Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s reported attempts to ban access to the website Twitter in the country Thursday backfired when social media users found ways around the ban and used the site to criticize the move on a mass scale. Erdogan, who is currently on the campaign trail ahead of March 30th local elections and […]

U.S. attitudes towards the War on Drugs appear to be shifting away from prosecutions and incarcerations, towards decriminalization and treatment. Click Here: Golf special This is according to a Pew Research Center national survey conducted February 14 to 23 among 1,821 adults and released Wednesday. According to the poll’s findings, 67 percent of U.S. respondents […]

Boston police on Tuesday evening say they have a man in custody after he left suspicious backpacks near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on the one year anniversary of bombings that shocked the city, and the nation, one year ago today. According to the Boston Globe‘s latest update at 8:25 PM EST: Other […]

Pro-Russian activists declared Thursday they will move forward with planned referendums on Sunday over autonomy in southeastern Ukraine, despite a call by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to delay the vote. Opponents of the Kiev government in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk announced the move on Thursday. Denis Pushilin of the self-declared “Donetsk […]

Longtime progressive activist and consumer advocate Ralph Nader hosted a ‘Left/Right’ convergence in Washington, DC on Tuesday aimed at showcasing the ways in which those on opposite sides of numerous policy debates actually have much in common when it comes to key issues like “corporate-government autocracy,” “crony capitalism,” and others ignored by the elite “corporate […]

Kohl’s has announced the upcoming launch of FLX, a new private-label line of specialty athleisure. The new line is a component of Kohl’s new strategy to position itself as a destination in the activewear and casual apparel categories. Set to debut in select stores and online in March 2021, FLX will offer high-quality athleisure separates […]

Outgoing F1 CEO Chase Carey says Liberty Media conducted a “very broad search” to find his successor before former Ferrari man Stefano Domenicali was handed the job. Domenicali will take over the reins of Formula 1 at the start of next year, with overseeing the transition in his capacity as non-executive chairman. Carey says that […]

This year’s recipients of the international Goldman Environmental Awards were announced on Monday, with six individuals from four continents being honored for their “fearless” efforts and working “against all odds to protect the environment and their communities.” “For the past 25 years, the Goldman Environmental Prize has honored heroic grassroots environmentalists for their achievements around […]

Civil liberties organizations say they can no longer support a National Security Agency reform bill—the USA Freedom Act—after the House significantly weakened it to allow for the possibility of continued bulk surveillance, following pressure from the Obama administration. The amendments followed negotiations and talks between the Obama administration and House leaders. “[W]e cannot in good […]

Jane Goodall has stressed the need for governments to challenge the fossil fuel industry in order to confront the climate crisis. The noted primatologist and conservationist, who has been in Australia in May and June, made the remarks in an interview with Tim Barlass for the Sydney Morning Herald. She also singled out the government […]