‘Teachers have voted to ballot for a boycott on tests for four-year-olds in England, calling them “disgraceful”. Delegates at the National Union of Teachers’ conference backed a campaign to abolish the tests which are coming […]
‘Today from Sandy Bay, Maine to San Diego, California, Americans will don their Sunday Best, attend a religious service, and enjoy the Spring air while their kids search for candy and eggs. A joyous celebration […]
‘Fukushima is Japan’s and the world’s radiation nightmare that will not go away in our lifetimes nor our children’s or grandchildren’s. The Fukushima nuclear power plant is hemorrhaging radioactive toxic waste into the ocean and […]
‘A former Minister of Science of Malaysia, who also was a former ambassador to the US, was among six people who died in a helicopter crash in western part of the country on Saturday, local […]
‘Riot police of the Western world have recently come up against a succession of formidable threats. In Frankfurt for instance, German authorities were forced to square off against a legion of angry clowns who, in […]
‘A Republican state lawmaker in Missouri has introduced a bill that would prohibit people from using foods stamps to purchase certain foods perceived as being luxurious, including steak and seafood. The proposed legislation would ban […]
‘The evolution of “non-lethal” weapons has been disturbing enough (and actually lethal in many cases), but speculation that this developing arsenal would be attached to drones has generally been met with accusations of fear-mongering. However, […]
‘The primary function of the mainstream media is not to inform you, but to distract you from what’s really happening. When it comes down to it, nobody really cares whether a tiny pizza joint in […]
‘The 11 remaining victims of a covert sterilization program that took place in Virginia between the years of 1924 and 1979 have received compensation by the commonwealth, according to new reports. The Virginia General Assembly […]
‘It’s no secret that the billionaire Koch brothers own the Republican Party – after all, they’ve committed themselves to spending up to a billion dollars in 2016, and that’s money that an awful lot of […]
‘As California’s record drought continues, Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered residents and non-agricultural businesses to cut water use by 25 percent in the first mandatory statewide reduction in the state’s history. One group not facing […]
‘Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) has justifiably provoked outrage nationwide for its apparent intent to legalize anti-gay discrimination by private businesses. But another controversial law that this week resulted in a draconian 20-year prison […]
‘Rwandan exiles in Canada and their Canadian allies, all of whom are well-known critics of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, held a press conference earlier this week in Montreal to call on Canadian authorities to protect […]
‘Nairobi has pledged to respond in “the severest ways” to the recent horrendous attack by the al-Qaeda-linked Somali militant group al-Shabab in eastern Kenya. On Thursday, four militants from the group killed 148 people, 142 […]