People across the United States are taking to the streets, rallying at their local representatives’ offices, and submitting open letters on Wednesday calling on Congress to choose a path to peace, not war, by saying yes to the nuclear deal between world powers and Iran. The national day of action was organized by a coalition that includes MoveOn, National Iranian American Council (NIAC), WinWithoutWar, and United for Peace and Justice, with over 200 actions from coast to coast. Brian Stewart, media relations director for MoveOn, told Common Dreams that tens of thousands of people nationwide also signed petitions, slated for delivery to lawmakers on Wednesday. The coordinated mobilizations come as…

Yet another giant prehistoric virus has been unearthed in the frozen tundra of Siberia, where scientists warn climate change is melting the permafrost and awakening potentially dangerous microscopic pathogens.  Reporting this week in the flagship journal of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, French researchers announced the discovery of Mollivirus sibericum, found in the permafrost of northern Russia. “We cannot rule out that distant viruses of ancient Siberian human populations could re-emerge as Arctic permafrost layers melt and/or are disrupted by industrial activities.”—French researchers, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science The researchers plan to “wake up” the 30,000-year-old “Frankenvirus,” but not until they verify that the bug cannot cause animal…

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Democrat Jon Ossoff is projected to advance to a runoff in Georgia’s special election after failing to clinch a majority of the vote on Tuesday in order to avoid another election in late June.   Ossoff led the crowded 18-candidate field in Tuesday’s all-party contest to fill the seat vacated by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. But because he didn’t secure more than 50 percent of the vote, he will now compete in a runoff with the second-place finisher, Republican Karen Handel, on June 20. Democratic hopes that Ossoff could win outright were buoyed early Tuesday evening by promising early vote returns, but Ossoff’s numbers dropped as more…

In the latest chapter of an ongoing fight over resource extraction, foreign investment, and environmental degradation, a Canadian mining company appealed to Greece’s top court on Friday to overturn a ban on its plans to develop a gold mine in the forested peninsula of Halkidiki. A day before resigning to call a general election in August, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ government revoked Eldorado Gold’s permit for the Halkidiki mine, citing environmental concerns and violations of contract terms. “When there is a contract signed with the Greek state, this should be respected,” Greek Energy Minister Panos Skourletis said at the time. “This is not because we want to cause investors trouble…

More than a quarter of female undergraduate students from 27 schools experienced some form of sexual assault or misconduct on campus during their four years at college, according to a new survey by the Association of American Universities (AAU) released Monday. AAU sent surveys to all 26 of its member schools, plus Dartmouth College, making it one of the biggest studies ever conducted on campus sexual violence. Out of 150,000 students polled, 27.2 percent of undergraduate women and five percent of undergraduate men at the country’s top universities said they had been victims of non-consensual sexual contact—ranging from touching to penetration, occurring either by force or incapacitation. Nearly half of…

Click:one piece swimsuit​ While the 2016 U.S. presidential election fundraising numbers released Thursday by the Bernie Sanders campaign illustrate the power of a Main Street donor base, filings from Republican Jeb Bush and Democrat Hillary Clinton show their campaigns continue to be the darlings of Wall Street. “Wall Street remains a crucial money base for both candidates even as they try to avoid appearing too cozy with the institutions that many voters blame for crashing the economy.”—Politico The Federal Election Commission (FEC) reports indicate that Bush and Clinton—both of whom are facing challenges from insurgent candidates—”continued to win with bankers, even as their fundraising slowed down last quarter,” Politico reported…

In a move that critics says fulfills long-held warnings of “mission creep” and amount to throwing “gasoline on a fire,” the Obama administration on Friday announced that U.S. ground troops will now be deployed inside Syria. In strategic leaks to various media outlets, the Pentagon made clear the president’s plan to send approximately 50 Special Operations soldiers inside the war-torn country. Reports also note that expanded ground operations will also be taking place in neighboring Iraq. “US Special Ops headed to Syria to ‘advise and assist.’ This should end really well.” —Jeremy Scahill, investigative journalistUnnamed U.S. officials reportedly “stressed” to Reuters that the new boots-on-the-ground in Syria were “not meant…

Decrying Canada’s “costly, broken” pipeline approval system, more than 100 groups on Thursday urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to immediately halt the review process—including for two especially controversial projects—due to its failure to properly engage First Nations communities or assess potential greenhouse gas emissions. Click Here: cheap sydney roosters jersey Doing so, the groups said in a joint letter (pdf), would give Trudeau—who continues to give lip service to fighting climate change—a chance to keep one of many promises he made on the campaign trail. And it would speak volumes about his ambitions going into this month’s United Nations COP21 talks. “Stopping the pipeline reviews is one of Prime Minister…

A candid Sebastian Vettel says his failure to win the world title with Ferrari is rooted in mistakes made on the track but also in what went on behind the scenes where there were “fights” he should not have picked. Vettel joined the House of Maranello in 2015 and finished twice runner up to Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ championship, in 2017 and 2018, collecting a total of 14 wins with Ferrari. Vettel – who will leave the Scuderia at the end of the current season – acknowledged his share of responsibility for failing to deliver to the Italian outfit a world title last won by the team in 2008,…