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Homeless Korean War veteran Thomas Moore, 79, left, speaks with Boston Health Care for the Homeless street team outreach coordinator Romeena Lee on a sidewalk in Boston. M (AP/Steven Senne)

US Could Eliminate Homelessness Among Veterans With ‘Functional Zero’ Cities

Archives for أبريل 2016

Miracle-Gro To Cease Sales Of Insecticide Linked To Bee Deaths

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. has announced that they will eliminate the use of a class of insecticides which have been linked to negative effects on pollinator populations, including bees and butterflies.

Derrick Broze
بواسطة Derrick Broze
A honey bee at a hive entrance fanning, colony collapse disorder is causing alarm over the security of the world's food supply.

After reviewing possible threats to honey bees, Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. has decided to end the use of neonicotinoid insecticides for its Ortho brand lawn and garden care products. The company said they are expanding their selection of non-neonicotinoid products and will completely end the use of neonicotinoid ingredients imidacloprid, clothianidin

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Maryland Ends Mandatory Minimums For Drug Users, Lets Non-Violent Offenders Out Early

On Monday, as the 90-day session of the Maryland General Assembly came to an end, lawmakers agreed to make sweeping changes to their criminal justice policies. In particular, they voted to end mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders. This is a huge victory in the war on drugs. Mixed in with a slew of tax […]

Matt Agorist
بواسطة Matt Agorist
An inmate stands at his cell door at the maximum security facility at the Arizona

On Monday, as the 90-day session of the Maryland General Assembly came to an end, lawmakers agreed to make sweeping changes to their criminal justice policies. In particular, they voted to end mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders. This is a huge victory in the war on drugs. Mixed in with a slew of tax legislation were two

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NYPD Gets Sued After Kicking Wrong Family Out Of Home

The suit challenges the NYPD’s use of controversial nuisance abatement actions. It cites ProPublica and The Daily News’ investigation into the issue.

Sarah Ryley | Pro Publica
Rex Brown | Pro Publica
بواسطة Sarah Ryley | Pro Publica
و Rex Brown | Pro Publica
Bill de Blasio, Bill Bratton

A version of this article was also published in the New York Daily News. The New York Police Department got an order kicking a family of four out of their Queens apartment by telling a judge it was a drug den — but the dealers had moved out seven months earlier. A lawsuit to be filed in Brooklyn Federal Court on Tuesday details an egregious

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US Plans Massive Syria Weapons Influx If Ceasefire Collapses

‘Plan B’ would see shipments of powerful anti-aircraft weapons.

Jason Ditz
بواسطة Jason Ditz
A Free Syrian Army fighter walks with a rocket launcher moments before clashing with Syrian troops near Idlib, Syria.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

While most people are focusing on the Syrian ceasefire, which has held since February, as an opportunity to negotiate a settlement to the civil war, the US and its “vetted rebels” are looking beyond it, making plans for the day when it collapses. According to officials familiar with the situation, the CIA has been drawing up a “plan B” for the

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Despite Panama Papers, EU Pitching Another Tax Evasion ‘Smokescreen’

‘The Commission has once more taken the side of tax dodging multinationals against the European public.’

Deirdre Fulton
بواسطة Deirdre Fulton
People protest in front of Parliament building in Reykjavik, Iceland, Tuesday April 5, 2016. The leak of millions of records on offshore accounts claims its first high-profile victim as Iceland's prime minister resigns amid outrage over revelations he used such a shell company to conceal a conflict of interest. (AP Photo/David Keyton)

The European Commission's attempt to crack down on corporate tax evasion "is a smokescreen that will not stop multinationals dodging their taxes," the UK-based social justice organization War on Want declared Tuesday. The proposal put forth by the Commission on Tuesday would require large companies—those whose annual revenue exceeds €750 million

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As Cannabis Becomes Big Business, Who’s Getting Smoked?

More and more states are expanding access to medical and recreational marijuana, creating a “green rush” for venture capital firms eager to cash in on a fresh, extremely lucrative market.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell
Former U.S. Marine Sgt. Ryan Begin smokes medical marijuana at his home in Belfast, Maine. Begin had endured 35 surgeries after having his right elbow blown off by a roadside bomb in 2004. He is a proponent of legalizing pot for recreational use and allowing individual citizens the right to grow six plants. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

AUSTIN, Texas --- Hundreds of people marched to the White House early this month to show their support for less restrictive federal marijuana regulations and nationwide legalization. In an act of peaceful protest, many at the event organized by DCMJ, a local legalization group, smoked marijuana, puffed on vaporizers containing hash oil, or

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