Navalny was “imprisoned for demanding a government that is free from corruption” and “the right to equal participation in public life for himself & his supporters,” Amnesty said on Friday, and therefore he qualifies as a prisoner of conscience – the designation the group has used for political prisoners who …
Read More »Caitlin Johnstone: 18 years on, no changes were made to ensure that evils of Iraq invasion won’t repeat
The reason it’s so important to stay enraged about Iraq is because it’s never been addressed or rectified in any real way whatsoever. All the corrupt mechanisms which led to the invasion are still in place and its consequences remain. It isn’t something that happened in the past. The Iraq invasion feels kind of like …
Read More »NATO changes tone: Chief of US-led bloc tells EU officials its members face ‘no imminent military threat’ from Russia or China
Stoltenberg made the statement – somewhat unusual given NATO’s typically harsh anti-Russia rhetoric – during an address to the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs on Monday. “I was asked about whether I see any threat against NATO allies from China or from Russia. I don’t see any imminent threat …
Read More »Amazon changes timing of TRAFFIC LIGHTS in Alabama town to derail unionization drive
Amazon actually reached out to Jefferson County to change the timing of the traffic lights near its Bessemer warehouse, the pro-worker publication More Perfect Union reported on Tuesday, citing a public official from the county who said the company had complained about “traffic delays during shift changes” in order to …
Read More »Hook-up culture evolves but murder never changes? Revivals of Sex And The City, Sopranos spark debate about morphing social mores
Both shows appeared on HBO in the late 90s and early 2000s, becoming huge hits. Sex and the City, which aired between 1998 and 2004, followed the lives of four women living in New York City as they juggled careers and relationships. Crime drama The Sopranos was featured on HBO …
Read More »‘Can we do anything right?’: Delays, wrong accounts, unexplained changes lead to mass frustration over 2nd US stimulus checks
Those who did not receive their $600 stimulus payment on Monday have been using the ‘Get My Payment’ tool on the IRS website to track where their money is, and the various explanations have led to a litany of confusion. Some have reportedly been told that their stimulus checks are …
Read More »Republicans and Democrats shoot down Trump’s proposed changes to Covid relief bill
President Trump has promised to veto a $2.3 trillion spending package that allocates $900 billion for coronavirus relief, and $1.4 trillion in other government spending. After Trump ordered Congress to increase direct aid to Americans from $600 to $2,000 and cut out a slew of cash bonuses for foreign countries, …
Read More »Slavoj Zizek: Biden’s win changes nothing and signifies stalemate that could see Trump run again in 2024
‘Democracy Reborn’, the title of a book from 2007 by the historian Garrett Epps, is used in US historiography to designate the time after the Civil War when all progressives joined forces to add Amendment XIV to the Constitution. This amendment provided African Americans with full citizenship and prohibited any …
Read More »Trump vows to revoke ‘ridiculous’ gender-sensitive Navy SEAL changes IMMEDIATELY
“I will be overturning this ridiculous order immediately!” Trump tweeted on Thursday evening, reacting to a post by the conservative outlet Columbia Bugle. Interestingly, the Bugle had quoted another Twitter news outlet, which in turn cited American Military News – the outlet that published the original report about the changes …
Read More »Don’t freak out! How stress changes the brain
This may seem surprising, but many people underestimate the danger of stress. Meanwhile, a number of studies on both animals and humans shows that stress has a negative impact not only on cardiovascular system but on the brain. According to the results of a new study conducted at the health …
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