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  • Explained | How Telegram became a playground for criminals, extremists and terrorists September 12, 2024 4:26 am Deccan Herald White Nationalists Unite Durov, who was born in 1984 in the Soviet Union, became known as Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg after he founded VKontakte, a social network similar to Facebook, in 2006. As VKontakte took off, Durov said the Kremlin pressured him to …
  • Laurier celebrates 25 years in Brantford  September 11, 2024 7:48 pm West Elgin Chronicle Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Column Wilfrid Laurier University is celebrating its 25th year in Brantford. Photo by Mike Crawford /Laurier University This September is an exciting time for Wilfrid Laurier University as we celebrate the 25th …
  • Mexico’s Disappeared: Technology and Hope in the Search for Mass Graves September 11, 2024 5:04 pm LatinAmerican Post With over 114,000 people missing, Mexico is struggling to locate its disappeared. A group of scientists is employing cutting-edge technology, such as drones and hyperspectral imaging, to assist in the search for clandestine graves. Their efforts shed light …
  • Community policing and crime prevention in Nigeria September 11, 2024 3:50 pm The European Times By Emmanuel Ande Ivorgba, Centre for Faith and Community Development, Nigeria ([email protected]m) 1. INTRODUCTION Crime prevention – whether at the societal, community or individual level – is a much sought-after goal in contemporary societies across the …
  • The Lancashire university that is rated one of the best in the country September 11, 2024 12:11 pm Lancashire Telegraph Lancaster University, which runs courses at Blackburn College, scored 73.5 - which places it on par with Warwick and above Birmingham, Exeter and Edinburgh. Students will be kickstarting freshers week up and down the country on Monday September 16 and many …
  • The Role of Psychology in Criminal Profiling September 11, 2024 7:08 am Psychologs Magazine Criminal profiling, as popularized in the movies, is considered to be almost a mysterious phenomenon, whereas, in practice, it is a very structured approach that applies the theories of psychology for the analysis of crimes. It acts as a link between the …
  • Griffith’s Response To Fighting Financial Crime September 11, 2024 1:44 am The National Tribune Financial crimes cover a wide range of illegal activities, including scams, money laundering, trafficking, tax evasion and child exploitation that involve monetary transactions. These crimes pose a major threat to the community, customers and the global …
  • How this graduate honed her skills as a cloud engineering consultant September 10, 2024 4:47 pm Silicon Republic Deloitte’s Mallaidh Downes discusses her experience of the company’s graduate programme and what she wished she knew before starting her career. For Mallaidh Downes, a “deep fascination with how technology shapes our world” inspired her to embark on a …
  • Cybervictimization and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Among Chinese College Students: an Exploration Through the Lens of Experiential Avoidance Model September 10, 2024 9:16 am Dove Medical Press Introduction Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is typically defined as a deliberate, repetitive, and direct behavior aimed causing harm to one’s own body without suicidal intent.1 These actions, which are socially unacceptable and unrecognized, include …
  • How Durango School District supported newcomer students to practice English this year September 10, 2024 12:48 am The Durango Herald - Colorado 9-R received 36 new-to-English students last school year, compared with six in 2021 Art made by students in the summer newcomer program is on display at the high school's teacher lounge so teachers can get to know their students. (Courtesy of Kira …

