Kit O'Connell
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Austin, TX, United States
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World Health Organization: CBD Is Safe, With No Potential For Abuse
The WHO’s support for legal CBD oil puts the global community at odds with some elements in the U.S. government that continue to fight against the legalization of hemp and cannabis. → Read More
‘Beyond Movement Silos’: How Texas Advocates Are Showing Up for Those in Legislature’s Crosshairs
"You would think that activists would just be exhausted and giving up, but not only are they getting louder, they're banding together and making their voices heard at every turn." → Read More
Obama Dismantles NSEERS Travel Registry To Thwart Trump’s Anti-Muslim Plans
‘I think that if he does resurrect it, he will face serious resistance in the courts,’ a First Amendment expert said of Trump’s promises to build a new registry of Muslim immigrants and travelers. → Read More
Jill Stein’s Recount Uncovers ‘Economic Extortion’ & Broken Voting Tech
‘Democracy should be all about transparency and accountability and voter participation. What we see in the recount is exactly the opposite,’ the Green Party’s presidential candidate tells MintPress News. → Read More
BDS Activists Plan Black Friday Protests Against HP’s Support For Israeli Apartheid
By Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - AUSTIN, Texas — Though best known for their computers and computer peripherals like printers, companies under the Hewlett-Packard umbrella are engaged in anot... → Read More
What’s Behind The Surge In US Pipeline Construction?
Native American activist Winona LaDuke explained that the US would rather ‘create this filthy infrastructure’ through the Dakota Access Pipeline and other domestic fossil fuel projects than do business with Venezuela. → Read More
Dakota Access Pipeline Builder Spends Millions To Influence Elections
By Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - AUSTIN, Texas — The corporation behind the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline also operates its own political action committee that has a record of dona... → Read More
DEA Wants To Ban A Popular Plant-Based Treatment For Addiction
By Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - AUSTIN, Texas — The Drug Enforcement Administration appears set to schedule kratom, a plant used in traditional medicine in Southeast Asia that has gained pop... → Read More
From Drone Killings To Hospital Bombings: 15 Years Of Civilian Deaths In The Global War On Terror
Doctors Without Borders asked ‘the U.S., U.K. and France to ensure an immediate application of measures to substantially increase the protection of civilians’ after the latest deadly hospital bombing in Yemen. , civilian casualities, Doctors without borders, Drones, Hospital Bombings, medecins sans frontieres, MSF, war on terror, → Read More
Developed In Iraq, Deployed At DNC?: Cell-Jamming Tech Used On Journalists
By Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - PHILADELPHIA — Technology developed to jam cellphones during the Iraq War may be getting deployed against journalists reporting on protests against the politi... → Read More
Lawsuit Warns $234B In Aid To Israel Violates US Law Against Supporting Secret Nuclear States
The lawsuit warns that the U.S. gave Israel about $234 billion in foreign aid since the passage of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976, despite a ban on support for secret nuclear weapons programs., Institute for Research: Middle East Policy, Israel, nuclear proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Palestine, US Aid, → Read More
Green Party Convention 2016: In First 100 Days, Pres. Jill Stein Would Cancel Student Debt, End Middle East Wars
‘This campaign has been like an absolute whirlwind that has just taken off with a power of its own,’ Stein said of her campaign’s increased visibility. → Read More
7 Arrested As Tensions Rise & Protesters Breach Security Fence At DNC 2016
By Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - PHILADELPHIA — From passing gas to burning flags to breaching a massive security fence, activists expressed their outrage at the Democratic Party on Wednesday... → Read More
Human Rights Watch Rated Among Least Transparent Think Tanks In US
‘The number of organizations who still consider it acceptable to take money from hidden hands behind closed doors is rapidly dwindling,’ noted the executive director of an NGO studying think tank transparency. → Read More
Texas Prison Objects To Ruling That It Must Provide Arsenic-Free Water
By Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - AUSTIN, Texas — As summer sun sends temperatures soaring across much of the country, a federal judge has ordered the Lone Star State to stop giving poisonous ... → Read More
Islamophobia Industry Spent $206M Building Hatred In US
By Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - AUSTIN, Texas — Islamophobia is more profitable than ever in America, but a new report from a leading Muslim civil rights organization offers a new strategy t... → Read More
Thousands Of Schools Contaminated With Cancer & Birth Defect Causing PCBs
By Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - AUSTIN, Texas — A toxic chemical that used to be prevalent in construction materials may still be hiding in the walls of → Read More
North Carolina Cuts Use Of Prison Torture In Half
By Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - RALEIGH, North Carolina — Half as many prisoners in North Carolina face solitary confinement, thanks to dedicated efforts → Read More
Mosquito Fleet Escalates Water-Based Protests Against Shell
By Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - ANACORTES, Washington — After years of marches and land-based blockades, environmental activists are now taking to the seas to stop the growth of the fossil f... → Read More
Federal Gov Seeks To Keep Criminal Investigation Of Wikileaks Secret
By Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - WASHINGTON — The FBI and Justice Department filed a massive court document earlier this year that defends their refusal to release files from their WikiLeaks ... → Read More