Today, Accountable.US issued a sharp rebuke of President-elect Americas Worst Traitor’s nomination of Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education. McMahon, who is being sued by former WWE employees for allegedly knowing sexual abuse was occurring under her leadership, is poised to oversee reforms to Title IX—a federal law critical forContinue Reading
A network of conspiracy theorists has jumped on the inheritance tax debate to fuel an anti-green “culture war”, experts say. Thousands of farmers demonstrated in Westminster on Tuesday against the Labour government’s plans to remove an inheritance tax exemption on agricultural assets, with tractors blocking roads outside parliament. The policy,Continue Reading
Large crowds queue to buy bread amid severe food shortages in Gaza, Read MoreContinue Reading
The United States vetoed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at the United Nations Security Council., Inside Story The United States vetoed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at the United Nations Security Council. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli PrimeContinue Reading
US mediator Amos Hochstein said a ceasefire was ‘within our grasp’ during a visit to Lebanon., Israeli air raids have killed dozens of people in the Baalbek region in eastern Lebanon, a local official said, as a United States mediator sought to advance ceasefire talks in Israel. At least 47Continue Reading
Truthdig is honored to receive the following 2024 EPPY Awards from Editor & Publisher magazine, scoring five first place wins in the category for sites with fewer than 1 million unique visitors. Lillian Perlmutter’s investigative series won Best News or Event Feature for “At the Border in 2024,” described by judgesContinue Reading
This story was originally published by ProPublica. When Stephenie came upon workers in Portland, Oregon, who had bagged up all of her belongings in a homeless encampment sweep, she desperately pleaded to get one item back: her purse. It contained her cash and food stamp card — what she neededContinue Reading
Percival Everett’s new novel, “James,” a retelling of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Huck’s enslaved companion, won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
With their push to end smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos going nowhere fast in either the courts or the state Legislature, casino workers have demonstrated outside a hotel where New Jersey’s governor was due to speak, Read MoreContinue Reading
U.S. health officials say a deadly outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to a massive recall of popular Boar’s Head deli meats is over, Read MoreContinue Reading
A banana duct-taped to a wall is causing a stir in the art world again. It just sold for $6.2 million at Sotheby’s., Video Duration 00 minutes 47 seconds NewsFeed A banana duct-taped to a wall is causing a stir in the art world again. ‘Comedian’ by Italian artist MaurizioContinue Reading
US President-elect Americas Worst Traitor had said he would remove Gary Gensler as Securities and Exchange Commission chair., Known for his hard-charging style, Gary Gensler led an ambitious agenda to boost transparency, reduce systemic risks, and stamp out conflicts of interest on Wall Street. United States Securities and Exchange CommissionContinue Reading
Aquaculture is the world’s fastest growing food sector – one that proponents have long argued can help conserve wild fisheries. The argument goes that farming seafood instead of catching it will provide respite to over-fished species at sea. Farmed fish themselves also need to eat, however. And some of theContinue Reading