Month: November 2019

Editors at two of the most widely read Palestinian online publications have had their Facebook accounts disabled. Administrators for the Facebook pages of Quds, which has more than five million “likes,” and Shehab News Agency, which has more than six million, found they could not access their accounts on Friday. Ezz al-Din al-Akhras, a supervisor…

The images of terror, violence, and hate that filled our TV screens and news feeds this past weekend from Charlottesville, Virginia, were difficult enough for adults to process; for parents, it elicited all our worst fears. How do we tell our children they live in an imperfect, sometimes frightening world, while still protecting their innocence…

Indian energy giant Adani on Monday achieved a “key milestone” in completing its massive and controversial Carmichael coal mine project in Australia—a project, according to a marine conservation group, “that will super charge climate change and sound the death knell for our Reef.” The achievement comes thanks to Queensland’s Coordinator-General giving “the latest, and final,…

Viola Davis, queen of everything great in this world, celebrated her daughter Genesis’s seventh birthday on Sunday. The 51-year old is an incredible actress, humanitarian, and (basically) a professional speech-giver, so we’re not surprised to learn that “world-class mom” also factors into Davis’s skillset. Viola and her actor hubby Julius Tennon, who recently celebrated their…

In a world where the gender pay gap in the White House has recently tripled, journalists like Mika Brzezinski are having their physical appearance publicly attacked, and Congressional sleeveless dress code policies are causing controversy, it’s clear that strong female political leaders are more important now than ever before. Enter the nonpartisan organization She Should…

In a move that has sparked outrage from local residents and dire health warnings from environmentalists, the Japanese government is reportedly planning to release 1.09 million tons of water from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean despite evidence that it contains “radioactive material well above legally permitted levels.” While both the Japanese…

The Big Apple is literally baking right now! A string of 90-degree days has the entire city sweltering, but that has no bearings on the fashion choices of a supermodel, as Cara Delevingne stepped out in N.Y.C. in a blue velvet suit that literally made us wonder if she’s human. Ray Tamarra/GC Images The buzz cut-sporting beauty…

We must embrace a despair that unflinchingly acknowledges the bleak future that will be created by climate change. We must see in any act of resistance, even if it appears futile, a moral victory. African-Americans understand, in a way perhaps only the oppressed can grasp, that our character and dignity will be measured by our…

Things are getting muy caliente in Demi Lovato’s highly-anticipated new music video, “Echame la Cupla.” On Thursday night, the “Sorry Not Sorry” hitmaker officially turned up the heat as she dropped the visuals to the track, a Spanglish collaboration with “Despacito” star Luis Fonsi, and we’re obsessed. The steamy clip takes viewers on an adventure to an abandoned warehouse,…

Outraged at the possibility of the theft of Honduras’ election by the discredited current administration, 50 US rights groups have joined call to urge the US to press Honduras for electoral transparency. Elise Roberts, National Coordinator of Witness for Peace, stated: “As we return from two weeks observing and documenting in Honduras, our concerns about…