• Mississippi: African American Voters Sue Over Election Law Rooted in State’s Racist Past
• World Leaders Attend UN Climate Summit as Fossil Fuel Execs Dine Politicians Nearby
• Which 2020 Democrats Get the Most Campaign Cash From Wealthy Donors?
• Will Edi Rama Trick the Greek Government Over EU-Albania Accession Talks?
• Faced With PR Mess, Purdue Hired Firm That Helped BP After Catastrophic 2010 Oil Spill
• World Leaders Gather at the UN in the Face of War, Climate Catastrophe and Global Worker Exploitation
• Unprecedented Anti-Sisi Protests Break Out in Egypt
• ‘The Circus’ Returns on Showtime to Cover Trump, 2020 Election
• US Drone Strike Kills 30 Pine Nut Farmers In Afghanistan

Mississippi: African American Voters Sue Over Election Law Rooted in State’s Racist Past

Today, Mississippi is one of only two states where the winner of the popular vote does not automatically become governor. (By Gideon Cohn-Postar, The Conversation) A lawsuit over a Mississippi election law, if successful, will change the way that state elects its governor. Four African Americans filed the federal civil rights lawsuit in May 2019, […]

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World Leaders Attend UN Climate Summit as Fossil Fuel Execs Dine Politicians Nearby

“I see a new momentum. I believe in these last few months [there has been] a turning point.” World leaders gathered at the UN climate summit in New York City on Monday in the wake of a massive youth-led climate protest that saw millions of people protest for action on climate change. Swedish teenaged activist […]

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Which 2020 Democrats Get the Most Campaign Cash From Wealthy Donors?

Wealthy donors such as CEOs, executives and attorneys are mostly sticking with three Democratic presidential candidates. (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Center for Responsive Politics) Wealthy donors have an abundance of options to choose from in the loaded Democratic presidential primary. But for the most part, they’re sticking with a small handful of White House hopefuls. Three candidates […]

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Will Edi Rama Trick the Greek Government Over EU-Albania Accession Talks?

Edi Rama must respect Greece and the basic principles of democracy and human rights for all. The European Commission recommended on May 29 to start accession negotiations in the European Union with regards to Albania. However, due to a serious and critical political crisis in Albania and highly disputed recent elections, on June 18 the […]

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Faced With PR Mess, Purdue Hired Firm That Helped BP After Catastrophic 2010 Oil Spill

As the Obama administration worked to develop national prescribing standards that discouraged the use of addictive opioid painkillers, Purdue used third-party groups to undermine the effort. (By Andrew Perez and Lee Fang, MapLight) Purdue Pharma, the pharmaceutical firm that manufactures OxyContin and allegedly helped fuel widespread addiction to painkillers, has turned to some of the […]

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World Leaders Gather at the UN in the Face of War, Climate Catastrophe and Global Worker Exploitation

The fate of the planet is in the balance. But so is the fate of humanity. The United Nations General Assembly gathers this week at the UN headquarters in New York City. This is the annual meeting of the world’s elected officials (and several monarchs). Before them is the issue of the climate catastrophe, but […]

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Unprecedented Anti-Sisi Protests Break Out in Egypt

For the first time since Sisi assumed power after leading the military’s overthrowal of former President Mohammad Morsi in 2013 Egyptian citizens took to the streets calling for the end of Sisi’s reign.  Protests ripped through key Egyptian cities over the weekend after videos posted by Egyptian actor and building contractor Mohammad Ali accusing Egyptian […]

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‘The Circus’ Returns on Showtime to Cover Trump, 2020 Election

“We are not like any other political show on television…” “The Circus” first premiered in 2016 as a docu-series on Showtime to follow the historic presidential campaign then. It’s now entering its fourth season, following the penultimate year of President Donald Trump’s first term as president and the looming 2020 election. With its tagline “Inside […]

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US Drone Strike Kills 30 Pine Nut Farmers In Afghanistan

“My son and his friends were killed by the Americans. How could they do this to us?” A U.S. drone strike killed 30 farmers and workers in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province who were resting after harvesting pine nuts late last Wednesday, injuring at least 40 more. The U.S. and Afghani government have confirmed the air strike, […]

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