UN General Assembly adopts World Court climate accountability ruling
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a landmark climate accountability resolution backing the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling that countries have a legal obligation to reduce carbon pollution and prevent worsening climate change. Spearheaded by Vanuatu, the resolution passed 141-8. The ICJ, also known as the World Court, ruled that countries are…
The silent killer in your shopping cart contributes to cancer & chronic disease
The package gleams with promise. A golden sunburst here. A farmer in a clean straw hat is there. The word “natural” is scripted in friendly italics across the front. Inside that package, nestled in its own plastic tray or crinkling foil pouch, is something poisonous that is neither natural nor, by any honest measure, food.…
Stop Polishing the Trough. Nail It Shut.
By James J Devine The problem in Washington isn’t broken process. It’s legalized predation. Special interests don’t buy votes with sackfuls of cash under tables—they buy them with Super PACs, “social welfare” dark-money shells, and stock tips that turn a $15,000 congressional salary into a multimillion-dollar insider portfolio. The fix isn’t a dozen lukewarm bills…
Contraband-carrying correctional cop’s clandestine corruption caught
Christopher Santana, 33, of Hackensack, was a senior correctional police officer. His job was to keep contraband out. His alleged side business was bringing it in. He made $70,630 a year. A state paycheck. Pension promises. A badge that let him walk past the razor wire, electronic locks, and armed towers of Northern State Prison…
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