Click Here: New Zealand rugby store while Louis Vuitton embraced a gender neutral future on the last day of Paris fashion week Tuesday. While Chanel looked back, Nicolas Ghesquiere’s Louis Vuitton could not be more resolutely now, with the opening look a sweater emblazoned with “Vote”, a rallying call for the liberal left in the …
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The 2020 presidential election could feature the most crowded Democratic primary in decades, with scores of Democrats rumored as potential contenders. The potential field could see some familiar faces as well as a mix of ambitious senators, governors and House members. But President Trump’s success as an outsider could also embolden more nontraditional candidates from …
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Thousands of people protested in London and around Britain Saturday against Britain joining in bombing attacks on ISIS in Syria. The UK Parliament will vote next week on whether to join with the US and France in launching air strikes on Syria. Prime Minister David Cameron is leading the push for bombing. The UK protests …
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Amid raging conflicts and historic human displacement, U.S.-based companies are still leading the world in arms sales—dominating the list of the top 100 weapons-producers and accounting for 54.4 percent of total revenues, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) revealed Monday. Examining data from the 100 largest “arms-producing and military services” firms in the globe, …
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The Black Lives Matter movement that swept the country in 2015 has—among other accomplishments—forced global media outlets to afford victims of police killings the most basic acknowledgement: a public record of their names and deaths. Such a grim tally was maintained this year by both the Guardian and the Washington Post, following the consistent failure …
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Slap a carbon tax on international shipping and aviation. It’s an action advocated by climate campaigners, and now it’s being suggested in new analysis paper from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as well. Those sectors account for about four percent of global CO2 emissions, the paper, After Paris: Fiscal, Macroeconomic, and Financial Implications of Climate …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Thursday approved a plan that leaves the state’s rooftop solar incentives program largely intact, vindicating environmental and consumer advocates who went up against private interests looking to ratchet up the initiative’s price points. In a 3-2 vote, CPUC upheld the program, which gives subsidies to homeowners who transition …
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Huf has released its ‘Vote 2020’ pack, a small capsule collection encouraging voter registration amongst today’s youth. The range consists of a t-shirt, face mask, button, and sticker. Bearing the brand’s signature Huf Green colour-way, the t-shirt also features a quote by Gil Scott-Heron across the back, stating: “Nobody can do everything, but everybody can …
Democrats in Ohio are urging controversial talk-show host Jerry Springer to run for governor, according to Business Insider. Springer, the former mayor of Cincinnati, is reportedly weighing a run for office more seriously than he has before. An Ohio Democrat who spoke with Springer told Business Insider that he had not dismissed the possibility and would …
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In defiance of popular sentiment and scientific warnings, the European Commission plans to re-approve the use of controversial weedkiller glyphosate, a “probable carcinogen” according to the WHO, for another 15 years, according to a draft regulation (pdf) obtained by Bloomberg BNA. The herbicide, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, is already so widely used in …
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