Category Archives: Breaking News

Women have several choices for long-lasting, reversible contraceptives, but men who wish to control their fertility currently have limited options. They have to rely on their female partner using contraceptives, use condoms, undergo vasectomy, or abstain. In 1960, the birth control pill was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for contraceptive use forContinue reading “New hope for male birth control”

Groups that sued the Trump administration over Title 42 expulsions of asylum seekers are heading back to court after hitting an impasse in negotiations with the Biden administration to end the policy.  The American Civil Liberties Union, Texas Civil Rights Project, RAICES, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, Oxfam, ACLU of Texas, and ACLU ofContinue reading “Immigration activists seeking halt to unlawful policy actions at the border”

Today marks six months since Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas took over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – signaling he’d break from the racist policies of the past four years – but the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says the secretary’s actions have not match his rhetoric after voters gave the Biden administration a mandate toContinue reading “ACLU says Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ‘needs improvement’”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) new mask guidance is spurring confusion and backlash as the country tries to respond to the shifting threat of the delta variant, while some experts say the agency should focus on getting everyone vaccinated. Several public health experts said the CDC is being prudent by recommending thatContinue reading “Mask mandate muddies message”

The brownish-grey algae that darken the Greenland ice sheet in summer cause the ice to melt faster, but only recently have scientists measured these blooms in the field, and only at few sites. To measure algal blooms across large regions and understand their effects on melting over time, scientists are now turning to space. Meanwhile,Continue reading “Color of the ocean reveals climate change”

A supplier for Burger King, Kroger and Walmart was indicted for participating in a nationwide conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for broiler chicken products. Separately, a federal grand jury in Denver returned an indictment charging four executives of Koch Foods, headquartered in Park Ridge, Illinois, for their roles in the same conspiracy. TheContinue reading “Corporation accused of fixing chicken pricing”

Fred Hampton Leftists are lefty political commentators talking news, politics, and pop culture who strive to educate, inspire and entertain. Ten Demands for Justice co-founders @SocialistMMA, @anhiebananhie, @zoyaislove and @AWKWORDrap were hosted by @FredHamptonLeft to break down Demand 2 — to Eliminate Discriminatory Policing, Prosecution and Sentencing… on the road to #AbolishThePolice and prisons SecondContinue reading “Fred Hampton Leftists hosted discussion with leaders of Ten Demands for Justice”

On July 27, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated the Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People given new evidence on the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant rapidly circulating in the United States.    CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday that “the Delta variant behaves uniquely differently” compared with other versions of the virusContinue reading “CDC says wear a mask to stop Delta variant”

Texas State Rep. Jake Ellzey on Tuesday defeated Republican Susan Wright to replace her late husband, Ron Wright, in Congress, in what is a blow to former President Donald Trump, who endorsed the loser over the objections of major state GOP leaders, including former Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Even after his disastrous presidency and historicContinue reading “Republicans reject Trump recommendation”

U.S. government Witness Protection contracts and millions of dollars worth of other deals were awarded to an air charter company owned by organized crime associates An American aviation company that has transported protected witnesses for the U.S. government was once part-owned by two men who worked with a major Russian-American organized crime group. These men,Continue reading “Flight of the Monarch reveals incompetence”

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $28 million in funding for five research projects to develop software that will fully unleash the potential of DOE supercomputers to make new leaps in fields such as quantum information science and chemical reactions for clean energy applications. “DOE’s national labs are home to some of the world’s fastestContinue reading “U.S. Department of Energy funding supercomputer research projects”

A Newark man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his role in a carjacking in which a firearm was brandished, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced today. Raquin Tanner, 25, of Newark, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo to one count of aiding and abetting theContinue reading “Newark carjacker with gun sent to prison”

More than 200 of the world’s leading climate scientists will begin meeting today to finalize a landmark report summarizing how Earth’s climate has already changed, and what humans can expect for the rest of the century. “There is no reasonable question that climate change is fueling such extreme weather events as wildfires engulfing much of the AmericanContinue reading “Climate scientists huddle to finalize a grim report about failures to save warming planet”

The Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced this week that they have disbursed more than 2.2 million additional Economic Impact Payments under the American Rescue Plan. The IRS says it has now delivered more than $400 billion in American Rescue Plan coronavirus stimulus checks. TheContinue reading “Over 2.2 million checks mailed under President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan”

A comprehensive report released by the national advocacy organization Food & Water Watch outlines the crisis state of the country’s food system, including detailed analysis on the severe damage levied on society by unchecked corporate monopolies dominating the system.  The report, “Well-Fed: A Roadmap to a Sustainable Food System that Works For All,” offers aContinue reading “Monopolies endanger food supply, ecosystem”

According to new data released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the University of Oxford, the worldwide vaccine gap between the rich and poor will have a lasting and profound impact on socio-economic recovery in low- and lower-middle income countries unless richer nations take urgent action to boostContinue reading “Vaccine unfairness undermining global economic recovery”

The United States imposed sanctions on Cuba’s defense minister and a special forces unit for repressing peaceful protests, a step President Joe Biden warned is “just the beginning” of punitive measures against Havana. Biden said the actions are being taken to hold the Cuban government “accountable for their actions,” warning of further sanctions on “individualsContinue reading “US sanctions Cuban defense chief, brigade for protest crackdown”