Print Friendly Above Photo: It’s not coal versus fracking that we should be debating; it’s fossil fuels versus renewables. Following a recent report from the Department of Energy that 66 percent of natural gas produced in the United States comes from fracked wells and news that March was the third straight “hottest month ever,” Mother Jones has published a […]
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Man With Part Of His Skull Missing Told He Is ‘Fit For Work’ By DWP


A man who is partially paralysed and had half his skull removed after suffering a stroke, has been declared ‘fit for work’ by the Department for Work and Pensions and had his benefits cut. Kenny Bailey had a large piece of his skull removed to save his life after he suffered a massive stroke, is […]
Food Banks Brace For Long Lines As Thousands Lose Benefits


Print Friendly Above photo: Getty images. United States – Across the country, food banks and other organizations that serve the needy are preparing for long lines as childless adults begin losing SNAP (formerly food stamps) benefits due to the return in over 20 states of a three-month time limit for able-bodied adults. Federal law limits […]
Cultural genocide: Chemawa Indian School unmarked graves


Unmarked graves shed light on ‘America’s best kept secret’ of abuse towards Native communities. Marsha Small used ground-penetrating radar to survey beneath the cemetery on the Chemawa Indian School campus near Salem, Oregon. As she worked, she prayed to the children, even though her Northern Cheyenne language would sound foreign to them because the […]
Iraq’s leaders court Iran, Russia as distrust with US over Turkey grows


The threat by an Iraqi parliamentary committee to cancel the country’s security pact with the United States reflects Baghdad’s growing fears that Washington will not rein in Turkey, so that it must seek protection from Russia and Iran, analysts told Sputnik. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Last week, Turkey deployed troops to a camp in Mosul in […]