Environmental toxicologist Dr. Mozhgan Savabieasfahani will be awarded the 2015 Rachel Carson Prize for her work highlighting the impact of war on the environment and public health. Savabieasfahani, who was born in Iran and is now based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, researches the link between the chemicals and metals left behind by the U.S. military […]
As the United States continues to flood the Middle East with weapons—with a booming arms trade and “aid packages” delivered to unstable regimes as well as so-called moderate rebel groups—Pentagon officials have confirmed that a cache of U.S. weapons sent to the Yemeni government have vanished. As the Guardian first reported in early February, after […]
The biotechnology industry “myth” that feeding billions of people necessitates genetically engineered agriculture has been debunked by a new report out Tuesday by the nonprofit health organization Environmental Working Group. The report, (pdf), argues that investment in genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, has failed to expand global food security. It advocates more traditional methods “shown […]
The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday passed a resolution, drafted largely by the Gulf countries leading the war on Yemen, imposing an arms embargo on Houthis but not the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition pummeling and blockading the impoverished country. Analysts warn that the measure amounts to an endorsement of the siege on Yemen, which […]
After the surprise win of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party in Thursday’s national election, the spotlight has now fallen on American political operative Jim Messina, who led the pro-austerity party to victory. Prior to working the British political machine, Messina served as campaign manager—or self-described “mastermind”—of U.S. President Barack Obama’s successful 2012 election bid and, […]
Overcoming a veto by Governor Pete Ricketts, the Nebraska legislature on Wednesday voted to abolish the death penalty in the conservative midwestern state. The move makes Nebraska the 19th in the U.S. to have imposed a ban on the practice, which opponents have long considered cruel and morally repugnant. Click Here: los jaguares argentina “Nebraska’s […]
Former President Obama’s White House political director is informally providing strategic advice to leaders at the Democratic National Committee (DNC). David Simas, who is now CEO of the Obama Foundation, is close with DNC Chairman Tom Perez and has been in regular contact with Sam Cornale, a top adviser to Perez. A source who has […]
In the U.S. Senate competition to prove who is the most hawkish towards Iran, lawmakers just upped the ante. In what analysts equated with throwing another torpedo at the diplomatic process, Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Thursday pulled an unusual procedural maneuver in attempt to force a vote on a series […]
An international group of women activists, including Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace laureates, on Sunday crossed the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea in a call for global peace and reconciliation. “We are walking for a peaceful world, we are walking for a peaceful world,” the activists sang as they crossed one […]
Click:Everydrops This story may be updated… The derailment of a train carrying a flammable, toxic gas near Knoxville, Tenn. on Thursday has forced the evacuation of roughly 5,000 people. Click Here: camiseta river plate Local news WSMV reported Thursday morning that a “frantic cleanup effort” was ongoing. The flames will be allowed to burn out. […]