By Joseph Mangano on Oct 03, 2019 10:30 am
 It’s hard not to be impressed with climate activist Greta Thunberg. Well, that is, unless you’re a climate change denier.
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By Peter Castagno on Oct 03, 2019 07:00 am
 “This is just one of many cases of the U.S. military wantonly tarnishing large parts of the Somali population with the ‘terrorist’ label.” A new report from Amnesty International finds that three Somalian men killed in a U.S. airstrike in March were civilian farmers with no connections to terrorist groups, despite claims from the U.S. […]
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By Elizabeth Henderson on Oct 03, 2019 05:00 am
 Neoliberal free-trade policies that favor aggregated seed, food and chemical corporations prevent family-scale farms that use regenerative practices from profiting. We need a fair Green New Deal now. In February, a dairy farmer friend sent me a note confiding that a few farmers she knows are living on cereal until their milk checks arrive. Yet, […]
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By Yasmeen Rasidi on Oct 02, 2019 04:20 pm
 With impeachment hearings swirling around U.S. President Trump, youth environmentalists scolding adults for failing to address climate change and a multitude of clashes between nations, the 74th UNGA offered plenty of highlights. On September 30, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) wrapped up its 74th session with 193 world leaders and top diplomats having attended […]
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By Lauren von Bernuth on Oct 02, 2019 02:56 pm
 “The only reason we all sit in this courtroom today is because of her actions. And for her actions, there must be consequences.” Ten years in jail is the sentence for Amber Guyger, the 31-year-old Dallas police officer who fatally shot 26-year-old Botham Jean as he ate ice cream at home in his own apartment. […]
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By Peter Castagno on Oct 02, 2019 12:30 pm
 “The greed of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Citigroup and BlackRock is insatiable.” Last year, top executives and investors protested the annual investment conference in Saudi Arabia known as ‘Davos in the Desert’ after the savage execution of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was revealed to have been ordered by Mohammad bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince. […]
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By Rami Almeghari on Oct 02, 2019 11:11 am
 Sudan is eager to be removed from the U.S.’ list of states that harbor terrorism but also not ready to normalize relations with Israel. On the sideline of the meeting between Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Tuesday, Sudanese Foreign Minister, Asma Mohammad Abdalla, said that diplomatic ties […]
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By Guest Post on Oct 02, 2019 05:00 am
 Could a president removed from office legitimately take the oath of office again? (By Austin Sarat, The Conversation) The launching of an “official impeachment inquiry” into President Donald Trump’s conduct has sailed America into largely uncharted waters. While there have been demands for the impeachment of many presidents, just three previous ones – Andrew Johnson, […]
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By Vijay Prashad on Oct 01, 2019 02:30 pm
 As impeachment proceedings against Trump ramp up, could he turn to declaring war on Iran in a move to provide distraction? On CBS’s “60 Minutes,” the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the architect of his kingdom’s brutal war on Yemen, suggested that a war against Iran would be a bad idea. It could, he […]
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By Peter Castagno on Oct 01, 2019 01:00 pm
 “The Warren bit (a little overhyped in the headline) will get attention. But the more damning thing in the Zuckerberg tapes is him saying they cloned TikTok and are perfecting it in Mexico.” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg answered a range of questions from employees in a leaked audio of a company meeting published by the […]
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