Crime Theory

  • Community policing and crime prevention in Nigeria September 11, 2024 3:50 pm The European Times By Emmanuel Ande Ivorgba, Centre for Faith and Community Development, Nigeria ([email protected]m) 1. INTRODUCTION Crime prevention – whether at the societal, community or individual level – is a much sought-after goal in contemporary societies across the …
  • Fact-checking the 2024 Trump-Harris debate September 11, 2024 1:44 pm Daily Herald - Illinois This combination of photos shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris during an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in …
  • Where do Virginia congressional candidates in key districts stand on top policy issues? September 9, 2024 10:46 am Virginia Mercury As Election Day draws closer, The Mercury asked candidates in four key Virginia congressional races — Districts 2, 7, 9 and 10 — to share their views and policy plans on the issues that most impact the commonwealth, and reviewed their positions on their …
  • Faculty and Staff Notables | September 2024 September 4, 2024 5:17 pm Mercer Den College of Education Dr. Karyn A. Allee, assistant professor of elementary education, with co-authors Erica DeCuir, Albany State University, and Dawn Robinson, University of South Carolina-Beaufort, presented a paper titled “The state of elementary school …
  • Sunak’s decision to call early election one of ‘most stupid political misjudgments’ in history of politics, says Tory August 22, 2024 9:44 am The Guardian Sunak's decision to call early election was one of the 'most stupid political misjudgements' in the history of politics, former Tory party chair saysThe former Tory chairman Jake Berry has said he believes the Conservative government’s plan on …
  • Sunak’s decision to call early election one of ‘most stupid political misjudgments’ in history of politics, says Tory – as it happened August 22, 2024 9:17 am The Guardian Sunak's decision to call early election was one of the 'most stupid political misjudgements' in the history of politics, former Tory party chair saysThe former Tory chairman Jake Berry has said he believes the Conservative government’s plan on …
  • Illinois State University faculty earn promotion and tenure August 20, 2024 1:15 am Illinois State University Author By Connie Blick August 19, 2024 The faculty granted tenure and promotion are: For promotion to full professor Alex Barelka, Chad Buckley, Geoffrey Duce, Cynthia Edmonds-Cady, Brian Franklin, Nathan Hartman, Rebecca Hayes, John Hooker, K. Megan  …
  • Defense Department Awards $46.8 Million in Grants for Minerva Research Initiative August 19, 2024 8:00 pm U.S. Department of Defense The Department of Defense today announced $46.8 million in grants to 19 university-based faculty teams under its Minerva Research Initiative. These three- to five-year awards support basic research in social and behavioral sciences on topics relevant to U. …
  • The Housing Theory of Childless Cat Ladies August 13, 2024 9:13 pm Reason Magazine Happy Tuesday and welcome to another family-friendly edition of Rent Free. This week's lead story takes a look at whether a YIMBY policy agenda of reducing regulation on new housing construction will help or hurt people's willingness to start …
  • How the Right Made Homelessness a Crime August 13, 2024 12:29 pm Rolling Stone This article was originally published by In These Times, a magazine about labor and social movements. From his new studio apartment in Austin, Texas, Barry Jones, 62, finds it easy to keep up with doctors’ appointments and pick up the medications he relies …

Black Lives Matter

  • Explained | How Telegram became a playground for criminals, extremists and terrorists September 12, 2024 4:26 am Deccan Herald White Nationalists Unite Durov, who was born in 1984 in the Soviet Union, became known as Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg after he founded VKontakte, a social network similar to Facebook, in 2006. As VKontakte took off, Durov said the Kremlin pressured him to …
  • Urban League Debate Watch Party Draws An Energetic Cross-section Of Seattle’s Black Community September 12, 2024 4:04 am The Seattle Medium - Washington State The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle (ULMS) hosted a watch party at Lucky Strike sports bar in Bellevue, where a packed house gathered to support their respective candidates. By Aaron Allen, The Seattle Medium The much-anticipated presidential debate …
  • Two organizations seek to bring awareness to housing conditions in Charleston September 12, 2024 3:47 am WCSC - South Carolina CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - An organization called Amnesty International with the College of Charleston and the South Carolina Housing Justice Network are working together to bring awareness to housing crises in Charleston. The two organizations held their …
  • Who You Are Voting With September 12, 2024 3:03 am Press and Dakotan News - South Dakota It’s not hard to appreciate greatness when you’re around it. During my first tenure at the Press & Dakotan, I often had the pleasure of catching Howard “Hod” Nielsen and Bob Karolevitz having the most amazing conversations — two Yankton legends and, …
  • MAGA Mammy Candace Owens Challenges Kamala Harris’ Blackness, And, Well, That’s Rich AF September 12, 2024 1:42 am NewsOne CLOSE Source: Bloomberg / Getty Suffice it to say, MAGA America is unhappy about how Tuesday night’s debate between Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris turned out for their orangey-white nationalist messiah, who is overwhelmingly seen as the …
  • Firefighter Regina Wilson on the 23rd Anniversary of 9/11 and the Legacy of Black Firefighters  September 12, 2024 1:24 am EBONY September 11, 2001, is a day that will forever remain in infamy in the history of America. Now, 23 years later, the after-effects of the 9/11 attacks by al-Qaeda still reverberate throughout the nation, and it has become a touchstone moment that …
  • Opinion | Digital media activism can only do so much September 12, 2024 1:21 am The Daily Iowan “All Eyes on Rafah.” It’s been a few months since the viral AI-generated image flooded Instagram, amassing over 47 million shares and dominating social media for days. Yet, amid the flurry of posts and articles, we must ask: How much of the online activism …
  • Rantz: Seattle cop reprimanded for pursuing violent suspect who rammed stolen car into cruiser September 12, 2024 1:16 am My Northwest - Washington State A Seattle police officer was officially reprimanded for a brief pursuit of a suspect in a stolen car who committed an assault. Officers said this is yet another example explaining why police are so frustrated in Seattle. Officers were responding to a call …
  • Emory Libraries and Carlos Museum open up new vistas on Black artists September 12, 2024 12:53 am Emory University A series of recent and upcoming exhibitions from the Michael C. Carlos Museum and Emory Libraries underscore Emory’s preeminence as a site for research and programming based on the work of artists of the African diaspora diverse in their place of practice, …
  • A new graphic novel about Jan. 6 is being sent to every Pa. public high school September 12, 2024 12:41 am The Philadelphia Inquirer Starting this week, high schools across Pennsylvania will be receiving copies of a graphic novel that asks students to consider a question: What would have happened if the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was successful? The creators of 1/6: A Graphic Novel …

