By Guest Post on Nov 30, 2019 01:00 pm
 When methyl parathion was sprayed on Maui cornfields on July 15, 2014, Bayer Monsanto knew full well that this use was prohibited. (By Beyond Pesticides) Bayer’s Monsanto endangered public health and the environment by knowingly storing and applying the highly hazardous and banned insecticide methyl parathion in Maui, Hawaii, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s office for [...]
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By Guest Post on Nov 30, 2019 11:00 am
 A decree was passed yesterday prohibiting the participation of al-Bashir’s National Congress Party (NCP) in political activities for 10 years. The properties and assets of the party are to be confiscated and its members removed from all public institutions. “Sudan without Islamists. Sudan for all People” was the chant on the streets of the capital [...]
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By Peter Castagno on Nov 30, 2019 09:00 am
 An alleged Douma chemical weapons attack drummed up support for U.S. intervention in Syria in 2018, but how reliable is the official report on what actually took place that day? An email leaked by Wikileaks last Saturday provides the latest evidence that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) intentionally misled the public [...]
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By Rami Almeghari on Nov 30, 2019 07:00 am
 A family mourns the loss of nine after a recent Israeli airstrike struck a civilian home in Gaza in a case of possible mistaken identity. At her asbestos-roofed home in the central Gaza Strip city of Deir el-Balah, Om Rasmi al-Swarka, a mother in her late 70s, is still mourning her two sons, Rasmi, 46, [...]
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By Rami Almeghari on Nov 30, 2019 05:00 am
 A second release of Yemen prisoners of war in two months brings hope that the Yemen War is nearing an end. The Saudi-led Arab military coalition, which has been at war with the Yemen Houthi militias for the past several years, released 200 Houthi prisoners of war from Saudi prisons on Thursday. With assistance from [...]
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By Wess Haubrich on Nov 29, 2019 02:30 pm
 “For me, though, film is about emotion.” — Meet director Kevin Wilson Jr. of the 2018 Oscar-nominated My Nephew Emmett I caught up with film-maker Kevin Wilson Jr. to talk influences, film and making the story of Emmett Till, and his 2018 Oscar-nominated live action short film My Nephew Emmett. A version of this interview [...]
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By Eric Zuesse on Nov 29, 2019 01:04 pm
 What lies ahead for Bolivia in the aftermath of the recent coup that deposed popular indigenous leader Evo Morales? Most likely, rigged elections and the end of democracy. With every passing day, it becomes clearer that the military coup in Bolivia on November 10th was masterminded in Washington DC. This reality will create yet a [...]
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By Lauren von Bernuth on Nov 29, 2019 11:27 am
 Teen usage of vaping and e-cigarettes took a drastic jump in 2018, but are blanket approaches like bans the most effective solution? After a spate of negative publicity and illnesses related to black market vaping products, the American Medical Association (AMA) – the U.S.’ largest doctors organization – called for a ban on all vaping [...]
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By Guest Post on Nov 29, 2019 07:00 am
 Over a dozen groups call for a full congressional investigation in the online giant citing threats to privacy, security, and civil liberties posed by Alexa, Ring, and Rekognition. (By: Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams) Amazon must face a full congressional investigation to answer questions about threats posed by the company’s “ever-expanding surveillance empire.” That’s the demand [...]
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By Guest Post on Nov 29, 2019 05:00 am
 The New York Times Editorial Board, it seems, rarely meets a coup backed by the US government that it doesn’t approve of. (By: Alan Macleod, Mintpress News) Bolivian President Evo Morales was overthrown in a U.S.-backed military coup d’état earlier this month after Bolivian army generals appeared on television demanding his resignation. As Morales fled to Mexico, [...]
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By Peter Castagno on Nov 28, 2019 05:00 pm
 “There is this tension between being a health care provider and doing what’s best for their care … and being a profit-maximizing firm that aggressively goes after patients.” After private equity firm Blackstone acquired TeamHealth, one of the largest physician firms in the country, the group began to pursue low-income patients with aggressive debt collection [...]
The post Private Equity Owned Doctor’s Firm Repeatedly Sued Poor Patients appeared first on Citizen Truth.
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By Guest Post on Nov 28, 2019 01:00 pm
 “They think this will crush our efforts, but it won’t. For every one they retaliate against, there are hundreds of us who will fight.” (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) Tech industry labor organizers and rights advocates pledged solidarity on Tuesday with four Google employees who were reportedly fired for organizing their colleagues against the company’s [...]
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