Jake Johnson

Open internet advocatesΒ Β that β€œwe’re running out of time” to save the web from corporate control. The call to action came after United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairperson Ajit PaiΒ Β his long-awaited plan to scrap net neutrality on November 21.

The United Nations High commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on July 19Β that an airstrike carried out by the US-backed Saudi-led coalition in Yemen killed 20 civilians β€” including women and children β€” who were fleeing violence in their home province.

The agency said in statement: β€œMost of those killed are believed to be from the same family.”

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 β€” a lawyer for a firm that represents large corporations β€” 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’s other nominee β€” Washington attorney Marvin Kaplan β€” are confirmed by the Senate, Republicans will control the NLRB for the first time in nearly a decade.

After theΒ Β of the US Senate’s β€œβ€ healthcare bill β€” which would imposeΒ eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood and give huge tax breaks to the wealthy β€” an NBC New