prepared speech follow. Alongside the text of the speech are reactions from dozens of progressive journalists, policy experts, and justice advocates who—while watching attentively—sought to push beyond the […]
President Barack Obama on Monday announced a new proposal as part of his 2016 budget to tax the trillions in offshore profits made by U.S.-based multinational corporations, but critics say the plan leaves in place a system that “encourages companies to game the system to avoid U.S. taxes.” The proposal would impose a 19 percent […]
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, in a 3-2 vote, approved the reclassification of the Internet under Title II of the Communications Act. “A victory for the millions and millions of people who expect the Internet to be an open engine for free speech and innovation.”—Craig Aaron, Free Press”Fast lanes will not divide the internet […]
Domestic non-military drone use took one step closer to widespread implementation on Sunday, as the Federal Aviation Administration issued proposed regulations for small unmanned aircraft systems in the U.S. According to an FAA press release, the rule would limit flights to daylight and visual-line-of-sight operations. It also addresses height restrictions, operator certification, aircraft registration and […]