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Old-Age Poverty

Looting Back : An Account of the Ferguson Uprising

Five years ago today, a police officer murdered a black teenager named Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Police officers kill young black men every day in the United States, but that day, people rose up in response, generating a countrywide groundswell of …

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Monsanto

Monsanto Surveilled Journalists, Activists and Even Musician Neil Young

Explosive new documents reveal the U.S. agribusiness giant Monsanto ran a “fusion center” to surveil and discredit journalists and activists who criticized or wrote damning reports about Monsanto, as well as legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young, who release…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Paris

Jeffrey Epstein’s main accuser described the lavish lifestyle he gave to his alleged victims to keep them by his side

In a batch of court documents unsealed on Friday, one of financier Jeffrey Epstein's accusers describes the life of luxury she was treated to when she worked for the disgraced financier as a teen. In a 2013 interview with the FBI, Virginia Giuffre, née Rob…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Venezuela

‘Maximum Pressure’ in Venezuela Is Still Failing

Michael Shifter warns about the consequences of the Trump administration’s economic war for the people of Venezuela: The new policy moves the United States closer toward a full embargo, though it stops short of those imposed on Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Sy…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

eSports

ESPN Won’t Air ‘Apex Legends’ Tournament Because of Mass Shootings

ESPN has postponed coverage of a competitive tournament for the popular shooter game Apex Legends scheduled to air this weekend. The EXP Invitational - Apex Legends tournament at X Games Minneapolis was held from August 2 to 3 during the X Games, but cover…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

NSA

Trump’s Intel Vacancies Put Americans in Danger

Sue Gordon was a name Americans were never supposed to knowthe exemplar par excellence of the legion of career, nonpartisan officials who devote a lifetime to anonymous government service. A former Duke basketball player, Gordon dedicated her life to US intel…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Air Pollution

Pollution is behind 1/3 of new asthma cases in Europe

If European countries complied with current World Health Organization air quality guidelines, it could prevent up to 11% of new childhood asthma cases each year, according to a new study. Overall, 33% of new asthma cases in the 18 European countries research…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

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Netizen Report: Online Journalists are Under Fire Across The Globe

By Ellery Roberts Biddle The Advox Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in technology and human rights around the world. This report covers news and events from July 20 August 9, 2019. Journalists wor…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Times Square

The NRA spent $70,000 on a consultant to help Wayne LaPierre choose which mansion to purchase

The NRA's internal finances have come under close scrutiny this past year, after Oliver North launched a failed coup intended to unseat longtime CEO/cult leader Wayne LaPierre, triggering so much internal strife that the organization's dirtiest laundry ended …

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

New York City

Access Millions of Free Books Added to the Public Domain

Your summer reading list just got more accessible, thanks to a project funded by the New York Public Library. Most books published in America before 1964 are in the public domain because the authors didnt extend the copyright. And their aversion to paperwork …

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Looting Back : An Account of the Ferguson Uprising

Monsanto Surveilled Journalists, Activists and Even Musician Neil Young

Jeffrey Epstein’s main accuser described the lavish lifestyle he gave to his alleged victims to keep them by his side

‘Maximum Pressure’ in Venezuela Is Still Failing

ESPN Won’t Air ‘Apex Legends’ Tournament Because of Mass Shootings

Trump’s Intel Vacancies Put Americans in Danger

Pollution is behind 1/3 of new asthma cases in Europe

Netizen Report: Online Journalists are Under Fire Across The Globe

The NRA spent $70,000 on a consultant to help Wayne LaPierre choose which mansion to purchase

Access Millions of Free Books Added to the Public Domain

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