Dozens have been killed and more than 200 wounded in a devastating tornado in Oklahoma. The storm tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, leveling two elementary schools, a hospital and scores of homes destroyed. Rescue crews continue to dig through the rubble in a bid to find survivors. It was the [...]
Continue Reading →Dozens Dead in Oklahoma Tornado Guatemalan Court Overturns Genocide Verdict for Ex-Dictator Ríos Montt Foreclosed Homeowners Arrested at Justice Department Protest for Bank Prosecutions Report: Banks Lagging on Settlement Payments for Mortgage Wrongdoing Report: CIA to Transfer Drone Program to Pentagon White House Defends Tracking of Fox News Reporter [...]
Continue Reading →In their new book, “The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills,” economist David Stuckler and physician Sanjay Basu examine the health impacts of austerity across the globe. The authors estimate there have been more than 10,000 additional suicides and up to a million extra cases of depression across Europe and the United States since [...]
Continue Reading →As the carbon dioxide in the air hits 400 parts per million for the first time in human history, some are arguing that the best way address climate change is to use the controversial practice of geoengineering — the deliberate altering of the Earth’s ecological and climate systems to counter the effects of [...]
Continue Reading →Hundreds of farm workers and their supporters are in New York City ahead of Wendy’s shareholder meeting to demand improved working conditions for those who pick its tomatoes. The fast-food giant — which has nearly 6,600 restaurants in the U.S. and around the world, ranking second only to McDonald’s — is the latest [...]
Continue Reading →U.S. Drone Strikes Reportedly Kill 6 in Yemen Obama Speech to Outline Drone, Guantánamo Policy Protests Mark 100th Day of Guantánamo Hunger Strike Syria: Dozens Reported Dead in Fighting Near Lebanon Border Russia Sends Advanced Missiles to Syria Sectarian Violence Kills Dozens in Iraq Leading Pakistani Politician Shot [...]
Continue Reading →After months of protest, teachers, students and parents in Seattle, Washington, have won their campaign to reject standardized tests in reading and math. In January, teachers at Garfield High School began a boycott of the test, saying it was wasteful and being used unfairly to assess their performance. The boycott spread to other [...]
Continue Reading →The Justice Department’s disclosure that it had secretly subpoenaed phone records from the Associated Press has prompted a wave of comparisons between President Obama and Richard Nixon. Four decades ago, the Nixon administration attempted to block The New York Times from publishing a secret history of the Vietnam War leaked to the newspaper [...]
Continue Reading →A Pentagon official predicted Thursday the war against al-Qaeda and its affiliates could last up to 20 more years. The comment came during a Senate hearing revisiting the Authorization for Use of Military Force, or AUMF, enacted by Congress days after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. At the hearing, Pentagon officials claimed [...]
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