Friday, July 26, 2024

World’s first floating wind farm will power 20,000 homes

Scotland has officially switched on the Hywind Scotland, the world's first floating wind farm.

Unpaid: Inside the ‘lawless jungle’ of worker exploitation after Hurricane Harvey

The amount of money not paid to workers after Hurricane Harvey is unknown.

How modern tech is helping the fight against conflict diamonds

With many of these technologies becoming common within the industry, we might soon live in a world without conflict diamonds, which should contribute to peace and stability in war-torn areas of the world – at least in the long run.   

Sy Hersh, exposer of My Lai and Abu Ghraib, strikes again, exposing U.S. lies...

What if you write a critically important story and nobody will print it?

Republican Lawmakers In Utah Just Voted To Repeal The Death Penalty

"Government shouldn’t be in the business of killing. It’s not our place."

Biden administration’s strict anti-migrant policies spark outcry

"Within a badly broken immigration system, the humanitarian assistance provided by Annunciation House is one of the few things that works well. We in El Paso stand with the faith leaders and volunteers who lead this work and make us proud to call this border community our home."

Former police sergeant resentenced for using excessive force against handcuffed woman

“The security video of George’s actions that day in 2013, is sickening.”

Senators urge Army leadership to testify before Congress about Fort Hood firings

The U.S. Army failed Sergeant Elder Fernandes, Specialist Vanessa Guillen, and their families and they, like the families of all of the soldiers who have suffered at Fort Hood, deserve justice.”

Brussels Is Under High Security Alert, But Will Europe Address Muslims in "Marginalized Ghettos"?

Belgium’s capital city of Brussels is on its highest alert as residents remain on lockdown. People are being told to stay away from their windows, and schools remain closed as police and soldiers carry out raids in the search for suspects in the Paris attacks ten days ago that killed 130 people.

Student demands for divestment are not new

There is a long history of students organizing for divestment from states and institutions complicit in criminal acts, apartheid, and genocide. Today’s campus protests against Israel are building on that movement.