Gender and Crime

Prison Privatization

  • AdWatch: Gloves come off in guv’s race, with ad rapping Otter over prison scandal September 12, 2024 5:16 am The Spokesman-Review - Washington State The gloves have come off in Idaho’s governor’s race, with Democratic challenger A.J. Balukoff launching a hard-hitting new ad faulting GOP Gov. Butch Otter’s handling of a scandal involving the state’s largest prison. You can read my full AdWatch story …
  • Abolish ICE! Fighting for Humanity over Profit in Immigration Policy September 12, 2024 5:16 am North American Congress on Latin America In its less than 20 years of existence, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has amassed an extensive and shocking record of human rights violations. The current administration’s anti-immigrant sentiment has radicalized the agency, emboldening it to …
  • George Soros and the Savage Economic Looting of Russia September 11, 2024 10:55 pm Sri Lanka Guardian “We learned today that officers of the United States’ CIA operated as consultants to Anatoly Chubais. But it is even funnier that upon returning to the US, they were prosecuted for violating their country’s laws and illegally enriching themselves in the …
  • Economic Justice—Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out September 11, 2024 7:28 pm The Nonprofit Quarterly Image: “One Sided” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” How do we confront corporate capture in our work? Corporate …
  • This Presidential Candidate Wants You to Be Able to Get an Abortion and Buy a Rocket Launcher September 10, 2024 7:40 pm Rolling Stone Chase Oliver is not everybody’s cup of tea. The 39-year-old presidential nominee for the Libertarian Party has ideas that are by turns attractive, and grotesque, to nearly anyone on the traditional, left-right political spectrum.  Libertarians want to …
  • Prison Healthcare Provider Faces Dozens of Lawsuits Over Denied Medical Care for Inmates September 6, 2024 8:11 pm Centro de Periodismo Investigativo Eduardo Torres Colón was just weeks away from being released from the Ponce Correctional Complex when he sought medical attention for severe pain in his left hip. Between January 11 and 13, 2021, doctors at the institution treated him several times, noting …
  • The UK says water bosses could face prison under plans to clean up sewage-clogged rivers September 5, 2024 9:19 am Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The bosses of water companies that pollute waterways could go to prison under a new law the British government says will help clean up the country’s sewage-clogged rivers, lakes and beaches. A bill introduced in Parliament on Thursday will …
  • Netflix’s Breathless Ending, Explained: What Happens to Jessica? September 4, 2024 3:18 pm The Cinemaholic Netflix’s Spanish medical drama show ‘Breathless’ invites the viewers into the frenzied and critical lives of the doctors and nurses who work at the Valencian Hospital Joaquin Sorolla. The institution is clearly suffering under the weight of the government …
  • This election offers a clear choice between the Party of Freedom and the Party of No September 1, 2024 7:49 pm LGBTQ Nation - California Since the Democrats took over the Oval Office in the 2020 elections, national unemployment rates have fallen considerably to pre-pandemic levels, the stock market has reached record highs, and wages have risen while inflation rates have drastically dropped …
  • Clear Choice Between Party of Freedom and Party of No August 26, 2024 10:27 pm The Good Men Project - California   Since the Democrats took over the Oval Office in the 2020 elections, national unemployment rates have fallen considerably to pre-pandemic levels, the stock market has reached record highs, and wages have risen while inflation rates have drastically …

