Sanders: I Don't Regret that Green Provisions in Inflation Reduction Act May Overrun Cost Estimate
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen.
Francis Angevine
New York Takes Step to Reduce its Contribution to Deforestation
On April 25, the New York Senate approved the Tropical Deforestation-Free Procurement Act, a bill intended to ensure that companies contracting with the New York state government are not contributing to tropical deforestation and human rights abuses overseas. Now the bill will need to be voted on in the New
The Harms From Wearing Masks Are Real
STORY AT-A-GLANCE Mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic were an exercise in scientific insanity and evidence is mounting that the long-term physical consequences may not be evident for some time. It started with recommendations to wear a mask in public and quickly deteriorated to questionable advice ranging from head scratching
Peru: Egregious Abuses by Security Forces
(São Paulo, April 26, 2023) – Peru’s military and police likely carried out extrajudicial or arbitrary killings and committed other egregious abuses against demonstrators and bystanders during protests from December 2022 through February 2023, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The abuses occurred against the backdrop
How Are the COVID Shots Affecting Mothers-To-Be?
STORY AT-A-GLANCE While a typical vaccine must undergo 10 to 12 years of trials before it's released, during the pandemic, COVID-19 shots were made available to the public just 10 months after development, courtesy of an Emergency Use Authorization. Even pregnant women were subjected to the shots, and in many
Electromagnetic-field theories of qualia: can they improve upon standard neuroscience?
How do brains create all our different colors, pains, and other conscious qualities? These various qualia are the most essential aspects of consciousness.
This Week in the New Normal #61
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. You will go nowhere and be happy
The age of “cheap flights” is over, Bloomberg reported this week. They
Speak Your Truth: Don’t Let the Government Criminalize Free Speech
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
George Washington
What the police state wants is a silent, compliant, oblivious citizenry. What the First Amendment affirms is an engaged citizenry that speaks truth to power using whatever peaceful
Washington Post: Mayorkas Plans Global Migrant Pipeline
President Joe Biden may open a welcome center for global migrants in the South American country of Colombia, according to a report in the Washington Post.
UN: More Groups Address ‘Antisemitism’ Issue
(New York) – More than 100 human rights and civil rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, are urging the United Nations to respect human rights in its efforts to combat antisemitism, Human Rights Watch said today. Over 40 additional organizations added their names to an update of an
Elon Grounded: SpaceX Postpones Starship Rocket Launch Due to Pressurization Problem
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has delayed the first orbital launch of its Starship rocket scheduled for today and is planning a new launch on Wednesday.
Malaysia Repeals Mandatory Death Penalty
(Bangkok) – Malaysia’s abolition of the mandatory death penalty is an important step toward aligning with international human rights norms and growing global opposition to capital punishment, Human Rights Watch said today.
On April 11, 2023, the Dewan Negara, or upper house of parliament, passed two bills reforming death penalty
Doom’s Monotony
Some days I convince myself that nothing is actually happening and all we have is a whole bunch of people convincing us that things are happening.
New World Order: The International Criminal Court and War on Russia
“It is in the ranks of the Party, and above all the Inner Party, that the true war enthusiasm is found. World-conquest is believed in most firmly by those who know it to be impossible.”
George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
On 17 March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant
The Deadliest Chemical in US Agriculture Goes on Trial
As previously reported in "Preharvest Use of Glyphosate Poisons Kids' Food," testing has revealed alarmingly high levels of glyphosate in the vast majority (43 out of 45) breakfast products and snacks made with oats.
Preharvest Use of Glyphosate Poisons Kids' Food
Glyphosate — the active ingredient in the broad-spectrum herbicide RoundUp