Rights groups are charging that a new FBI program to counter “extremism,” expected to be unveiled shortly, employs games and online tools that encourage teachers and students to snoop on—and discriminate against—Muslims, in violation of their most fundamental civil liberties. Entitled ‘Don’t Be a Puppet,’ the program “leads the viewer through a series of games […]
This is a developing story… Tweets about Paris Shooting Hostage Click Here: cheap sydney roosters jersey France 24 reports: SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Reports coming out of Paris on Friday night indicate that multiple shootings and a series of explosions have left numerous people dead and others injured. According to the BBC: The Guardian, […]
A Florida Democrat in the state Senate says he will run for the Miami-area U.S. House seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.). State Sen. José Javier Rodríguez (D) on Tuesday said he plans to run in 2018 in Florida’s 27th District, according to the Miami Herald. Ros-Lehtinen announced late last month that she would […]
As the French state cracks down on public protests, a group of artists has devised a creative—and clandestine—way to illustrate public outrage at what they call the “corporate takeover” of the ongoing COP21 United Nations climate talks in Paris. Naming their campaign “Brandalism,” over 80 artists from 19 countries have plastered the French capital with […]
Climate justice advocates warn that lifting the decades-old U.S. oil export ban—an outcome that appears imminent as a result of Republican maneuvering and Democratic capitulation in Congress—would be antithetical to the goals of the brand-new Paris Agreement aimed at reining in global emissions. News outlets reported Monday afternoon that a provision to end the ban, […]
The hottest year in recorded history is coming to a close with a wave of extreme weather and ecosystem shifts, from unprecedented flooding in the United Kingdom to dangerous deluges in South America. Looking back at 2015, it is clear that such extremes are not the exception, but have been the rule for the past […]
The White House on Friday will announce a halt to new coal mining leases on federal lands until the administration conducts a comprehensive review on coal companies’ royalty fees—a move that is expected to give new momentum to the environmental campaigns calling for a post-fossil fuel era. “The only safe place for coal in the […]
From being victims of police killings to facing barriers to educational and health equity, African Americans are facing “systemic racial discrimination” and deserve reparatory justice, a United Nations working group said Friday. Having just completed an 11-day mission with visits to Washington D.C., Baltimore, Jackson, Miss., Chicago and New York City, the five-member Working Group […]
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Wall Street insiders are trying to write their own rules and Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants them stopped, according to a letter (pdf) by the senator published Thursday. In the Massachusetts Democrat’s letter, a response to a report (pdf) criticizing trading restrictions known as “position limits,” she accused a government advisory committee of reflecting “the highest […]