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220+ Medical Journals Unite to Demand Urgent Action on Climate Emergency
220+ Medical Journals Unite to Demand Urgent Action on Climate Emergency
Asserting that humanity "cannot wait for the pandemic to pass" before acting to rapidly reduce carbon emissions fueling the climate emergency, more than 220 health journals around the world on Sunday published an unprecedented joint editorial calling for ...[Read more]
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A Century Ago, Miners Fought in a Bloody Uprising. Few Know About It Today.
A Century Ago, Miners Fought in a Bloody Uprising. Few Know About It Today.
At the Battle of Blair Mountain, thousands of miners clashed with sheriff’s deputies in the largest insurrection since the Civil War. ...[Read more]
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UK workers on returning to the office: No point if I end up doing video calls
UK workers on returning to the office: No point if I end up doing video calls
Some welcome the routine, while others are concerned about how it will work without everyone in at the same time ...[Read more]
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UN Human Rights Experts: Texas Abortion Ban Is a Violation of International Law
UN Human Rights Experts: Texas Abortion Ban Is a Violation of International Law
"This new law will make abortion unsafe and deadly, and create a whole new set of risks for women and girls." ...[Read more]
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Afghanistan and the Purdue Pharma Case are Reminders That the U.S. is a Failed Narco-State, Too
Afghanistan and the Purdue Pharma Case are Reminders That the U.S. is a Failed Narco-State, Too
Official figures state that 841,000 Americans died from drug overdoses between 1999 and 2019, and that opioids caused 70.6 percent of drug overdose deaths in 2019. The CDC also reports that in 2020, overdoses spiked by about 30 percent for all drugs and n ...[Read more]
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Brexit UK: Sewage discharge rules eased over fears of chemical shortage
Brexit UK: Sewage discharge rules eased over fears of chemical shortage
Sewage treatment chemicals have been added to the growing list of products in short supply because of the UK’s chronic lorry driver shortage, it has emerged. The government has told wastewater plants in England and Wales they may be able to discharge ef ...[Read more]
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20 meat and dairy firms emit more greenhouse gas than Germany, Britain or France
20 meat and dairy firms emit more greenhouse gas than Germany, Britain or France
Twenty livestock companies are responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than either Germany, Britain or France – and are receiving billions of dollars in financial backing to do so, according to a new report by environmental campaigners. ...[Read more]
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Far-right terror poses bigger threat to US than Islamist extremism post-9/11
Far-right terror poses bigger threat to US than Islamist extremism post-9/11
In the 20 years since 9/11, far-right extremists killed more people in the US than did American-based Islamist fundamentalists – but that’s often hard to discern from the way the federal government has treated domestic terrorism. Earlier this year an ...[Read more]
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Noam Chomsky: The US-Led War on Terror Has Devastated Much of the World
Noam Chomsky: The US-Led War on Terror Has Devastated Much of the World
The outcome of the 20-year war on terror, which ended with the Taliban’s return to power, has been disastrous on multiple fronts, as Noam Chomsky pointedly elaborates in a breathtaking interview, which also reveals the massive level of hypocrisy that be ...[Read more]
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Treasury Finds Wealthiest 1 Percent Dodge Over $160 Billion in Taxes Yearly
Treasury Finds Wealthiest 1 Percent Dodge Over $160 Billion in Taxes Yearly
The Treasury Department found taxes owed by the ultra rich equal all income taxes paid by the bottom 90 percent yearly. ...[Read more]
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It’s Not Just a Loss of Electricity — Ida Left People Houseless and Jobless
It’s Not Just a Loss of Electricity — Ida Left People Houseless and Jobless
Residents and advocates were already bracing for a wave of hardship and home evictions across an economically vulnerable region when Hurricane Ida slammed into southeastern Louisiana last week, destroying homes and businesses and displacing tens of thousa ...[Read more]
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