On the same day that former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state nominee, was dodging questions about the ongoing ExxonKnew investigation, a Massachusetts court on Wednesday ordered the oil company to hand over decades of documents regarding what it knew about climate change. The ruling (pdf), handed down by Massachusetts Superior […]
Read MoreStitch Fix is leveraging its resources, expertise and data to promote a more equitable and diverse retail landscape. The personal styling company has launched a new grant and membership program to support the next generation of BIPOC designers. Called “Elevate,” the grant will present five recipients each with 25,000 dollars, as well as access to […]
Read MoreDemocratic National Committee (DNC) chairman Tom PerezThomas Edward PerezClinton’s top five vice presidential picks Government social programs: Triumph of hope over evidence Labor’s ‘wasteful spending and mismanagement” at Workers’ Comp MORE has nominated 75 people to become new at-large DNC members, including a transgender woman and a woman protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals […]
Read MoreSen. Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Louisville passes ‘Breonna’s Law’ banning no-knock warrants Rand Paul aide joins Trump campaign, RNC fundraising group MORE (R-Ky.) said that he still stands behind Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote GOP senator to […]
Read MoreBob Dylan, the folk music icon who first rose to fame amid the struggle for civil rights and against the Vietnam War in the 1960s, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for his transformative impact on culture and “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” Though long […]
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Read MorePresident-elect Donald Trump’s win early Wednesday morning stunned and devastated observers around the globe, who were quick to note the risks a Trump administration poses to the climate, human rights, the economy, and the world at-large. Human Rights Watch (HRW) implored the president-elect to leave his now-signature divisive rhetoric behind and make human rights the […]
Read MorePresident Barack Obama this week is attempting to defend his questionable counter-terrorism strategy before handing over the vast and much-expanded presidential war powers to Donald Trump. The outgoing president on Tuesday gave his final foreign policy speech at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, home to Central Command and Special Operations Command, during which he […]
Read MorePresident Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he would permanently protect parts of the Arctic and Atlantic from offshore drilling. That includes 3.8 million acres in the north and mid-Atlantic Ocean. “These actions…protect a sensitive and unique ecosystem that is unlike any other region on Earth,” he said in a statement. Green groups welcomed the announcement […]
Read MoreThe Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday there is no indication that Trump Tower was ever the “subject of surveillance” by the U.S. government. Committee chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and ranking Democrat Mark Warner (Va.), who are also leading an investigation into Russia’s alleged involvement with the presidential election, issued […]
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