Ending Oil Subsidies, Taxing the Rich Could Help Free Up $5 Trillion a Year for Climate: Report

Wildfires are seen in San Marcos Sierra, Cordoba province, Argentina, on September 23, 2024.  (Photo: Stringer/AFP via Getty Images) “The real question isn’t whether we can afford to act, but whether we can afford not to.” JAKE JOHNSON Sep 24, 2024 (CommonDreams.org) Research published Tuesday estimates that rich countries could… Continue reading

‘Deeply Anti-American’: Trump Calls for Jailing Supreme Court Critics

The Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, pumps his fist as he finishes speaking at a campaign rally at the Ed Fry Arena in Indiana, Pennsylvania on September 23, 2024.  (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) “This Trump fellow is an obvious, unrepentant fascist without the slightest understanding of what… Continue reading

CNN’s Tapper, Bash Urged to Apologize for ‘Reprehensible’ Lies About Rashida Tlaib

CNN’s Jake Tapper (left) and Dana Bash (right) address the audience before a Republican presidential debate on January 10, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa.  (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) “At this point, there is virtually zero chance that CNN, Jake Tapper, and Dana Bash don’t know that Rashida Tlaib never said what… Continue reading

‘Rank Dishonesty’: Internal Docs Detail How Blinken Rejected Calls to Cut Off US Arms to Israel

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference on September 18, 2024 in Cairo, Egypt.  (Photo: Khaled Elfiqi/Picture Alliance via Getty Images) “The Biden administration is not only complicit in genocide. It’s knowingly complicit,” said one analyst. JAKE JOHNSON Sep 24, 2024 (CommonDreams.org) When the U.S. State… Continue reading

Rancor erupts at contentious District 7 Forest Hill debate

Some audience members say no fact-checking allowed by KELLY WALDRON SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 (MissionLocal.org) Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere.Sign up The gloves were off at Monday night’s District 7 debate, as the four candidates for supervisor and several audience… Continue reading

NEITHER LEFT NOR RIGHT, BUT AHEAD — WHY THE GREENS ARE DIFFERENT IN CANADA

by Trevor Hancock | Aug 30, 2021 | Article, Arts, Community, & Inclusivity | creativelyunited.org Courtesy of the Times ColonistPhoto: In B.C., coastal forests are classified as old-growth if they contain trees that are more than 250 years old. Protesters claim some of the trees in the Fairy Creek watershed are up to 2,000 years old. Norman Galimski… Continue reading

Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ push to overturn conviction

Williams long maintained his innocence and the killing was opposed by victim’s family, jurors and office that tried him Sam Levin Tue 24 Sep 2024 (TheGuardian.com) Missouri executed a man on death row on Tuesday, despite objections from prosecutors who sought to have his conviction overturned and have supported his… Continue reading