All News Articles for 2015-06-02

Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Ob-Gyns Face Down Radical Anti-Choice Law in Kansas Court
Father-daughter doctors say law 'prohibits them from providing a safe, effective, and medically-proven method of abortion'
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'Risky and Reckless': Environmental Groups Renew Fight Against Shell
'This is the largest, loudest, and dirtiest exploration plan ever proposed in the American Arctic Ocean,' conservation alliance says
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Food, Water, Health, Life: UN Experts Warn of Threats Posed by Secret 'Trade' Deals
'All draft treaty texts should be published so that Parliamentarians and civil society have sufficient time to review them and to weigh the pros and cons in a democratic manner,' say officials
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As Planet Warms, Oceans Face Threatening Changes Unseen in 3 Million Years
New study predicts major disruptions to entire world ecology under both moderate and severe warming levels
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How Do Big Backers of Clinton Convince Rich Liberals to Give Them Money? Read the Memo
"It is no secret that Sec. Clinton is fair-left and not far-left," says internal memo. But what do her centrist supporters really want to talk about?
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'He Should Get the Nobel Peace Prize': Ellsberg Champions Snowden's Profound Impact
"[T]he first time...this mass surveillance that's been going on is subjected to a genuine debate, it didn't stand up."
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Canadian Government Charged with 'Cultural Genocide' over Indigenous Schools
Truth and Reconciliation Commission report says historic government program was central in plan to 'eliminate aboriginal people as distinct peoples'
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Warren Blasts Top Wall Street Cop for 'Broken Promises' and Lax Regulation
"I am disappointed you have not been the strong leader that many hoped for—and that you promised to be," Massachusetts senator tells SEC chief
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Opening of Wyoming to Coal Pillaging Makes 'Mockery' of Obama Climate Initiative: Critics
Federal agency quietly revealed it will issue 28 new leases to mine coal on federal lands
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Despite Security Mania Since 9/11, TSA Failed to Find 95% of Fake Weapons in Mock Tests
Despite untold billions spent on airport security over the last fourteen years, DHS agents with fake bombs and other weapons marched right through checkpoints 67 out of 70 times.
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The American People Have Spoken: Get Money Out of Politics
New poll finds people across the political spectrum think the one percent has too much influence over politics and want system overhaul
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FBI Operating Mysterious Surveillance Flights in US: Investigation
Intelligence agency hid activities behind more than a dozen fake companies, investigation finds
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*Wanted* Dead or Alive: $100,000 for Full Text of Trans-Pacific Partnership
WikiLeaks issues bounty for secret treaty which has been negotiated by corporate executives and government officials while the global public remains in the dark
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