Calling Out Trudeau 'Betrayal,' Water Defenders Mobilize Against Kinder Morgan Pipeline
By Indigenous leaders, lawmakers, students, and environmentalists took part in a massive day of action that stretched across Canada on Friday to protest the expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline, a project Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said he will “ensure” is completed. Calling out the prime minister by name, demonstrators hoisted […]
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Demanding Arizona Put Schools Over Corporate Tax Cuts, Teachers Approve Statewide Strike
After an overwhelming majority of teachers in Arizona voted on Thursday night to approve a strike over chronically low teacher salaries and harsh austerity measures that have left the state’s public schools struggling, Arizona is poised to become the latest Republican-controlled state to see educators standing up for labor and children’s rights. The Arizona Education […]
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In 'Tremendous' Steps Toward Peace, North and South Korea Vow to End War and Pursue a Nuclear-Free Peninsula
In a historic meeting on Friday that sparked hope of lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula after decades of hostilities, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in embraced at the border village of Panmunjom and agreed to work toward bringing an official end to the Korean War and fully denuclearizing the […]
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Police Unleash 'Brutal Attacks' on Austerity Protesters in Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico
Police in Puerto Rico deployed tear gas and fired rubber bullets to shut down May Day protests as thousands of people took to the streets of the U.S. territory, which is still battling the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria—and a debt crisis that preceded the storm. While people worldwide demonstrated Tuesday to demand improved labor […]
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Threat of Larger War Soars as Israel Claims Credit for Massive Attack on "Iranian Targets" in Syria
Dramatically escalating the risk of an all-out regional war in the aftermath of U.S. President Donald Trump’s violation of the Iran nuclear accord, Israel launched an “extensive” bombing campaign against what it claimed were Iranian targets in Syria early Thursday and warned the Syrian government that it will face “dire consequences” if it dares to […]
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'This Is a Big Deal': Fearing 'Public Relations Nightmare,' Pruitt's EPA Blocked Release of a Major Water Contamination Study
Fearing a “public relations nightmare,” President Donald Trump’s White House and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the reign of administrator Scott Pruitt, blocked the release of a major water contamination story, according to emails obtained by the Union of Concerned Scientists and reported on by Politico. News of the Trump administration’s interference with a […]
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'User Manual for Authoritarian Surveillance': ACLU Red Alert as Amazon Peddles Facial Recognition Tool to Police
After internal emails (pdf) published by the ACLU on Tuesday revealed that Amazon has been aggressively selling its facial recognition product to law enforcement agencies throughout the U.S., privacy advocates and civil libertarians raised grave concerns that the retailer is effectively handing out a “user manual for authoritarian surveillance” that could be deployed by governments […]
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Ivanka's Ethical Conflicts Under Scrutiny Again Amid New Trademarks in China
The Trump administration’s ethical conflicts are in the spotlight again following reports of Ivanka Trump’s business receiving approval from China for a slew of trademarks. The timing of the approvals is especially noteworthy in light of President Donald Trump’s vow this month to save failing Chinese telecom giant ZTE—timing of which itself raised ethical questions. […]
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Sanders Rips Trump Attempt to Walk Back Helsinki Remarks: "Too Bad Trump Didn't Have the Guts to Say That" With Putin There
After U.S. President Donald Trump insisted in scripted remarks to reporters on Tuesday that he misspoke during the Helsinki summit when he unequivocally accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denials of election meddling, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) mocked Trump for not having the “guts” to publicly challenge Putin’s narrative when he had the chance on Monday. […]
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St. Cloud State Black/Red Classic (Intersquad)
November 2, 2012 at St. Cloud State Black 21, Red 18 157: Clint Poster (Pierz, Minn.) tech fall over Jacob R. Horn (St. Michael, Minn), 20-4 165: Jack Barnes (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) dec. Cody Tibbetts (Lake Crystal, Minn.), 8-4 174: Ben McPhail (Pine Island, Minn.) dec. Taylor Lewandowski (Foley, Minn.), 6-0 184: Shamus O’Grady […]
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