Prison Abolition

  • Free Khalida Jarrar, end the global prison-industrial genocide September 11, 2024 11:57 pm Mondoweiss Read and sign this statement here. Khalida Jarrar has been held in captivity by the settler-state for more than six years over the course of five imprisonments and is currently held captive in zionist dungeons without charge since December 26, 2023. She …
  • Catholic activists mobilize as Democrats ignore abolition of death penalty September 9, 2024 10:30 am National Catholic Reporter The Democrats' once-strong stance on the need to end capital punishment in the U.S. weakened considerably when the party's 2024 platform, approved by delegates at their convention in Chicago, omitted any mention of the death penalty for the first …
  • In Vermont, Abolitionists Are Fighting a Prison-Building Boom September 4, 2024 9:38 pm Truthout Part of the Series Vermont plans to build four new carceral facilities over the next decade — a project that could cost as much as half a billion dollars. Belying the state’s reputation as a progressive haven, Vermont’s prison-building boom is part of a …
  • Some imprisoned in Mississippi remain jailed long after parole eligibility September 4, 2024 9:13 am Mississippi Today Transformation. Redemption. Forgiveness. Remorse.   A group of women who have served decades in Mississippi prisons use those words to describe how they have changed during incarceration and why the Parole Board should see that as evidence they can be …
  • The Secret Agent August 29, 2024 3:44 pm The New York Review of Books On November 11, 2008, 150 police officers surrounded the tiny village of Tarnac, in central France. They had come to arrest members of a small leftist commune that had been operating a farm, along with a general store and a bar, for the previous four years …
  • Concerning the white moderate: a call to action August 27, 2024 12:25 am The University News - Missouri Graphic exemplifying the willful ignorance of many white people to the suffering of oppressed peoples around the world.  “…the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the …
  • The prison in 12 landscapes August 26, 2024 6:45 pm Prism In the 2016 documentary The Prison in Twelve Landscapes, director Brett Story destabilizes the tropes that have come to define the “prison film.” Story quietly illustrates the wide expanse of the carceral system—the built environments and social …
  • The notorious Nottinghamshire criminals handed the longest prison sentences August 26, 2024 3:23 am Nottingham Evening Post Ever since the death penalty was abolished in 1965, people in England and Wales who have committed murder have been given mandatory life sentences Since the abolition of the death penalty in 1965, people in England and Wales who have committed murder have …
  • The end of woke spells trouble for the right August 26, 2024 3:12 am The Times About ten years ago I met my first “woke” person. The ball was appalling: gowns that looked like they had been shipped through time from the 1850s, cobwebbed tuxedos pulled down from dead men’s attics, warm beer and worse champagne. We were all young …
  • Inside Israel’s desert prison camp where inmates allege systemic torture August 25, 2024 5:51 am iNews UK Whistleblowers and inmates have revealed a stream of shocking allegations of abuse taking place at Israel's Sde Teiman military prison camp Foreign news and feature writer. Formerly at CNN, Metro International, Al Jazeera English. August 25, 2024 6:00 …

