Israel resumes airstrikes on Gaza after ceasefire offer collapses
The Israeli military offensive against the Gaza Strip continues today after a brief pause. Israel unilaterally declared a six-hour-long ceasefire today to give Hamas the chance to consider a ceasefire...
View ArticleFCC receives more than a million public comments on net neutrality
The deadline for public comment on proposed new federal rules for the internet is fast approaching. The Federal Communications Commission has so far received more than one million comments regarding...
View ArticleIsrael launches ground invasion of Gaza Strip
[Note to stations: This post contains two separate audios.] The death toll in Gaza is on the rise as Israeli tanks moved into to the territory Thursday. Medical sources say more than 260 Palestinians...
View ArticleTaking to the skies to circumvent “ag-gag” laws
If you eat meat produced in the United States, chances are the livestock spent at least part of its life at a confined animal feeding operation – or “factory farm.” As these enormous livestock feedlots...
View ArticleWest Bank tension escalates as protesters call for Intifada; assaults on Gaza...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has submitted a ceasefire proposal to Hamas and the government of Israel. According to the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, Kerry’s proposal would allow Israeli ground...
View ArticleIslamic State militants seize new territory in northern Iraq
Militants with Islamic State – a group also known as ISIS – have seized new territory in the northern part of Iraq and are attempting to gain control of key national infrastructure. The weekend attacks...
View ArticleEPA holds Gulf Coast hearing on air pollution at oil refineries
The US Environmental Protection Agency held a day-long public hearing Tuesday near Houston over proposed new rules regarding air quality at oil refineries. The Gulf Coast area stretching from Houston,...
View ArticleWeb Extra: Q&A with journalist David Sheen on rising ultra-nationalism in Israel
Fighting resumed in the Gaza Strip early Friday after negotiators were unable to extend a 72-hour truce between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli military launched airstrikes on both Rafah and Jabaliya,...
View ArticleFerguson residents take to the streets and social media to protest police...
Protests and vigils continue for a fourth day today in Ferguson, Missouri after an unnamed local police officer shot and killed an unarmed black youth, 18-year-old Michael Brown. Police say the...
View ArticleQ&A: ACLU of Missouri on legal actions surrounding Ferguson protests
The protests in Ferguson, Missouri have brought militarized policing policies and how they can encroach upon the free exercise of constitutional rights into focus. In response to multiple legal...
View ArticleBarring court action, nearly all Texas abortion clinics to close September 1
Reproductive rights advocates have been in the streets in Louisiana and Texas this week, protesting laws that could shutter nearly all health clinics providing abortion services in their respective...
View ArticleMemories of military rule hang over protests in Pakistan
Pakistan is currently witnessing massive political demonstrations, protesting the government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. State-run television was at the center of a tug-of-war today between...
View ArticleBahraini authorities arrest prominent human rights activist and revoke her...
Authorities in the Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain detained prominent human rights activist Maryam Al-Khawaja over the weekend just shortly after her flight arrived in the Bahraini capital, Manama....
View ArticleQ&A: Is the Endangered Species Act itself at risk?
This week marked a couple of milestones in national environmental policy. On Wednesday, the Wilderness Act turned 50. The law created the National Wilderness Preservation System, charged with...
View ArticleFlorida corals face threat of potentially devastating bleaching event
Download audio This summer could end up being one of the worst on record for corals in the Caribbean and Florida. First, they’re facing unprecedented levels of ocean acidification. The World...
View ArticleObama announces expanded offensive against ISIS
Download Audio In a public address Wednesday night, President Barack Obama announced a four point approach for an expanded offensive against the radical Islamist militants who call themselves the...
View ArticleQ&A: Jay O’Hara on climate activism and the trial that wasn’t
In May 2013, two men carried out a non-violent direct action in a small lobster boat blockaded a freighter trying to deliver 40,000 tons of Appalachian coal to the Brayton Point coal-fired power plant...
View ArticleU.S.-led coalition continue airstrikes on Islamic State in Syria
Download Audio A U.S.-led military offensive against the militant group that calls itself the Islamic State expanded airstrikes into Syria this week, targeting the group’s command centers and...
View ArticleHong Kong: massive protests demanding free and fair elections continue
In Hong Kong, massive pro-democracy protests continue. The demonstrations began last Wednesday, triggered by Chinese authorities’ announcement that only approved candidates will be placed on the...
View ArticleViolence directed at Hong Kong pro-democracy protests
Massive pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong turned violent Friday. The student-led protests began last week, triggered by Chinese authorities’ announcement that only approved candidates would be placed...
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