After Facebook and its family of apps—including Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp—experienced a massive outage affecting billions of people worldwide, calls to break up its increasingly monopolistic hold on the means of communication are growing.
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The drug war destroyed her family. Decades later she’s breaking her silence
A woman whose family was targeted by a corrupt sheriff’s department on Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore finally speaks out to share her experience. A PAR investigation into rural overpolicing and the impact of the drug war on this veteran’s family.
Posted inArticle, Baltimore, Economy and Inequality, Politics and Movements: US, Real News Daily Reports
Cities Gain Momentum To Defund Police, Remove Them From Schools
The uprising sparked by George Floyd’s death has prompted vows to defund police from officials in New York and Los Angeles, while Minneapolis and Portland’s school systems are moving to end policing in schools.
Posted inArticle, Climate Crisis, Politics and Movements: US, Real News Daily Reports
San Diego Ends Electricity Monopoly, Aims for 100% Renewables by 2035
San Diego has signed a Community Choice Energy agreement, creating a competitor to San Diego Gas & Electric. Owned by Sempra Energy, SDG&E has shifted toward exporting its natural gas to Mexico and overseas.
Posted inBaltimore
Battleground Baltimore: Ghost Guns in Baltimore
The Cherry Hill Urban Community Garden is saved for now, Baltimore County officials attack its Inspector General, and an update on unemployment benefits.
Posted inArticle, Climate Crisis, Politics and Movements: International, Politics and Movements: US, Real News Daily Reports
Climate Crisis: False Techtopia, Tariffs Accounting, Orphan Wells, And The Dead Cow
Recent studies debunk the false techtopianism in climate science models, U.S. import tariffs failed climate accounting, and Argentina’s shale industry is flailing. As fracking goes bust, what happens to orphaned wells?
Posted inArticle, Climate Crisis, Politics and Movements: US
From Amazon to the Auto Industry, Kenosha, WI Exemplifies Climate Justice Denied
In this week’s Climate Crisis News Roundup, historical climate injustice serves as the backdrop of the Jacob Blake police shooting. And Hurricane Laura slams Louisiana and Texas as the RNC ignores climate altogether.
Posted inArticle, Climate Crisis, Politics and Movements: US, Real News Daily Reports
Climate Crisis: Biden Climate Plan Will ‘Double Down’ On Oil; Dakota Access Lives On
Joe Biden released his climate policy plan, Trump attacks a bedrock environmental law, and an appellate court says oil can still flow through the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Posted inArticle, Climate Crisis, Politics and Movements: US, Real News Daily Reports
Former Coal Lobbyist Confirmed As New EPA Head
At his confirmation hearing, Andrew Wheeler faced jeering protesters and critical senators, and touted his deregulatory agenda
Posted inArticle, Climate Crisis, Politics and Movements: US, Real News Daily Reports
California Legislature Climate Watchdog Committee Has Little Bite
The California Legislature’s Joint Committee on Climate Change Policies was formed in 2016 as a watchdog on state climate policy. But activists say that, so far, it has failed to live up to its potential.
