Why Biden’s Long History with DuPont Should Worry Us All
President-elect Joe Biden’s long-standing coziness with DuPont chemical company has been rightfully infuriating many environmentalists and climate change activists. Erin Brockovich, for one, wrote an article bluntly titled “Dear Joe Biden: Are You Kidding Me” which detailed her concerns about the addition of former DuPont employee Michael McCabe to Biden’s EPA transition team. “It should […]
Weekend Review: Trump Checked Out of Presidency, Refusing to Concede
This weekend, the president skipped a virtual G20 Summit meeting with world leaders who were discussing the coronavirus pandemic. Trump played golf instead. The US has the most cases and pandemic-related deaths than any country in the world, and the G20 summit was on Trump’s official schedule. Instead, he essentially popped in to say he […]
Panic for Profit: Activist Uncovers Pritzker Conflict of Interests
Allan Max Axelrod and the #NoAmerenShutoffs campaign have made major progress in the fight to keep utilities on for the people of Illinois during the pandemic. The state is surging in Covid-19 cases and mortalities while Governor JB Pritzker remains silent on extending an eviction moratorium and enacting a mandatory moratorium on utility shutoffs. Axelrod […]
Weekend Review: China Forms World’s Largest Trading Alliance
On Sunday, fifteen countries including China cemented a pact to form the largest global trading bloc to date, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The deal took more than eight years to negotiate and was signed virtually to adhere to pandemic safety measures. This partnership includes many Southeast Asian countries, as well as South Korea, […]
Joe Biden: 46th President of the United States
After days of counting votes in a few crucial states, former Vice President Joe Biden has been named the projected winner of the 2020 presidential election. The race was called following Biden’s win in Pennsylvania. It was too close to call for days, but Biden held onto Nevada and eventually pulled ahead in both Georgia […]
Biden Leads Trump in Key Battle Ground States
Joe Biden currently has 264 electoral votes, while President Trump is behind with 214. The candidate to reach 270 wins. Several states are still counting. Biden could win with just one more, but Trump needs to sweep the remaining states to claim a victory. Trump, who prematurely declared himself the winner, has demanded recounts and […]
Election Day 2020 Has Arrived
It is finally Election Day. The world will soon know if President Trump will remain for a second term or be replaced by former VP Joe Biden. Nearly 80 million people had already voted as of Oct. 29. Both men have spent the last weeks travelling the country to score any votes that were still […]
Weekend Review: Amy Coney Barrett Confirmed to SCOTUS
On Monday, the Senate confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court with a 52-48 vote that mostly followed party lines. She will fill the seat of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away on Sept. 18. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine joined the Democrats in voting against Barrett’s confirmation. Collins made […]
Weekend Review: One Last Debate Before Election Day
On Thursday night, Pres. Donald Trump and former Vice Pres. Joe Biden debated each other one last debate before Election Day 2020. The two verbally sparred over many of the same issues as in other debates, but with a little less machismo. Biden used the opportunity to note that Trump has “no clear plan” for […]
Peaceful Protesters Gunned Down at Lekki Tollgate in Nigeria
Protesters who gathered at the Lekki tollgate in Nigeria have been overrun and were under fire by rampaging soldiers believed to work for the Nigerian government. On Tuesday, Twitter users began reporting the massacre with multiple deaths. It is not yet clear how many people have been killed or injured. For years, Nigerians have been […]
