LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin The CBC reports the UN is meeting to discuss making business-related cultural appropriation illegal. “Indigenous advocates from around the world are calling on a UN committee to ban the appropriation of Indigenous cultures — and to do it quickly. Delegates…are in Geneva this week as part of a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman The U.S. is expected to issue an ultimatum to the United Nations Human Rights Council Tuesday: either remove anti-Israeli bias or America may withdraw. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said Saturday that Washington would decide whether to withdraw after a three-week session in Geneva, Switzerland wraps up…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch President Donald Trump will fulfill his campaign pledge to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, two sources with direct knowledge of the decision say. Trump is working with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt and a small group of administration officials to work out how withdrawal…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett A top White House economic adviser said Thursday that keeping the Obama administration’s global warming pledge to the United Nations would be “highly crippling” to economic growth. “We know that the levels that were agreed to by the prior administration would be highly crippling to the US…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch A United Nations report published Wednesday highlights the legal risks that opponents say President Donald Trump faces if he does not withdraw from Paris climate agreement. The Paris Agreement could be used to force governments, including the Trump administration, “that have adopted climate-oriented laws to implement them,” reads the UN Environmental…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Preston Chaffee In March, President Donald Trump unveiled his “America First” budget, which promised to “shrink the role of government” by eliminating waste, duplicative programs and cutting funding at varying levels for about thirty different agencies. It promised to eliminate the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (NPR and PBS) as…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch China and several other countries are badgering the Trump administration for answers on how they plan to fulfill former President Barack Obama’s pledge to cut emissions as part of the Paris climate agreement. China asked the White House how the U.S. intends to meet Obama’s pledge after…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The United Nations put Saudi Arabia on its commission for the empowerment of women Wednesday, despite the country mandating women can’t leave home without a male guardian. The UN’s Economic and Social Council voted by secret ballot to put Saudi Arabia on the Commission on the Status…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The Islamic State is withholding food and water from citizens in Mosul in an effort to force them into joining the terrorist organization, according to an Iraqi non-profit. The beleaguered terrorist organization has suffered personnel and territory losses since the U.S.-backed Iraqi Security Forces began operations to…
Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway called for paid parental leave in a speech to the United Nations on International Women’s day this Wednesday.