When using social media to report on President Donald Trump’s comments, many major corporate media outlets often succeed only in amplifying his misinformation and lies “Instead of Correcting Lies, Corporate Media Use Twitter to Passively Amplify Misinformation From Trump, Study Shows”
Month: September 2020
Landslide Win for 'Ruthless and Vindictive' Prime Minister Stokes Fears of Further Division in India
Right-wing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed a decisive re-election victory on Thursday, raising fears that his government’s assault on minorities in the world’s largest “Landslide Win for 'Ruthless and Vindictive' Prime Minister Stokes Fears of Further Division in India”
Don Young holds on to House seat in Alaska
The House’s longest serving member, Alaska’s Rep. Don YoungDonald (Don) Edwin YoungHillicon Valley: Apple, Google launch virus tracing system | Republican says panel should no “Don Young holds on to House seat in Alaska”
Florida braces for volatile recount as Trump ramps up attacks
Democrats and Republicans are bracing for a protracted and volatile recount in Florida as election officials rush to meet a Thursday deadline to complete the “Florida braces for volatile recount as Trump ramps up attacks”
Kasich: Wouldn’t want presidential run to ‘diminish my voice’
Outgoing Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio), who is known to be considering a run for president in 2020, said Thursday that he wouldn’t want a campaign “Kasich: Wouldn’t want presidential run to ‘diminish my voice’”
Tens of Thousands Flood Streets in UK to Protest Trump and 'Everything He Stands For'
Protesting both the individual cruelty of U.S. President Donald Trump and the globally ascendant “politics of hate” he represents, tens of thousands took to the “Tens of Thousands Flood Streets in UK to Protest Trump and 'Everything He Stands For'”
'Vague, Overly Broad, and Sweeping in Scope': Lawsuits Take Aim at Efforts to Criminalize Anti-Pipeline Protests
A Louisiana lawsuit filed Wednesday aimed at laws targeting pipeline protesters is the latest front in a battle over freedom of speech and environmentally damaging “'Vague, Overly Broad, and Sweeping in Scope': Lawsuits Take Aim at Efforts to Criminalize Anti-Pipeline Protests”
Protesting Against Air Pollution Crisis, Extinction Rebellion Stalls Rush-Hour Traffic in London
Dozens of students, parents, teachers, and professionals joined a Friday protest organized by Extinction Rebellion that temporarily stalled morning rush-hour traffic in London’s southeasten borough “Protesting Against Air Pollution Crisis, Extinction Rebellion Stalls Rush-Hour Traffic in London”
'It is a Stain on Our Country': Warren Joins Protest Outside Child Detention Facility in Florida
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, one of the frontrunners for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, joined a protest in front of a migrant detention center Wednesday morning—hours “'It is a Stain on Our Country': Warren Joins Protest Outside Child Detention Facility in Florida”
Unsealed Database Reveals How Drug Companies Embarked on 'Reckless Pursuit of Profit' as Thousands Died From Opioid Epidemic
After a three year-long effort by journalists at the Washington Post and the Charleston Gazette-Mail in West Virginia, a federal judge on Monday finally lifted “Unsealed Database Reveals How Drug Companies Embarked on 'Reckless Pursuit of Profit' as Thousands Died From Opioid Epidemic”