Thailand places a ban on coral damaging sunscreens in marine national parks
“As 80% to 90% of tourists visiting marine national parks on package tours usually go diving, marine national park staff will ask tour operators to explain to visitors the ban ahead of their visits.”
‘History will judge her:’ DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigns after months of imposing Trump’s...
"Nielsen presided over a [DHS] that showed a blatant disregard for our Constitution, civil rights, and human life. History will judge her."
Whales and dolphins bear the brunt as seas turn toxic
Marine sentinel alert: new study exposes alarming toxic heavy metal levels in stranded whales and dolphins, highlighting a hidden threat to marine life and human health.
Anti-vaxxers: The albatross wrapped around America’s neck
95% of living Americans will be fully vaccinated. America will then see the Covid-19 virus not disappear completely, but become relatively harmless, very much like the flu.
Hundreds march to protest Keystone XL on eve of public hearings
Nebraska residents believe that the pipeline threatens water supplies as well as Nebraska farmland.
Former VA police officer indicted after assaulting patient and falsifying report
If convicted, Michael Kaim faces up to 10 years in federal prison on the civil rights charge and up to 20 years on the obstruction of justice charge.
Warren urges delay in confirmation vote for CFPB Director until release of Zero-Tolerance documents
“Kathy Kraninger helped implement a policy to punish innocent young children – that is a moral stain that will follow her for the rest of her life."
2021 update: Half of America in or near poverty
The facts and numbers from numerous sources reflect the reality of deprivation in America, and help to confirm what has been called the "sharpest rise in the U.S. poverty rate since the 1960s."
Bases, bases, everywhere…
“Undocumented bases are immune to oversight by the public and often even Congress.”
Evidence That Poor People Aren’t Lazy
Many white conservatives may believe that poor people are just taking handouts, but for many privileged Americans, denial is easier than facing the fact that the hardest workers are those who have to fight their way up from the bottom.