UN Suspects Foreign Jets Attacked Libyan Migrant Camp

The United Nations is reportedly close to identifying the responsible party in an attack on a migrant camp in Libya that killed dozens last July. In July of this year, the Tajoura migration concentration camp in Libya, which sheltered hundreds of sub-Saharan African migrants, was hit by deadly airstrikes from an unidentified source. The attack […]

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How US Sanctions on Iran Are Killing Innocent People

The United Nations has repeatedly said that sanctions are not a humane policy and must no longer be allowed to be part of the arsenal of the powerful nations. In late October, Human Rights Watch released a short report with a sharp title—“Maximum Pressure: US Economic Sanctions Harm Iranians’ Right to Health.” In November 2018, […]

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There’s a New Toad in Town for Psychedelics Fans

More Joy Less Pain, which will premiere in New York on November 11, is a candid look at social anthropologist Peter Gorman’s life work of delving deep into indigenous cultures and their healing medicines. We’ve long heard about “toad venom,” a secretion from the Sonoran Desert toad containing bufotenin, a psychoactive substance that’s a close […]

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Does the Civil Rights Act Protect LGBT workers? The Supreme Court is About to Decide

Three current Supreme Court cases will be among the most important workplace discrimination cases in decades and could redefine the rights of LGBT employees across the country. (By Julie Manning Magid, The Conversation) The complicated history of the Civil Rights Act in the U.S. is about to get even more so. In 1964, the act […]

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Leaked Audio Shows ABC Had Ton of Evidence on Epstein, But Killed the Story After Intimidation

“I’ve had the story for three years. I had this interview with Virginia Roberts; we would not put it on the air… she told me everything. She had pictures, she had everything. She was in hiding for 12 years.” ABC news anchor Amy Robach explains how her network “quashed” her reporting on serial pedophile Jeffrey […]

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Major Election Reform Victory as New York City Passes Ranked Choice Voting

With New York City’s adoption of ranked choice voting, will ranking candidates by preference become the new norm in elections across the country? When polls closed Tuesday night, perhaps the biggest victory for democracy reform came in New York city where voters overwhelmingly approved Ballot Question 1, adopting ranked choice voting in local and special […]

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How the 2019 Election Could Be a Preview of Voting Issues We Might Face in 2020

A GOP incumbent governor won’t admit defeat. Elsewhere, new voting systems underperform. The unofficial outcomes from Tuesday’s 2019 elections are a looking glass into what may unfold next year, especially when the results are close and partisan Republicans won’t concede, and as new voting equipment doesn’t perform as advertised. The biggest contrast from Tuesday night’s […]

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Are Iraq and Lebanon’s Protests the Result of a US-Iran Proxy War?

Protests in Iraq and Lebanon have turned into anti-Iranian demonstrations, a blame Iran places on the U.S., but are the protests really the result of a U.S.-Iran proxy war? Recent protests in Iraq and Lebanon, triggered by economic crises and poor living conditions, forced both Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri and Iraqi Prime Adil Abdul […]

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Amazon ‘Guardian of the Forest’ Murdered, Brazilian Loggers Blamed

The assassination of Paulo Paulino Guajajara, a member of an Amazon defenders group known as the “Guardians of the Forest,” has prompted outrage from indigenous rights and environmentalist groups. (By Karla Mendes, Mongabay) Paulo Paulino Guajajara, a 26-years-old indigenous Guajajara leader was killed on Friday in an Amazon rainforest ambush allegedly by loggers in the […]

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Critics Blast Apple’s $2.5 Billion Pledge to California Housing Crisis

Apple just committed $2.5 billion to help alleviate the California housing crisis. Facebook and Google already committed $1 billion each. Is it enough? And why are they facing harsh criticism? On Monday, news broke about Apple’s $2.5 billion pledge to fix California’s housing crisis, in the Bay Area in particular. It’s not that homes are […]

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Indigenous People Blocked Ecuador Oil Auction in Growing Fight to Save Amazon

When Indigenous people fight to defend and enforce their land rights, they are protecting their future—and ours. This summer, a court in Ecuador issued a ruling with profound implications for the urgent fight to save the imperiled Amazon rainforest. The decision effectively blocked a planned government oil auction that threatened half-a-million acres of some of […]

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