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The UK government this week temporarily lifted a ban on controversial pesticides linked to widespread harm to bees and other insects—a move which one environmental group said “shows a blatant disregard for our wildlife.” The ban was lifted under an “emergency” measure in response to an application by the National Farmers’ Union (NFU). Under the…

The American Psychological Association (APA) on Friday voted overwhelmingly to bar its members from participating in the interrogation of U.S. prisoners on foreign soil, officially ending the association’s complicity in torture of detainees and taking the first step out of “the dark side.” All but one member of the APA’s 173-person Council of Representatives voted…

Famed Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón, known for having put Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on trial for genocide in 1998, has reportedly “set his sights on widening the definition of international law to target corporations that carry out economic or environmental crimes,” the Guardian reported on Thursday.  Garzón—who has taken on alleged torture and ill-treatment of inmates…

School of the Americas-trained Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina, who oversaw acts of torture and genocide during the country’s decades-long civil war, stepped down just before midnight Wednesday disgraced by unprecedented corruption charges—and by a popular movement against impunity for the ruling elite. Pérez Molina tendered his resignation just one day after Guatemala’s Congress voted…

Though not an outright ban, a new roadblock against fracking has been erected in Northern Ireland, giving new hope to groups pushing for climate-friendly policies across the UK and Europe. Environmental Minister Mark Durkan on Monday released a Single Planning Policy Statement (SPPS) that will prohibit the controversial shale gas extraction method on the grounds…

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is launching a fundraising drive for Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff just days before his special election in a race the party hopes will be a referendum rebuffing President Trump. Click Here: cheap Cowboys jerseyEvoking Tuesday night’s vote in Kansas, where the Democratic candidate outperformed in a consistently conservative district, the PCCC…

When it boiled down to it, Broc Berge had to follow his heart. It’s unfortunate for University of Minnesota wrestling fans, but Berge’s heart decided his best option was to leave his home state. Click Here: cheap all stars rugby jersey After a long recruiting battle and many sleepless nights, the Kasson-Mantorville senior standout gave…

Intelligence analysts are accusing the upper brass of the U.S. Military’s Central Command of “flipping everything on its head” in order to present the United States’ ongoing war on ISIS in a positive light and maintain the bombing of Iraq and Syria. The New York Times reported Wednesday that the Pentagon Inspector General’s investigation, which…

While touting the importance of environmental justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is pushing a draft “framework” for tackling the problem that lacks substance, residents of polluted communities, advocates and agency employees say. Last week, the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice released more than 600 public comments filed by environmental groups, trade associations, academics and…

Ahead of Prime Minister David Cameron’s first-ever visit to Jamaica, the British government is facing growing demands to apologize and pay reparations for the country’s “haunting” legacies of slavery, colonialism, and native genocide. In an open letter published Monday in the Jamaica Observer, chairperson of the Caricom Reparations Commission Hilary Beckles declared: “We ask not…