Archives for مايو 2015

Federal Government Unveils Plan To Address Alarming Decline In Bee Population

Lessening “the effects of pesticides on bees is a priority for the federal government, as both bee pollination and insect control are essential to the success of agriculture,” the report said.

بواسطة Associated Press
A bee approaches landing on a blossom at a farmers field. The federal government is finally acknowledging and addressing colony collapse disorder.

A bee approaches landing on a blossom at a farmers field.  The federal government is finally acknowledging and addressing colony collapse disorder. WASHINGTON  — The federal government hopes to reverse America's declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations by making more federal land bee-friendly, spending more money on research and

FBI Says Racist Organizations Have Been Infiltrating Police Departments For Years

The claim comes after what the FBI says has been nearly a decade of federal law enforcement’s confirmed and documented acts of infiltration by white supremacist groups into American police departments.

بواسطة S. Wooten

In this Aug. 20, 2014 file photo police arrest a man as they disperse a protest against the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Many have said it for years, but now the Federal Bureau of Investigation is claiming that police departments have been deliberately infiltrated by racist, white supremacist organizations. The claim comes

NYPD Admits They Have Been Arresting Too Many People, Considering Amnesty For 1.2 Million

Many of these warrants are for unpaid tickets, disorderly conduct and public intoxication. The city simply cannot afford to jail people for victimless crimes any longer.

A man is carried by police officers as arrests are made near Union Square, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in New York. People gathered to protest the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man who was critically injured in police custody. The New York Police Department is being forced to acknowledge they have arrested far too many people for

Canadian First Nation People Reject $960 Million From Big Oil

Refusal by the small and relatively obscure group of Lax Kw’alaams to be purchased out of their traditional land is a beautifully symbolic but no less powerful event.

Members of a Canadian indigenous tribe turned down $267,000 per person to allow a pipeline to be built through their land

Members of a Canadian indigenous tribe turned down $267,000 per person to allow a pipeline to be built through their land (ANTIMEDIA) As the oil and gas industry seemingly attempts to swallow up pristine land at any cost, one indigenous band in British Columbia has proven an old adage false — not everything can be quantified with a price

Clashes Mark Anniversary Of Israel’s Occupation Of East Jerusalem

“Jerusalem has always been the capital of the Jewish people alone and not of any other people,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at an official Jerusalem Day ceremony.

بواسطة IMEMC News
Israeli youths wave national flags as they enter Jerusalem's Old City through Damascus Gate during a march celebrating Jerusalem Day, Sunday, May 17, 2015. Under heavy police guard, thousands of Israeli demonstrators on Sunday marched through Arab sections of Jerusalem's Old City to celebrate Israel's occupation of the Palestinian land.

Israeli youths wave national flags as they enter Jerusalem's Old City through Damascus Gate during a march celebrating Jerusalem Day, Sunday, May 17, 2015. Under heavy police guard, thousands of Israeli demonstrators on Sunday marched through Arab sections of Jerusalem's Old City to celebrate Israel's occupation of the Palestinian

Texas House OKs Cannabis Oil In Victory For Marijuana Advocates

Other cannabis related proposals to decriminalize marijuana penalties are unlikely to pass, but made notable progress after years of being stymied.

بواسطة Associated Press

Closeup of THC-filled trichomes on a Cannabis sativa leaf. (Photo/Indirectantagonist via Wikimedia Commons) AUSTIN — Marijuana supporters are on the brink of a small victory they say is nonetheless significant in the conservative Texas Legislature. The Republican-controlled House on Monday approved legalizing trace amounts of a marijuana