Open internet advocates聽聽that 鈥渨e鈥檙e running out of time鈥 to save the web from corporate control. The call to action came after United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairperson Ajit Pai聽聽his long-awaited plan to scrap net neutrality on November 21.
Jake Johnson
The United Nations High commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on July 19聽that an airstrike carried out by the US-backed Saudi-led coalition in Yemen killed 20 civilians 鈥 including women and children 鈥 who were fleeing violence in their home province.
The agency said in statement: 鈥淢ost of those killed are believed to be from the same family.鈥
In a little-discussed move that could spell disaster for unions and workers, US President Donald Trump announced on June 27 the nomination of William Emanuel 鈥 a lawyer for a firm that represents large corporations 鈥 to fill a vacant seat on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Emanuel is a member of the Federalist Society, an ultra-right-wing group of lawyers and donors. If Emanuel and Trump鈥檚 other nominee 鈥 Washington attorney Marvin Kaplan 鈥 are confirmed by the Senate, Republicans will control the NLRB for the first time in nearly a decade.
After the聽聽of the US Senate鈥檚 鈥溾 healthcare bill 鈥 which would impose聽eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood and give huge tax breaks to the wealthy 鈥 an NBC New
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