The Media Goes After Canadian Truckers’ Donors
Several major media outlets have run stories over the past few days on the identities of individuals funding the “Freedom Convoy,” including names of donors that leaked during a hack of crowdfunding site GiveSendGo. Hackers breachedGiveSendGo leaked personal information about approximately 90,000 Freedom Convoy donors late Sunday night. This included names, email addresses, and ZIP codes. […]
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Sanders Rips Into Billionaires for Creating “Oligarchic” Society in US
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), delivered a powerful speech to the Senate floor on Wednesday. He criticized billionaires and CEOs who have amassed unfathomable wealth while millions of Americans struggle for survival. Since the start of the pandemic, millions of Americans have struggled economically, gotten ill or died – but for billionaires, “this moment has never […]
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Texas’s Power Woes Are Just the Latest Reminder of the Danger of Privatization
Texas dodged a bullet this month when its state power grid, operated under the Electric Reliability Council of Texas(ERCOT), was able to withstand a drop in temperature. But that’s not because state leaders, particularly Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, learned anything from last year’s horrific storm. As Truthout’s Candice Bernd reported last week, not only did […]
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Trans Youth Are Facing Right-Wing Attacks and a Solidarity Shortage
Demonstrators rally in opposition to the transgender toilet rights repeal at Thomas Paine Plaza on February 25, 2017, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mark Makela / Getty Pictures “What we now have is a state of affairs the place our opponents are fixated on us and our allies are leaving us behind,” says trans legal professional and […]
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If Inequalities Persist, Africa May Not Reach 70% Vaccination Until Late 2024
Experts from the World Health Organization said Wednesday that global coronavirus deaths remain stunningly high two years into the pandemic as highly contagious variants — including Omicron and its relative — continue to circulate and possible new mutations loom. Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, an infectious disease epidemiologist who serves as the WHO’s Covid-19 technical lead, […]
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Big Food Producers Are Profiteering Off Inflation — and Bragging About It
Senator Elizabeth Warren, D.Mass., accused corporate executives Tuesday of using inflation to cover up rising prices for meat, vegetables, and cleaning products, and reap record profits. “Giant corporations are making record profits by increasing prices, and CEOs are saying the quiet part out loud: they’re happy to help drive inflation,” Warren tweetedMonday “American families pay […]
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Many Immunocompromised People Feel Left Behind as US Lifts Pandemic Measures
As the U.S. health guidelines begin to loosen, COVIDWe look at the fact that 19 cases of infection have fallen from records-high levels. We also consider how many immunocompromised people still face an acute risk of developing illness. They feel they have received very little or no guidance about how to stay healthy for long […]
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Mexican Forces Evict Indigenous Activists Who Took Over Water Bottling Plant
On the morning of February 15, 300 Mexican National Guards and State Security Forces violently expelled Indigenous environmental activists from their Puebla community center. The community center was a water bottling facility owned by foreigners for many decades. It was taken over by the Indigenous Nahua people of the area 11 months ago. Many view […]
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Nixonian Political Dirty Tricks, the Sequel
“Dirty tricks” was a term used to describe the behavior of operatives within the Nixon administration to smear the reputations of opponents and undermine the appeal of certain politicians. Fifty years ago, these dirty tricks included a false allegation that Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson, D-Wash., had fathered an illegitimate child with a 17-year-old girl and […]
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Far Right Truckers in “Freedom Convoy” Stopped by Ottawa Neighborhood Residents
Fed up with far right truck drivers and other extremist supporters in their city, residents from a neighborhood in Ottawa, Ontario, confronted and disrupted several truckers who were on their way downtown to join the so-called “Freedom Convoy.” Upon learning that the route of some trucks was located nearby, Sean Burges, a senior instructor at […]
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