While there is some disappointment in that it was a man who won the Progressive Conservative nomination in P.E.I.’s District 10, the Coalition for Women in Government still sees positive signs in the process. Two of the three candidates for the PC nomination, Sonja Hooper and Susie Dillon, were women. […]
Month: October 2020
Reforming the Society: Life and Mission of Swami Agnivesh
Before taking up the engagement with issues related to communal harmony and national integration, I was trying to associate with issues of labor movement. During that time I used to hear from friends the name of Swami Agnivesh in the context of movement against bonded labor. Later after the demolition […]
Cruz ‘confident’ Barrett will be confirmed to court by Election Day, expects ‘political circus’ from Democrats
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ted Cruz said Senate Democrats “will do everything they can” to turn the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett into a “political circus,” while saying he is “confident” the Senate will confirm her to the high court before Election Day. © Provided by FOX […]
Who is Bobbi Sternheim? Ghislaine Maxwell hires New York ‘super lawyer’ who defended Osama Bin Laden’s henchman
Ghislaine Maxwell has hired a New York-based “super lawyer” who had earlier represented one of Osama Bin Laden’s henchmen ahead of her child sex trafficking charge due to take place next year. The lawyer Bobbi Sternheim has been described on the website of her law firm, Fasulo Braverman & Di […]
Boris Johnson set to opt out of human rights laws
© ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE – In this Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020 file photo, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has strongly defended his controversial plan to override sections of the […]
TIA Announces New VP of Government Affairs, Melissa Newman
Newman Brings Over Twenty Years of Telecommunications Experience The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today announced that Melissa Newman was hired to serve as the Vice President of Government Affairs. Newman brings extensive experience in the telecommunications industry, most […]
How philanthropy benefits the super-rich | Philanthropy
Philanthropy, it is popularly supposed, transfers money from the rich to the poor. This is not the case. In the US, which statistics show to be the most philanthropic of nations, barely a fifth of the money donated by big givers goes to the poor. A lot goes to the […]
Creation Museum opens pro-life exhibit
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post Reporter Follow | Friday, October 02, 2020 “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made” opened September 25 and is part of a two-part series answering the question, “When does life begin?” | Answers in Genesis The Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky, has launched a groundbreaking new pro-life […]
More Federal Lawsuits Filed To Block $250 Million In Private Monies From Directing Government Election Management
AMHERST, Va., Oct. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Voters in four states announced today the filing of federal lawsuits as part of a growing campaign to block cities and counties from the alleged misuse of $250 million donated by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, issued in “grants” from the Center for Technology […]
Community Newsletter: Society’s Assets | Faith & Community
White Cane Awareness Day Since Oct. 15, 1964, White Cane Awareness Day has been recognized in the United States. That’s when traffic laws were developed that require motorists and cyclists to be attentive to pedestrians that travel using white canes. The white cane allows Americans with blindness or visual impairments […]
The fight to save giraffes gets political ahead of US election
The Independent’s Stop The Illegal Wildlife Trade campaign has inspired a conservation charity in America to launch their own off-shoot campaign to save the giraffe, a species that we revealed is in grave danger due to demand for its body parts and skin. © Provided by The Independent To mark […]
What Can Divorced Parents Sharing Custody Learn From Maricopa County’s Fall School Plans?
Scott David Stewart, a family law attorney and founder of Stewart Law Group (Courtesy photo) Arizona’s plans for online K-12 schooling this fall in Maricopa County will prove especially complicated for divorced parents who share custody, says Stewart Law Group. While some of the county’s school districts and charter schools […]
Boris Johnson to opt out of major European human rights laws
Boris Johnson looks set to withdraw from significant European human rights laws in a move which could make it easier to deport migrants and more difficult to sue British soldiers. Ministers are considering opt-outs from the Human Rights Act (HRA) in areas the Government believes European judges have ‘overreached,’ according […]
SOCIETY: WHERE IS PAKISTAN’S SEX OFFENDERS’ REGISTRY? – Newspaper
Sohail Ayaz was a mere Google search away from being discovered. If a single curious colleague had taken the pain to look up his name, they would have come across in-depth articles in numerous international publications splashed with headlines such as “Paedophile who worked for Save the Children jailed”. Ayaz’s […]
A Shift in the World Situation: The Capitalist Counter-Offensive
The period between 1968 and 1975 witnessed an immense upsurge of the working class. Left-wing and socialist movements grew significantly throughout the world. In the midst of a powerful strike movement of British workers in the summer of 1972, the Daily Telegraph published an editorial headlined, “Who Shall Rule?,” raising […]
‘Legendary’: Prominent human rights lawyer George Bizos dies | South Africa
George Bizos, the anti-apartheid campaigner and human rights lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela during the decades-long struggle for South Africa’s democracy, has died. He was 92. Bizos died “peacefully” at his home in Johannesburg of “natural causes”, his family said late on Wednesday. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the […]
Boris to opt-out of major European human rights laws making it easier to deport migrants, harder to sue soldiers
Boris Johnson looks set to withdraw from significant European human rights laws in a move which could make it easier to deport migrants and more difficult to sue British soldiers. Ministers are considering opt-outs from the Human Rights Act (HRA) in areas the Government believes European judges have ‘overreached,’ according to […]
Government briefing to allay universities’ fears over foreign veto laws adds to uncertainty
Australian universities could get the green light to strike deals with international counterparts under the Morrison government’s new foreign veto laws, only to have the agreements ripped up years down the track because “foreign policy considerations are not static”. © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg/Alamy As concerns […]
Longtime GOP election lawyer: ‘There’s no proof of widespread fraud’
Longtime Republican election lawyer Benjamin Ginsberg in a new op-ed issued a blunt rebuke to GOP claims of widespread voter fraud as President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump campaign manager tests positive for COVID-19 Trump given Remdesivir as treatment for COVID-19 infection ICE launching billboard campaign highlighting ‘at-large immigration violators’ MORE looks […]
U of T law school under fire for opting not to hire human-rights scholar after pressure from sitting judge
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The University of Toronto’s St. George campus photographed on May 20, 2020. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail The University of Toronto’s law school is facing international and internal criticism, accused of caving in to pressure from a sitting federal judge not to hire a human-rights director because of her scholarship […]