Month: September 2020

Sen. Bob CaseyRobert (Bob) Patrick Casey21 senators urge Pentagon against military use to curb nationwide protests Overnight Health Care: Trump says US ‘terminating’ relationship with WHO | Cuomo: NYC on track to start reopening week of June 8 | COVID-19 workplace complaints surge 10 things to know today about coronavirus MORE Jr. (D) holds a […]

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After months of harassment and racist remarks, the doctor at the centre of a COVID-19 controversy that rocked New Brunswick says his life has been changed entirely. Dr. Jean Robert Ngola, a physician of Congolese descent, said in a recent interview the fallout from allegations he was “patient zero” responsible for an outbreak put him […]

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At last year’s mid-September campaign launch ahead of the federal election, long-time Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May unveiled a new slogan. Surrounded by a sea of staunch supporters — many older, even more white — at an indoor market in Victoria, May pushed a simple message, repeated in chants and songs.  “Not Left. […]

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The RCMP says it’s conducting an operation south of Montreal in connection with an envelope containing the poison ricin that was sent to the White House. Police said Monday the operation is occurring on Vauquelin Blvd. in St-Hubert, Que., on Montreal’s south shore. The police operation comes after it was reported that a woman was […]

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Offering some useless insights into the opposition party over the weekend, the president’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. told Democrats their biggest problem is that they are now “left of commie” on the political spectrum. “The problem is rather than being reasonable and coming to the table, they forced themselves further, and further and further […]

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Since some high school officials started threatening to punish students who engage in protests for gun control after a mass shooter killed 17 people in Parkland, Florida last month, scores of colleges and university have issued statements reassuring applicants that they will not be rejected or have acceptances rescinded for disciplinary action that results from […]

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In a significant victory for reproductive rights, New Jersey’s Democratic General Assembly voted on Thursday to restore the $7.5 million that was cut from New Jersey’s Planned Parenthood and other family planning clinics by former Republican Gov. Chris Christie—cuts that forced 10 percent of Planned Parenthood facilities in the state to close. As The Hill […]

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The Senate’s top Democrat is not calling on his fellow party members to oppose President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state—torture-praising Mike Pompeo—or his nominee to lead the CIA—”actual torturer” Gina Haspel. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of New York made his stance clear to reporters on Tuesday. Schumer said Pompeo and Haspel face […]

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As anti-occupation protests kicked off once more in Gaza on Friday just a week after Israeli soldiers massacred 17 Palestinians and injured over a thousand more, the prominent human rights group B’Tselem launched its first-ever ad campaign calling on Israeli soldiers to disobey “patently illegal” orders to shoot unarmed demonstrators. “As long as soldiers in […]

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