Month: October 2020

A new study by University of East Anglia researchers confirms what numerous Indigenous communities have long charged: gigantic hydroelectric dam construction projects are not environmentally “Research Confirms Hydroelectric Dams Not Environmentally Friendly After All”

For the third year in a row, global civilian deaths and injuries caused by explosive weapons has increased—in some areas making up 92 percent of “Homes, Markets, Mosques, Schools: Civilian Deaths by Explosive Weapons Soar”

In what may be the worst “friendly fire” incident of the U.S. war in Afghanistan since it began in 2001, reports on Monday indicate that “Just a 'Mistake': US Airstrikes Kill Allied Soldiers in Afghanistan”

Speaking in Cairo on Sunday, Secretary of State John Kerry reassured Egyptian officials that the country’s human rights abuses will not get in the way “Hypocrisy on Display as US Lavishes Military Aid on Egypt”

Legendary civil rights activist Julian Bond, one of the original leaders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a former chairman of the NAACP, and a “'Giant, Champion, Trail-Blazer': Civil Rights Icon Julian Bond Dies at 75”

Just two weeks after Hurricane Katrina, the city fired 7,500 public school teachers, launching a new push to privatize the school system and build a “Shock Doctrine: A Look at the Mass Privatization of NOLA Schools in Storm’s Wake & Its Effects Today”

‘The teachers remain on strike. The picket lines are united. And support among parents is strong.’ Tweets about #SPSStrike OR #SEAStrike That is the latest “'Won't Back Down': Seattle Teacher Strike Continues for Third Day”

The international aid agency whose hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan was bombed over the weekend is refusing to let the U.S. military forgo responsibility for the “As Pentagon Spins US Media, MSF Demands True Account of Hospital Attack”

A data sharing agreement between the EU and U.S.—where the NSA engages in “mass, indiscriminate surveillance”—violates the fundamental rights of EU citizens and is invalid, “Advisor to Top EU Court Slams NSA's 'Mass, Indiscriminate Surveillance'”

The Liberal Party led by Justin Trudeau on Monday won an decisive majority in Parliament. According to Elections Canada, the center-left party won 184 electoral “With Message of 'Hope,' Liberal Party Sweeps Canadian Election”