Jessica Corbett

Facebook Suspends teleSUR English Without Explanation, Again

“It seems like the censorship power many people on the left want Silicon Valley executives to unilaterally exercise might end up being wielded against the left. One good way to know that would happen is that is already is happening.”

August 14th, 2018

By Jessica Corbett

Facebook Suspends teleSUR English Without Explanation, Again

For the second time this year, Facebook has suspended teleSUR English's page, claiming the left-leaning Latin American news network violated the social media platform's terms of service without any further explanation—a move that provoked outrage and concern among journalists, free speech advocates, and Big Tech critics. In a short

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Secret Report Reveals How Israel Used Armed Drone to Kill Children in Gaza

Israel’s use of the technology to kill Palestinians, says the families’ attorney, raises “many questions concerning human judgment, ethics, and compliance with international humanitarian law.”

August 13th, 2018

By Jessica Corbett

Secret Report Reveals How Israel Used Armed Drone to Kill Children in Gaza

A secret report by the Israeli military police—obtained by The Intercept's Robert Mackey—reveals that a week into Israel's Operation Protective Edge in 2014, "air force, naval, and intelligence officers" mistook four 10- and 11-year-old boys

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Cables From Secret CIA Black Site Read Like Gina Haspel’s Torture Journal

Critics say this “detailed account” of the CIA director’s role “in horrendous acts of torture” further confirms “that she is totally unfit to lead the agency.”

August 10th, 2018

By Jessica Corbett

Cables From Secret CIA Black Site Read Like Gina Haspel’s Torture Journal

Government cables reported in the New York Times on Friday "read like torture

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Democratic Socialist Rashida Tlaib Poised to Become First Palestinian-American Congresswoman

Tlaib is running in the reliably blue 13th District for the seat formerly held by longtime Democratic Rep. John Conyers, who retired in December following a series of sexual harassment allegations.

August 08th, 2018

By Jessica Corbett

Democratic Socialist Rashida Tlaib Poised to Become First Palestinian-American Congresswoman

With 96 percent of votes counted following Tuesday's primary election in Michigan, Rashida Tlaib—who has been

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Hiroshima Mayor, Survivors, and Activists Call for Nuclear Weapons Ban 73 Years After US Bombing

“World leaders should gather in the A-bombed cities, encounter our tragedy, and, at a minimum, set a course toward freedom from nuclear weapons.”

August 06th, 2018

By Jessica Corbett

Hiroshima Mayor, Survivors, and Activists Call for Nuclear Weapons Ban 73 Years After US Bombing

While European and Iranian leaders work to salvage the Iran nuclear deal after President Donald Trump

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Seven Hospitalized After Fracking Pipelines Explode

The incidents occurred in a region that “is crisscrossed by oil and gas pipelines” and where fossil fuel production is “booming.”

August 02nd, 2018

By Jessica Corbett

Seven Hospitalized After Fracking Pipelines Explode

A series of natural gas pipeline explosions in Midland County, Texas on Wednesday hospitalized seven people with injuries and highlighted the risks of transporting fossil fuels. Dr. Sandra Steingraber, a New York-based scientist who advocates against hydraulic fracturing—a fossil fuel extraction method also called fracking—tweeted that her

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