Month: October 2020
VW Must Still Pay for Corporate Crime, Advocates Say
As Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn stepped down Wednesday over the company’s large-scale diesel emissions-fixing scheme, consumer advocates charged that the ...
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Snubbing Xenophobia, German City Elects Pro-Refugee Stabbing Victim as Mayor
In a win for tolerance over xenophobia, independent and pro-refugee candidate Henriette Reker—who was stabbed by a violently anti-immigrant constituent ...
DetailsNew Study Shows Antarctic Melting Approaching 'Unstoppable' Tipping Point
A new study published Monday warns that “unstoppable” melting in West Antarctica could make a three-meter increase in sea level ...
DetailsPredictable and Deplorable: Over Half of US Governors Vow to Slam Door on Refugees
As of Tuesday morning, governors from more than half of the U.S. states said they oppose the resettlement of Syrian ...
DetailsVoter turnout dipped in 2016, led by decline among blacks
The percentage of eligible Americans who showed up to the polls in November dipped slightly to the lowest rate in ...
DetailsNew Report Confirms: World's Wealthy Fueling Carbon Pollution as Poor Suffer
As politicians, diplomats, and corporate representatives gather in Paris for the COP21 talks, a new report released Wednesday by Oxfam ...
DetailsMore Than A Few Bad Eggs: Industrial Farms Exploiting 'Organic' Label for Profit
Thanks to industrial food producers who are “gaming the system,” eggs labeled as “organic” may not be very different from ...
DetailsRightwing Terrorism on Display as Militants in Oregon Beckon Reinforcements
Vowing to resist the “tyranny” of the federal government and defend themselves against law enforcement, armed militants on Monday continued ...
DetailsNew Extreme in Inequality Crisis as 62 People Own as Much as Poorest Half
It’s official. The global one percent of wealth holders now own more than the rest of the world combined, a ...
DetailsCiting Threat to Newborns, WHO Declares Spread of Zika an International Emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreaks of microcephaly in Latin America and their possible link to the ...
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