Corporate Crime

  • How oligarchs took on the UK fraud squad - and won September 12, 2024 4:22 am The Guardian 1: A body, a mine, a mystery Clement Jackson was at home by the South African coast, tending to the meat on his beloved braai, when the call about the body came. He found contentment at the barbecue. Bald, with craggy features and prominent ears, he liked …
  • How Jack Reacher Puts a Spin on David & Goliath September 12, 2024 4:11 am Movie Web The smash hit Prime Video crime drama Reacher has steadily taken audiences by storm, with the action-packed series famously following the former U.S. Army veteran-turned-drifter as he travels the country and interacts with a slew of violent criminals and …
  • A PRESIDENT WHO DOESN’T KNOW HE’S ALIVE and PETS BEING EATEN: The most unhinged moments of the Harris and Trump 2024 debate September 12, 2024 3:27 am The Big Smoke Our favourite takeaways from the Trump v Harris debate. We can’t fact check them all but we’re pretty sure Biden thinks he is alive…   With the first (and possibly only) debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump finally over, the most unhinged moments …
  • Iconic restaurant franchisee and Sonny’s BBQ rival files for bankruptcy – blames brand for ‘extreme’ demands September 12, 2024 2:45 am The U.S. Sun A BELOVED restaurant franchisee has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and has slammed the brand for its 'extreme' requirements. Smokin’ Dutchman Holdings, which operates four Dickey’s Barbecue Pit locations in Michigan filed for bankruptcy on Monday, …
  • Commissioner’s address to The Tax Institute’s Tax Summit 2024 | Australian Taxation Office September 12, 2024 1:06 am The National Tribune Rob Heferen, Commissioner of Taxation Commissioner’s address to The Tax Institute’s Tax Summit 2024 Sydney 12 September 2024 (Check against delivery) Thank you Scott for the kind introduction, and thank you to The Tax Institute for hosting a great event. I …
  • Essex County OPP investigating after 'hateful' graffiti discovered in Lakeshore park September 12, 2024 12:28 am Windsor Star Lakeshore’s mayor is condemning a “hateful” act and provincial police are asking for help after someone spray-painted “discriminatory” graffiti this week at a public park.  The municipality also urged people Wednesday to report any graffiti that they …
  • The crisis of neoliberal consensus should be ours September 12, 2024 12:09 am Morning Star IN A few weeks of summer, the political map in Europe has changed.   Electoral systems function as a compromise between the necessity to give the appearance of democratic accountability and to obscure but preserve the truth that power flows from ownership. …
  • Racism In The Oil & Gas Industry? September 11, 2024 11:21 pm CleanTechnica Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Texas oil tycoon H.L. Hunt was one of the richest men in America. According to some online sources, he was allegedly a white supremacist or supported white supremacy. …
  • Southeast Colorado Can Chasers barrel race results from September 11, 2024 10:26 pm The Prowers Journal Select Month September 2024  (29) August 2024  (62) July 2024  (78) June 2024  (85) May 2024  (86) April 2024  (96) March 2024  (85) February 2024  (80) January 2024  (84) December 2023  (74) November 2023  (85) October 2023  (90) September 2023  (74) …
  • 'It's not fair at all': City facing tough choices to shore up transit budget September 11, 2024 10:20 pm Ottawa Sun Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News Mayor Mark Sutcliffe said without outside help, city council faces tax hikes, fare increases or service cuts to fix the transit deficit. Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe announced an economic update for the 2025 budget from …

