Bloodiest day yet of the six-day Israeli assault
Thousands fled their homes in Gaza on Sunday after Israel warned them to leave ahead of threatened attacks on densely populated neighborhoods where Israel claims rocket-launching sites are located. Sunday has been the bloodiest day yet of the six-day Israeli assault which Palestinian officials said has killed at least 166 people including 30
Company claims internet “fast lanes” would better support special-needs services.
Verizon introduced a new argument against net neutrality this week, claiming that a lack of “fast lane” services could hurt blind, deaf, and disabled internet users. According to Mother Jones, Verizon lobbyists on the Hill claimed that without fast lane internet, disabled Americans could be faced with substandard service as web traffic increases
Global Ocean Commission says rescue needed within five years.
The world's oceans face irreparable damage from climate change and overfishing, with a five-year window for intervention, an environmental panel said Tuesday. Neglecting the health of the oceans could have devastating effects on the world's food supply, clean air, and climate stability, among other factors. The Global Oceans
Many of the rights violations initially exposed by the Center for Investigate Reporting are true, according to state audit.
Physicians in California prisons illegally sterilized at least 39 women during an eight-year period, with cases recorded as late as 2011, according to a report put out last week by the state's own auditing office. Cynthia Chandler, co-founder of the Oakland-based group Justice Now, which has been raising concerns about prison sterilization
Campaigners say White House move ‘will begin to undo one of the last vestiges of legally sanctioned discrimination’.
In what is being hailed as a major victory for LGBTQ rights, the White House confirmed on Monday that President Obama is going to issue an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against people based on sexual orientation or gender identity. "Barring discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity with
In Madrid over 15,000 people marched. Similar demonstrations were held in Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, Oviedo and many other Spanish cities.
Anti-monarchy demonstrations were held in over 50 cities across Spain Saturday in protest actions called by leftist groups. In Madrid over 15,000 people marched. Similar demonstrations were held in Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, Oviedo and many other Spanish cities. Five days after Spanish King Juan Carlos announced his intention to abdicate the
Critics slam Stephen Harper for red scare tactics.
Speaking Friday at a fundraiser for a memorial to "victims of communism," right-wing Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper launched an attack on what he called a "poisonous ideology" using language evocative of the Cold War.(Wikimedia / Creative Commons) "Evil comes in many forms and seems to reinvent itself time and again," he said, according