2019 marked a massive uptick in environmental activism as it did environmental activists’ deaths
"Land and environmental defenders play a vital role in protecting these climate-critical forests and ecosystems."
4 corrections officers charged with beating inmate and cover-up
If convicted, Finch, Thomas, and Blaylock face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for the civil rights charges.
Worries about foreign ‘hacking’ of vaccine research place corporate profits ahead of public health
The Times fully admits that this alleged hacking would not harm U.S. public health, but only the profits of U.S. pharmaceutical companies.
‘Defendant shall not attend protests’: In Portland, getting out of jail requires relinquishing constitutional...
A dozen protesters facing federal charges are barred from going to “public gatherings” as a condition of release from jail—a tactic one expert described as “sort of hilariously unconstitutional.”
Trump’s worst attacks on workers
So whose side is Trump really on?
Philadelphia DA vows to arrest federal officers if they assault protestors
“Anyone, including federal law enforcement, who unlawfully assaults and kidnaps people will face criminal charges from my office.”
Ethiopia’s volatile path to democracy
Political parties aligned along ethnic lines intensifies existing divisions; political groups need to evolve that are free from any specific ethnic association.
The food industry puts profits over public health using big tobacco’s playbook
In certain cases, preemption—when a higher level of government limits the authority of a lower level to enact new policies—can devastate public health.
Trump’s threat to negate election results automatically disqualifies him
Trump the ignorant disruptive seems oblivious to what negating elections from willful blindness means.
Ohio nuclear scandal 2020
The U.S. Attorney’s Office and FBI last week charged the speaker of the Ohio House of Representative and four others in a scheme to use ratepayers money to keep two decrepit nuclear power plants operating.