While Cuba deals with blazing fire, the US watches and waits
Withholding assistance at this critical time indicates to Cubans, Cuban Americans and the world that the Biden Administration is not really interested in the well-being of the Cuban people, despite statements to the contrary.
15,000 Minnesota nurses launch historic strike to put ‘patients before profits’
"We feel like this is the only thing we can do," said one nurse. "Hospitals tell us it's our fault, but we've been actively involved and getting nowhere."
Leaked Zinke memo urges Trump to shrink national monuments, allow drilling
Zinke also proposed opening these publicly held national monuments up to drilling, logging, commercial fishing and other activities for private profit.
US media’s complicity in ignoring Gaza’s plight: a critical examination of systematic bias
Analyzing the evasion of ethical journalism in the face of Gaza's humanitarian crisis.
Students look beyond gun control laws to prevent violence – and it’s working
As lawmakers argue over how best to address school shootings, student clubs are focused on reducing youth violence at schools and in their communities.
House Passes GMO Label Law, Advocates Urge Obama to Veto the DARK Act
The majority of Americans support labeling for GMOs and will hold their elected officials accountable for stripping away this transparency.
Monsanto and the Poisonous Cartel of GMOs in India
For more than a decade and a half, Monsanto has extracted illegal royalties from Indian farmers, trapping them in debt and triggering an epidemic of farmers' suicides.
Pentagon press clampdown under Trump sparks first amendment alarm
Journalists and free press advocates warn that new Pentagon restrictions requiring pre-approval of even unclassified information represent a dangerous assault on democratic oversight, despite Trump’s claim that “nothing stops reporters.”
Planned Parenthood demands federal court intervene to stop trump attack on abortion rights and...
Planned Parenthood warned Wednesday that, without intervention from a federal court, it will be forced out of the Title X Family Planning...
Oceans, tuberculosis and killer robots – the UN’s diverse agenda in 2017
The first session of the UN conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons.