Monthly Archive: June 2016
In Zimbabwe, police have arrested and dispersed a group of youths staging what was planned to be a 16-day demonstration against the deterioration of the economy, human rights and President Robert Mugabe’s rule. In...
Scientists are estimating that there will once again be a large “dead zone” in the northern Gulf of Mexico this summer. Dr. Nancy Rabalais, executive director of Louisiana University’s Marine Consortium, is co-author of...
Public school teachers, NGOs and activist organizations in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca are marking the 10 year anniversary of the start of a popular uprising in 2006. The commemorations come as the...
Three members of Congress walked out during a moment of silence in the U.S. House of Representatives Monday night, refusing to participate in what they say is an empty gesture by lawmakers. Tuesday, calls...
Florida authorities are still in the process of notifying families of those killed early Sunday in a massacre at the Pulse LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando. The mass murder of 49 people – the largest...
All photos by Nell Abram. Hear/read her accompanying radio report here. Click on any thumbnail image to launch slideshow.
Sanders continues presidential campaign; Obama endorses Clinton Black Lives Matter activist sentenced on felony ‘lynching’ charges DOJ seeks Privacy Act exemptions for FBI’s extensive biometric database Ongoing violence in Iraq has internally displaced more...
The U.S. Department of Justice has proposed a new rule that would exempt the FBI Next Generation Identification system — purportedly the world’s largest biometric database — from key provisions of the Privacy Act....
Presidential contender and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders met with President Obama at the White House today, causing widespread speculation that he would announce the end of his campaign. Not so. Yet shortly after the...
Iraqi security forces are currently in the midst of a major offensive to retake the city of Fallujah from the self-described Islamic State. The action started May 22nd in areas surrounding Fallujah, but it...