It’s too early to tell yet whether Russia’s initiative has removed the threat of a U.S. strike on Syria over the alleged use of chemical weapons. While the signs are as good as could be hoped for at this point, a lot can happen in the upcoming weeks. And, whatever the final disposition of a […]
New reporting by independent journalists Laura Poitras, working with the New York Times’ James Risen, shows that the National Intelligence Agency is using its massive data collections capabilities to develop ‘social profiles’ of individuals based on their telephone calls and online habits. In a story published online Saturday and slated to appear in Sunday’s print […]
Although he has been locked in solitary for four decades, Albert Woodfox’s demands for freedom reached the front steps of the Louisiana Capitol building Monday, where Amnesty International delivered petitions demanding his immediate release. The petitions, which were signed by 25,000 people across the world and were so numerous they had to be delivered in […]
Japan is bracing for Typhoon Wipha’s landfall on Wednesday, a storm that could be the strongest in a decade to hit Tokyo, and one that has the potential to bring flooding to the Fukushima nuclear power plant. A spokesperson for the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) said Wipha, the 26th named tropical cyclone of 2013, “may […]
The United States is, per capita, both the world’s wealthiest and most polluting nation. But when it comes to facing its responsibility for the calamity of climate change caused in large part by its outsized emissions, many are left asking: Where’s the climate justice? The idea of “climate justice”—which transfers the well-known “make the polluter […]
Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president who helped lead the country’s revolution out of the brutal apartheid system, died Thursday at his home at the age of 95. “He is now resting,” said South African President Jacob Zuma. “He is now at peace.” “Our nation has lost his greatest son,” he continued. “Our people […]
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to move forward a bill that will restore an emergency-benefits program for 1.3 million long-term jobless people across the United States, after lawmakers allowed those benefits to expire on December 28th. Tuesday’s “cloture motion,” which permits the measure to move ahead, barely squeaked through, and mostly along partly lines with […]
In what critics are slamming as a dangerous nudge towards war with Iran, two powerful Senate Democrats have joined a hardline effort to pass stiff sanctions against Iran in open defiance of the White House and the Geneva interim agreement. “This is incredibly dangerous. It puts the world at risk of another war,” said Phyllis […]
With his inauguration as New York City’s new mayor on New Years Day, progressive eyes across the country are now keenly focused on Mr. Bill De Blasio, waiting to see if his promises to tackle “inequality” can be realized in the city that has long coddled Wall Street banks and powerful elites at the expense […]
Several prominent WWE stars have already shuttered their Twitch accounts with more likely to follow even after a final effort to change Vince McMahon’s mind and before a Friday meeting in which they expect to be given more details on what is happening. Among that group that suspended their accounts this week: AJ Styles, Aleister […]