Criminalization of Indigenous Land Defenders on the Rise, Says UN Report
Indigenous leaders and their water-protector allies set up camp to protest a pipeline in front of the Minnesota Capitol Building. Michael Nigro/AP This story was originally published by Grist as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay, Native News Online, and APTN. It is reproduced here…
Jared Kushner’s Ambition Threatens One of Europe’s Last Pristine Ecosystems
Kushner’s Saudi-backed firm is a major investor in the Albanian developments. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Zuma This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It is the jewel of the Adriatic. Its shimmering waters feed a rare colony of Dalmatian pelicans, the world’s largest freshwater birds, sustain the…
Biden Official: The US Is “Not Looking For a Wider War With Iran”
President Biden mets with members of the National Security Council regarding the unfolding missile attacks on Israel in the Situation Room of the White House Saturday night.Adam Schultz/The White House/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A Biden administration official said this morning that the…
Samantha Power Confirms Famine Is Likely Underway in Parts of Gaza
Habboub Ramez/Abaca/ZUMA; Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Famine is likely already underway in parts of Gaza, Samantha Power, the top US humanitarian official, said publicly for the first time on Wednesday. While testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Power, administrator of…
Critics Deluge Toronto’s Proposed “Rain Tax” on Paved Properties
Flooding during a 2017 storm in TorontoZuma This story was originally published by Canada’s National Observer and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A plan to charge Toronto homeowners and businesses for paved surfaces on their properties is creating a public backlash, a deluge of negative international media attention and even derisive comments from Donald Trump Jr. The…
Biden Administration Rejects Growing Accusations of Israeli Genocide in Gaza
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told the Senate Armed Services Committee at a hearing on Tuesday that the US lacks evidence that Israel is perpetrating genocide in Gaza.Graeme Sloan/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The United States on Tuesday rejected charges that Israel is…