Month: September 2020

A U.S. District judge called for a hearing Monday into a power outage at federal prison in Brooklyn which left 1,600 inmates without heat and “Federal Court Calls for Hearing Into Inhumane Power Outage at Brooklyn Prison, After DOJ Statement Contradicts Warden's Denials”

As President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un went head-to-head Wednesday for their second summit, an international coalition of anti-war women laid “Amid Trump-Kim Summit in Hanoi, Anti-War Women Offer Blueprint for Lasting Peace on Korean Peninsula”

The United States is pumping out so much oil as a result of the so-called “shale revolution” that it’s set to become a net oil “Climate Crisis Be Damned, 'Shale Revolution' Poised to Make US Net Exporter of Oil in Three Years”

Critics on Thursday swiftly condemned an announcement by President Donald Trump that he believes the U.S. should recognize Israel’s claim over the Golan Heights, the “No, Critics Declare in Response to Trump, Now Is Time to Give Occupied Golan Heights Back to Syria”

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom PerezThomas Edward PerezClinton’s top five vice presidential picks Government social programs: Triumph of hope over evidence Labor’s ‘wasteful spending and “Dem leader: New campaign ad shows Trump ‘at his worst’”

Rep. Jacky RosenJacklyn (Jacky) Sheryl RosenThe Hill’s Coronavirus Report: Mnuchin sees ‘strong likelihood’ of another relief package; Warner says some businesses ‘may not come back’ “Poll: Rosen leads Heller by 4 points in Nevada Senate race”

Mark Green (R), a Tennessee state senator who withdrew from consideration to be President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, “Ex-Trump Army nominee wins Tennessee House seat”

President Donald Trump’s threat to close the southern border was met with criticism and concern from politicians, activists, the public—and Pope Francis.  Trump is taking “'Trump's Brand Is Crisis': Progressives, Dems, and Pope Sound Alarm Over Threat to Close Border”

The union representing tens of thousands of striking Stop & Shop workers declared victory Sunday after it reached a tentative agreement with management to increase “'When Workers Fight, Workers Win': Union Declares Victory as Stop & Shop Strike Ends With Deal to Raise Wages”

Millennials are major drivers of world economies, yet the world’s wealthiest countries are failing to ensure that people in their 20s and 30s are able “Report Offers 'Bleak Picture' as Rising Inequality and Soaring Costs Drive Young People Out of Global Middle Class”