Fallujah, Iraq, a city of just over a quarter million people, was the site of two major military attacks by the U.S. army. The city faced collective punishment in 2004 after four military contractors were captured and killed in the city square. The U.S. army made two...
The salmon fishing season in California has been canceled, as salmon populations have collapsed in the past few years. This year, only 170,000 fish are expected to return to the Sacramento River, down from a high of over a million salmon in the 1990s. Other salmon...
International Transgender Day of Visibility was Friday, March 31, and it was marked by protests and celebrations in the U.S. and across the world. Trans Day of Visibility was created in 2009 by Rachel Crandall-Crocker. She organized the event to celebrate the...
Last week over 50 massive tornadoes swept across the southern and eastern parts of the U.S in two days, hitting some 10 states, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Delaware and more. The tornadoes have left at least 32 people dead, hundreds injured,...
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. It might be hard to recall, but only a few years ago people were not wearing masks in high-risk settings. Even within hospitals, the majority of...
