Month: October 2020

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Defends Rules That Will Destroy Internet As We Know It

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler just “doesn’t get it.” That’s what defenders of the “Open Internet” are saying in response to ...

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3 Police Dead in Shooting Rampage That Shocks Canada

Canadian law enformcement officials are conducting an intense manhunt Thursday morning after what appears to be a lone individual went ...

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Corporate Gag Orders Have a Chilling Effect on Whistleblowers

Corporations are using overly broad and limiting nondisclosure agreements to prevent employees from reporting wrongdoing or fraud to government officials, ...

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We Are "Sinking Beneath the Waves," says Pacific Island Leader

The interim prime minister of Fiji on Thursday condemned the international community for its continued failure to address the crisis ...

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Senator Al Franken: Net Neutrality 'Is the First Amendment Issue of Our Time'

Senator Al Franken has reiterated his call for an open Internet, saying on Tuesday that net neutrality “is the First ...

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'New Gold Rush' for Riches Takes Aim at Deep Ocean

A new gold rush for mineral riches lurking in the deep sea continues, as a United Nations organization has given ...

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Report: US Income Inequality Dampening Economic Growth

Increasing income inequality is hindering U.S. economic growth and weakening the country’s ability to recover from the Great Recession, according ...

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Majority of Self-Identified Democrats Back Obama's Bombing of Iraq

WASHINGTON – Despite rising criticism of his foreign policy– even from his former secretary of state – U.S. President Barack ...

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Pivoting on ISIS Brutality, Obama Orders 350 More Troops to Iraq

The Pentagon has announced that an additional 350 U.S. soldiers will be deployed to Iraq, bringing the total to more ...

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'Project Panic': British Leaders Make Last-Ditch Offers to Spoil Scottish Independence

With less than two days before the vote on Scottish independence, and polls showing a dead heat between those who ...

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