A damning new report issued Tuesday accuses Apple, Samsung, Sony, and Volkswagen, among other major multinational corporations, of failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by child laborers has not been used in their products. The investigation by Amnesty International and Afrewatch (Africa Resources Watch), an NGO based in the Democratic Republic…
Read moreAnother Green Victory: Copenhagen Set to Divest from All Fossil Fuels
The Copenhagen City Council on Tuesday is expected to approve a vote to divest the city’s investment fund, worth 6.9 billion kroner, or roughly $1 billion USD, from all its fossil fuels holdings. If the vote passes, the Danish capital will sell off its stocks and bonds in coal, oil, and gas in its continued…
Read moreReps clash in Indiana Republican primary
The Indiana Republican primary to take on vulnerable Democratic Sen. Joe DonnellyJoseph (Joe) Simon DonnellyEx-Sen. Joe Donnelly endorses Biden Lobbying world 70 former senators propose bipartisan caucus for incumbents MORE could come down to two House representatives. The GOP nomination offers a good chance at winning a Senate seat, since the Hoosier State sports one of…
Read moreDamning Flint Emails Show Snyder Could Have Called Emergency 'at Any Time'
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder could have declared a state of emergency in Flint over its water contamination crisis months earlier than he did, according to new emails released Sunday that contradict the governor’s defense of his delayed actions. Snyder, who declared a state of emergency in Flint and Genesee County on January 5—months after acknowledging…
Read moreAfter Latest Display of Bigotry, Trump Again Faces Charges of Racism
Donald Trump, current favorite to win the Republican nomination for president, is once again being accused of racism and bigotry after 30 black students were ejected from his campaign rally in Valdosta, Georgia on Monday. At The Root, Steven A. Crockett reported, “Secret Service agents, per Trump’s request, escorted about 30 black students out of…
Read moreSanders Wins Big Among Tech Activists, while Trump Threatens to Take the Internet Away
Bernie Sanders is far and away the best presidential candidate for those who care about internet freedom and access, the tech policy advocacy group Free Press Action Fund has found. The Republican contenders generally disdain internet freedom, the group discovered, and Donald Trump in particular presents the most dire threat to a free and accessible…
Read moreTransCanada Shuts Keystone Pipeline Over Leak: 'We Don't Know Where It's Coming From'
On Monday April 4, TransCanada announced that it has shut down its Keystone pipeline south of Freeman, South Dakota after an oil spill was reported by a local rancher, stating that “crews initially found visible signs of oil on a small surface area.” A video posted on Facebook by Keystone XL (a proposed extension of…
Read morePakistan Park Bombing Kills Dozens, Mostly Women and Children
This post may be updated. At least 64 people are dead and more than 200 are wounded after an apparent suicide bomber detonated outside a children’s park in Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday evening. Area police superintendent Mustansar Feroz told Reuters that “most of the dead and injured are women and children.” One eye witness said…
Read moreGOP Senate candidate: Moderate Republicans are blocking the wall
Rep. Mo BrooksMorris (Mo) Jackson BrooksOvernight Defense: Senate confirms US military’s first African American service chief | Navy to ban display of Confederate flags | GOP lawmakers urge Trump not to cut troops in Germany Republicans urge Trump to reject slashing US troop presence in Germany Conservative lawmakers press Trump to suspend guest worker programs…
Read moreCall for 'Revolution' Still Reverberating as Sanders, Clinton Head Neck and Neck Into Indiana
Days ahead of Indiana’s May 3 primary, a new poll shows Democratic presidential rivals Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton neck and neck while observers foresee the Vermont senator’s impact being felt long after the nomination is secured. According to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll, Clinton leads among likely Indiana primary goers 50 percent to…
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