The leader of Spain’s left-wing Podemos party on Monday said his priority when parliament reconvenes in early January will be to help the poor—not to hash out internal power struggles among political parties.  This month’s Spanish elections, in which anti-austerity Podemos picked up a surprisingly high 69 seats, “blew apart the cozy arrangement that has […]

President Barack Obama doesn’t have to continue the widely-criticized practice of detaining and deporting Central American refugees en masse. In fact, according to a new report from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC), Obama has the legal authority—right now—to grant temporary protection to more than 750,000 undocumented people from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras who […]

Bernie Sanders struck a blow against Hillary Clinton’s campaign priorities on Wednesday night, noting that while she was attending a fundraising event hosted by a $17 billion investment fund, he was revving up an overflow crowd in Iowa, which holds it primary caucus in just four days. “My opponent is not in Iowa tonight. She […]

As Donald Trump is declared the presumptive Republican nominee for president, members of the neoconservative establishment, disgusted by the prospect of Trump in the White House, appear to be heading into the welcoming arms of someone more sympathetic to their imperial worldview: Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.  Steve Schmidt, a prominent Republican strategist and former senior […]

Carlos Sainz says he’s “the first one to laugh” at the jokes sent his way on social media by those who mock his decision to move to Ferrari for 2021. Ferrari’s dramatic under-performance this season and McLaren’s continued improvements have led many to call into question the wisdom and timing of Sainz’s choice. But the […]

Vulnerable Senate Democrats on the ballot in 2018 continued their strong fundraising rate in the second quarter of 2017, according to early looks at figures released by their Senate campaigns. Republicans see the upcoming midterm elections as a prime opportunity to expand their party’s majority in the Senate, thanks to a favorable set of races on the […]

Climate justice activists widely known as the “Heathrow 13,” after their July 2015 occupation of a Heathrow runway to protest the airport’s planned expansion, learned to their surprise on Wednesday that they would avoid jail time. “I’m so relieved,” protester Danielle Paffard told the Guardian. “It’s a triumph for democracy, a triumph for the movement.” […]

Click:velo nicotine pouches World powers on Friday agreed to a plan for a “cessation of hostilities” in Syria, to begin next week, which would allow humanitarian aid to reach besieged civilians but would not stop military action against extremist groups in the region. If approved, the deal between the 17 countries comprising the International Syria […]

Radioactive contamination linked to the Miami-area Turkey Point nuclear power plant is entering Biscayne Bay, a new study (pdf) shows. The findings of the University of Miami study were released this week by Miami-Dade County, and showed increased salinity as well as “tritium levels up to 215 times higher than normal in ocean water,” the […]

This post may be updated. More than two dozen people are dead and scores are injured after explosions at Brussels’ international airport and a metro station on Tuesday.  Click Here: camiseta seleccion argentina #brusselsattack Tweets The Belgian government has raised the terror threat to the highest level and the Belgian Crisis Centre has told the population: […]