Author: Vins

“Pro-police advocates push a narrative that policing can’t be racist when there are Black officers on the force,” Bree Newsome Bass writes in an article published by the Black Agenda……

An October 2020 Guardian article reported that West Cumbria Mining will open “the UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years” after local government officials approved the company’s plans, and……

In November 2020, ColorLines reported the results of a study that found that women of color who are survivors of sexual violence have faced disproportionate hardships compared to whites during……

In the January/ February 2021 issue of the Texas Observer, reporter Lise Olsen investigated the growing backlog of homicide cases in Texas and its impact on the state’s communities. This……

A joint investigation by ProPublica and The Desert Sun shows that California state regulators have allowed over two dozen inland oil spills—“surface expressions” caused by fracking—to occur despite a ban……

For thousands of years of human agriculture, farmers freely exchanged and shared seeds. Today, four corporations control the majority of the world’s seeds. These staggering monopolies dominate the global food…

“Our search for functional immunity to Sars-Cov-2 is less a biological quandary than a psychological one,” Angela Rasmussen wrote in the Guardian in November 2020. “t is tempting to think……

Space battles are at the core of countless science fiction stories—yet recent technological and political developments make the prospect a more likely reality with the rollout of fifth generation (5G)……

Research scientist Zorach Glaser spent decades archiving studies that examine the link between specific health issues and exposure to microwave and radio frequencies. His career spans decades working for the……

The Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction was created to protect children from being abducted and taken away from their home country. Abusers are now using this……

During the 20th century, approximately 60,000 people in 32 states were sterilized without their consent. As reports from The Conversation and YES! Magazine document, forced sterilization continues in the US……

As Transgender Day of Remembrance came around on November 20, 2020, Transrespect Versus Transphobia Worldwide (TVT) released figures documenting the homicides of trans and gender-diverse people within the last year.……

Sworn police officers take an oath to protect and serve. Recent independent news reports have drawn attention to the growing number of white supremacists and white nationalists infiltrating local law……

In February 2021 independent news sources such as Progressive Soapbox, The Convo Couch, and others were demonetized by YouTube, the latest instances in a history of YouTube penalizing independent and……

In an October 2020 article published by the Intercept, Sam Biddle reported on racial bias at Dataminr, a New York company that monitors Twitter for “suspicious activity” that it reports……

Writing for In These Times, Sarah Lazare lays out how countries in the so-called Global North (the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and Japan) are creating a……

In November 2020, French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron established a new initiative titled “Islamist separatism,” which aims to monitor Muslim communities in France under the guise of preventing terrorism. The……

Major religious organizations such as the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Fellowship Foundation have together spent close to a quarter of a billion dollars in the last 13 years against……

In a November 2020 article from the Guardian Annette McGivney reported how, in its final days, the Trump administration was actively trying to destroy native holy lands. As the Trump……

Juvenile justice reform continues to be ignored across the United States, despite President Biden’s campaign pledge to close youth prisons and establish a $100 million fund for youth and communities.……

COVID-19 has led to hardships as individuals and households deal with lost jobs, social isolation, and the stresses of sheltering in place. A panel discussion presented by Boston University’s Sexual……

An August 2020 report by Simone Soublet for Women’s eNews reveals how COVID-19 has negatively impacted women of color. Hauntingly, COVID-19 continues to take millions of lives around the world—especially,……

The United States has been a superpower for decades, but new information suggests that US empire is in decline, Scott Ritter reported for OpEdNews. At a February 2021 meeting of……

In June 2020, an executive at the pork giant Iowa Select Farms introduced former company truck driver Lucas Walker to an FBI agent who asked him to inform on the……