White Collar Crime

  • Carr Announces Hire of New Chief Prosecutor to Lead Georgia’s First Statewide Organized Retail Crime Unit September 12, 2024 5:16 am Office of Attorney General ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced the hire of former Cobb County Assistant District Attorney Timothy Ruffini to lead Georgia’s first statewide Organized Retail Crime Unit. Ruffini will oversee a team of prosecutors and investigators …
  • Carr Announces Guilty Plea Involving Hall County Solicitor General Stephanie Woodard September 12, 2024 5:16 am Office of Attorney General ATLANTA, GA — Attorney General Chris Carr today announced the guilty plea of Hall County Solicitor General Stephanie Woodard for unlawfully acquiring funds from Hall County and the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia (PAC) to cover personal and …
  • Age of the digital dacoits September 12, 2024 4:21 am Bangalore Mirror By Atiya Firdos Cybercrime has caused losses crossing Rs 240 crore in early 2024; 9,938 cases recorded in 2022, while in 2024, just by August 2024, 12,356 cases registered Bengaluru has seen a concerning spike in white-collar and cybercrimes recently, with …
  • Gwen Walz makes appearance in Rochester before presidential debate September 11, 2024 8:22 pm INFORUM - North Dakota ROCHESTER — Hours before the presidential debate on Tuesday, Sept. 10, Gwen Walz, wife of Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, made an appearance at a Rochester union hall to stress the stakes of the upcoming election. …
  • ‘Filling the gaps’: MD lawyers weigh in on new federal whistleblowers program September 11, 2024 8:05 pm The Daily Record - Maryland Following the U.S. Department of Justice kicking off its new pilot program for corporate whistleblowers last month, Maryland attorneys have weighed in on what can be expected from the program and how it might change the world of whistleblowing. The pilot …
  • Senate approves AMLO’s judicial reform to overhaul Mexico’s judiciary September 11, 2024 7:18 pm Mexico News Daily The Mexican Senate approved the federal government’s controversial judicial reform proposal on Wednesday morning, delivering a major victory to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador less than three weeks before he leaves office. The constitutional bill — …
  • People’s Roundtable offers anti-crime measures for budget September 11, 2024 6:40 pm Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Clint Chan Tack 10 Minutes Ago MSJ political leader David Abdulah. - File photo MOVEMENT for Social Justice (MSJ) political leader David Abdulah and Artists Coalition of Trinidad and Tobago representative Rubadiri Victor have said the People's …
  • The DOJ's Whistleblower Pilot Program Adds Incentives for Robust Corporate Compliance Programs September 11, 2024 5:35 pm Law.com As Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco recently observed, “[g]oing back to the days of ‘Wanted’ posters across the Old West, law enforcement has long offered rewards to coax tipsters out of the woodwork.” On Aug. 1, 2024, the Department of Justice ( …
  • Cyber criminals convicted in Gwinnett County headed to prison September 11, 2024 5:20 pm JacksonHerald Today - Georgia Two convicted cyber criminals were sentenced to prison this week in Gwinnett County for their role in fraud schemes with multiple victims. Ugochinyere Anazodo, 46, of Gwinnett and Dominique Beaulieu, 45, of Windermere, Fla., were convicted late last month …
  • Mexico approves judges’ elections amid protests September 11, 2024 4:06 pm Taipei Times Mexico on Tuesday became the world’s first country to allow voters to elect judges at all levels after protesters invaded the upper house and suspended debate on the issue. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had pushed hard for the reform and …

State Crime

Environmental Crime

  • Environmental Analysis: Uncovering Earth’s Pollutants July 31, 2024 4:24 pm Technology Networks By understanding the complex interactions between pollutants and ecosystems, we can develop more effective strategies to protect our environment and ensure a sustainable future for generations to come.  Through a collection of articles, interviews and …
  • MI leads nation in toxic methane emissions from landfills July 31, 2024 7:34 am Public News Service The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating underreported methane emissions from landfills nationwide, and a recent report names Michigan as a major offender. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas and a key focus in combating climate change. Experts …
  • Kamala casts herself as environmental warrior, but the truth is ... June 30, 2024 12:13 am WorldNetDaily [Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire.] By Lee Fang Real Clear Wire SAN FRANCISCO—Vice President Kamala Harris has long cast herself as a fearless pioneer of efforts to fight for social and environmental justice. “When …
  • Presidential Debate and the Climate June 28, 2024 11:03 pm Living on Earth President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump faced each other in a historic debate at CNN's studios in Atlanta. According to Nielsen data, a combined 47.9 million total viewers watched the CNN Presidential Debate on TV. (Photo: Screenshot of …
  • Letters to the editor: May 1, 2024 (Pride, Gaza, Music and more) May 1, 2024 5:15 am Hudson Valley One - New York The views and opinions expressed in our letters section are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Hudson Valley One. You can submit a letter to the editor here. Letter guidelines: Hudson Valley One welcomes …
  • DR. PETER CHOW: Ferrochrome smelter not what doctor orders to attract MDs to Sault April 26, 2024 12:07 am The Timmins Times Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Column City must not merely consider short-term gain Demonstrators take part in a 2019 protest against a proposed Noront ferrochrome smelter in Sault Ste. Marie. Sault Star file photo With no exaggeration Sault Ste. Marie is …
  • Earth Matters: Republican energy-transition saboteurs; Biden's eco-work; are EVs truly green? March 17, 2024 3:18 pm Daily Kos At Sierra magazine, in a no-paywall article, veteran investigative reporter Rebecca Burns writes on Climate-Science Deniers, Right-Wing Think Tanks, and Fossil Fuel Shills Are Plotting Against the Clean Energy Transition. Two or three paragraphs cannot do …
  • Earth Matters: No technological miracles needed to address climate; Green New Deal push relaunches March 3, 2024 5:08 pm Daily Kos Rod Lamberts wrote a decade ago:   If there’s one thing decades of advertising, public relations, psychology research and science communication have taught us, it’s that throwing facts at opposing opinions with the hope of changing people’s minds is like …
  • Why Is the US Producing More Oil and Natural Gas Than Ever Under Biden? February 20, 2024 11:48 pm Truthout The current year has a one-in-three chance of being even hotter than 2023, which was already the world’s warmest year on record, according to analyses conducted by scientific organizations such as NASA and Copernicus Climate Change Service. And there is a …
  • 'This is what money smells like:' $2.2M fine is latest entry in Clairton's air pollution history February 4, 2024 2:21 am Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania Melanie Meade monitors plumes of pollution. Her hilltop home overlooks Clairton Coke Works, the largest coke-manufacturing facility in North America — and Allegheny County’s top source of air pollution. From that tree-dotted perch, Meade uses her iPhone …

