YouTube Nearly five months after the deadly police shooting of a black man in South Bend, Ind., pulled Mayor Pete Buttigieg off the campaign trail, the Democratic presidential hopeful is highlighting his plans to heal fractured relationships between law enforcement and African American communities across the country. “These relationships are important, I think not only…

Click Here: United Kingdom Rugby Jerseys Jonathan Cook won the 2011 Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism. His latest books are Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East (Pluto Press) and Disappearing Palestine: Israel’s Experiments in Human Despair (Zed Books). His website is here.

In a move being hailed as a win for the climate, banking giant BNP Paribas announced Wednesday that it is severing ties with companies whose main business is connected to shale and/or oil from tar sands, will stop financing transportation projects for such fuels, and will not finance any oil or gas projects in the…

For the past five years, I have carried Oxfam’s call to tackle global inequality to the rich and powerful people attending the World Economic Forum in Davos.  I don’t sing alone there any more. I’m worried my message is almost mainstream, that I sound like I’m part of the choir. I bet nearly every politician…

Amid heightened fears that U.S. President Donald Trump’s violation of the Iran nuclear deal and Israel’s airstrikes on “Iranian targets” in Syria this week could lead to “an all-out regional war,” Iran called out world leaders for refusing to denounce the Israeli bombing campaign. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi reportedly told state television: “The…

Kendall Jenner and Hailey Baldwin know that when you need some extra gym motivation, grab your BFF (and maybe a matching outfit too). The models were spotted heading for a sweat session in coordinating exercise ensembles on Monday, taking the workout buddy concept to the next level. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star and recently-minted Adidas…

When Oprah weighed more than 200 lbs., she wanted to lean on the body positivity movement to feel comfortable about her weight—but she couldn’t do it without risking her health. ‘‘For your heart to pump, pump, pump, pump, it needs the least amount of weight possible to do that,” Winfrey, 63, tells The New York Times…

Congratulations are in order—Whitney Port and her husband, Tim Rosenman, just welcomed their first child together! The Hills alum gave birth to a baby boy on Thursday and OMG we can’t wait til they’re old enough to watch re-runs. On Monday, Port updated her Instagram followers on the birth of her son. “Sorry I’ve been MIA for…

Saturday Night Live is kicking off its 43rd season with some serious star power. Ryan Gosling will reportedly host the upcoming premiere of the long-running comedy show with some help from musical guest JAY-Z. Yeah, we definitely don’t want to miss that! The announcement was made during Thursday night’s episode of Weekend Update: Summer Edition,…

On Tuesday morning, the Trump administration officially announced its decision to phase out DACA, the government program Obama signed into place in 2012 to assist undocumented immigrant children. Under the DACA (short for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program, nearly 800,000 young immigrants who illegally entered the U.S. as minors have been protected from deportation and…