The 12-nation, corporate-friendly Trans-Pacific Partnership “is at a make-or-break point,” according to Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb, who said that if the U.S. is able “With TPP at 'Make-or-Break Point,' Fast Track Foes Prepare for Battle”
Month: October 2020
California Stiffens Water Regulations Amid Devastating Drought
As California approaches the end of a disappointing rainy season, officials are further narrowing restrictions on water usage to help stave off the effects of “California Stiffens Water Regulations Amid Devastating Drought”
Despite Dire Scientific Warnings, GOP Leaders Vow to Bury Global Climate Deal
Less than 24 hours after the White House unveiled its pledge to cut carbon emissions, Congressional Republicans made it clear that if President Obama hopes “Despite Dire Scientific Warnings, GOP Leaders Vow to Bury Global Climate Deal”
As Bills Advance, Will Grassroots Resistance Finally Overcome Fast Track Push?
Signaling that loud grassroots resistance may be working, congressional Democrats are failing to get behind the White House’s push for unilateral authority over the secretive “As Bills Advance, Will Grassroots Resistance Finally Overcome Fast Track Push?”
After NSA Ruling, Congress at Odds Over Mass Surveillance
In the wake of Thursday’s federal court ruling that the U.S. National Security Agency’s mass data collection program is illegal, officials in Congress have been “After NSA Ruling, Congress at Odds Over Mass Surveillance”
Julian Assange on the TPP, NSA Spying, and his Own Ambiguous Future
In an hour-long interview aired Wednesday, Julian Assange spoke with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! at the Ecuador embassy in London and shared his perspective “Julian Assange on the TPP, NSA Spying, and his Own Ambiguous Future”
Three veterans launch Dem House bids
Three veterans launched House campaigns on Monday to unseat three Republican incumbents in the 2018 midterm elections. Retired Navy SEAL Josh Butner (D) launched his “Three veterans launch Dem House bids”
As Planet Warms, One in Six Species Face Total Extinction: Study
One in six of all animal and plant species on Earth could become extinct from impacts related to climate change if human society does not “As Planet Warms, One in Six Species Face Total Extinction: Study”
'This is Straight Murder': Protests Sweep City Following Cleveland Acquittal
After a white police officer in Cleveland, Ohio was acquitted on Saturday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man and woman in 2012, “'This is Straight Murder': Protests Sweep City Following Cleveland Acquittal”
Bernie Sanders Blasts Troika for 'Abysmal Failure' of Greek Austerity
Describing the austerity policies that European creditors have imposed on Greece as an “abysmal failure,” progressive presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Wednesday chastised the so-called “Bernie Sanders Blasts Troika for 'Abysmal Failure' of Greek Austerity”