Month: October 2020

In a decision that animal rights advocates hailed as a “game changer,” SeaWorld CEO Joel Manby declared on Thursday that the amusement park will “end all orca breeding programs” in response to intense criticism from protesters. SeaWorld will also invest $50 million over the next five years in the rescue and rehabilitation of marine animals…

Following reports that hundreds of refugees and migrants—including women and children—were wounded on Sunday when Macedonian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at crowds on the Greek side of the border, protesters marched in the small village of Idomeni on Monday, highlighting what one human rights expert described as an “absurd humanitarian crisis” that…

“Dodgy Dave” appears to be off the hook. According to new reporting on Thursday, British Prime Minister David Cameron will not face an inquiry by the parliamentary watchdog over controversy surrounding his benefiting from an offshore fund. The Guardian and Press Association report that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Kathryn Hudson, said she would not…

A Wisconsin ironworker and supporter of Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.), Randy Bryce, has announced his run for Congress to unseat House Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis…

Two former campaign managers for Mitt Romney and Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE are starting a new initiative to prevent further…

The American College of Physicians (ACP), a group of 143,000 internal medicine doctors, on Tuesday published a position paper calling on the government to do more to regulate the skyrocketing costs of pharmaceutical drugs. The article, written by the ACP’s Health and Public Policy Committee and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, notes that…

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday that North Carolina’s anti-LGBTQ legislation violates federal civil rights, warning the state that it is in danger of losing federal funding if it does not repeal the law. In a letter (pdf) to Governor Pat McCrory, DOJ civil rights chief Vanita Gupta said that the state’s recently…

Bernie Sanders acknowledged in an exclusive interview with NBC News on Thursday that he faces “a hard path” to win the Democratic presidential nomination—but maintained that he’s up to the challenge, asserting that “the people in every state in this country have the right to vote for the agenda that they want.” “It’s not unrealistic,”…

London’s British Museum was shut down on Thursday after Greenpeace activists scaled its columns to call on the museum to drop BP’s sponsorship for a “blockbuster” exhibit—about flooded cities. “Sunken cities aren’t a thing of the past, they are happening now. And if BP gets its way, they could come to define our future.”—Greenpeace BP,…

A majority of chief executives of the world’s biggest companies say they would support Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump for president, according to a new survey that upends the usual Republican leanings of corporate CEOs. Fortune magazine in May sent a poll to all of the executives on its 500 list asking them to rank…