Critical Theory

  • Kamala Harris's Father Wasn't a Marxist, He Was a Post-Keynesian September 12, 2024 1:58 am The Stranger - Washington State And so it happened. During the debate, Donald Trump asserted that his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, is a Marxist. Why? Because "her father [was a] Marxist professor in economics. [And he] taught her well.” MAGA, as we all well know by now, …
  • How Fredric Jameson Remade Literary Criticism September 3, 2024 7:43 pm Jacobin Review of Fredric Jameson, Inventions of a Present: The Novel in Its Crisis of Globalization (Verso, 2024) For over five decades, Fredric Jameson has been the leading Marxist literary and cultural critic in the United States, if not the world. At ninety, …
  • In Russia, They Don’t Read Lenin Anymore August 24, 2024 9:00 pm Jacobin Armen Aramyan Philosophy in Russian academia is really weird. Only a few departments teach it properly, and there is a lot of diversity between them, but the Higher School of Economics mainly focused on logic and analytical philosophy. Social and political …
  • Academia must not dissolve scholarship into politics August 22, 2024 1:40 am The Critic A series of incidents on social media have highlighted the extent of politicisation of academia, in ways of which a wider public may not have been aware, and constitute a legitimate concern at a time when the very nature of the UK HE sector faces difficult …
  • It’s All About the Revolution: Ten Techniques Marxists Have Deployed to Gain Influence August 19, 2024 11:19 am American Thinker For an ideology born in a library to an loathsome scholar, Marxism has never shied from world conquest.  Its earliest proponents, Marx and Engels included, were committed to inciting revolution in all countries.  And Lenin, a man of praxis and …
  • Universities discouraging the exchange of ideas August 16, 2024 7:47 am Geopolitical Intelligence Services Tertiary education increasingly fosters radical left-wing ideologies that undermine intellectual diversity and create an illusion of knowledge. Student protesters at the University of California Los Angeles on April 30, 2024. © Getty Images ×In a nutshell …
  • Marxism, Identity And Intersectionality August 16, 2024 7:36 am The Rising Nepal Marxism, identity politics, and intersectionality are three significant theories that analyse various forms of oppression and exploitation in society. The interplay of these theories inspires efforts to transform society and advocate for the rights and …
  • STARRS Leadership Announces 'Rally for Our Republic' August 13, 2024 7:10 pm EIN Presswire "The rally will uncover the truth behind the dangerous and divisive Marxist ideology infiltrating the military, schools, and culture," according to STARRS. SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES, August 13, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Join …
  • No, Kamala Harris Isn’t a Marxist August 9, 2024 2:06 pm Jacobin A couple of weeks ago, a Republican friend informed me that Vice President Kamala Harris, now the likely Democratic Party presidential candidate, had taken to quoting Karl Marx. Needless to say, I was both confused and pretty excited about this. But my …
  • How the Frankfurt School Used Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud August 7, 2024 12:02 pm Jacobin This is an extract from Marxist Modernism: Introductory Lectures on Frankfurt School Critical Theory by Gillian Rose, edited by James Gordon Finlayson and Robert Lucas Scott, available now from Verso Books. It is often remarked that Gillian Rose (1947–1995 …

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