The Russia connectionA New White House Spokeswoman, An Old Photo, And A Message About Russian Propaganda By Mike Eckel Published 4 December 2020 Six years ago, Jen Psaki, who was the face of the U.S. State Department, was subjected to constant trolling on the Russian-language Internet, not to mention derision from the state-controlled satellite channel

TerrorismTeaching Anti-Terrorism: How France and England Use Schools to Counter Radicalization By Jonathan James Published 4 December 2020 The murder of the schoolteacher Samuel Paty, beheaded by 18-year-old Abdoullakh Abouyedovich Anzorov in October 2020 after Paty had shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad during a civic education lesson, has understandably caused shock and fear among

PandemicCDC Panel Moves Health Workers, Nursing Home Residents to Front of COVID Vaccine Line Published 2 December 2020 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory group, in an emergency meeting Monday, approved an interim recommendation for who should receive the first COVID-19 vaccine doses once authorized, which puts healthcare workers and nursing

PandemicBritain Becomes First Nation to Approve Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Published 2 December 2020 Britain has given emergency approval to a new COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, becoming the world’s first western nation ready to begin mass inoculations against a disease that has sickened nearly 64 million people worldwide, including more than 1.4

PandemicValuing “Natural Capital” Vital to Avoid Next Pandemic Published 2 December 2020 Pandemics will emerge more often, kill more people than COVID-19 and do even more damage to the world economy unless urgent steps are taken to address risk drivers such as deforestation, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics. Pandemics will emerge more

SurveillanceEFF Urges Federal Appeals Court to Rehear Case Involving Unconstitutional Baltimore Aerial Surveillance Program By Nathaniel Sobel Published 2 December 2020 In May, the Baltimore Police Department launched its Aerial Investigation Research (AIR) Pilot Program. For six months, three surveillance aircrafts operated by a private company called Persistent Surveillance Systems flew over Baltimore—covering about 90

Climate challenge2020 on Track to Be One of Three Warmest Years on Record Published 2 December 2020 Climate change continued its relentless march in 2020, which is on track to be one of the three warmest years on record. 2011-2020 will be the warmest decade on record, with the warmest six years all being since

PandemicL.A. Imposes Sweeping COVID Restrictions Published 3 December 2020 Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles has issued an order for residents to stay at home and minimize other contacts. The order, which supersedes one from June, prohibits public and private gatherings of people from more than one household and states that all businesses in the

The Russia connectionA New White House Spokeswoman, An Old Photo, And A Message About Russian Propaganda By Mike Eckel Published 3 December 2020 Six years ago, Jen Psaki, who was the face of the U.S. State Department, was subjected to constant trolling on the Russian-language Internet, not to mention derision from the state-controlled satellite channel

TerrorismTeaching Anti-Terrorism: How France and England Use Schools to Counter Radicalization By Jonathan James Published 3 December 2020 The murder of the schoolteacher Samuel Paty, beheaded by 18-year-old Abdoullakh Abouyedovich Anzorov in October 2020 after Paty had shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad during a civic education lesson, has understandably caused shock and fear among