Supreme Court Weighs Corporate Liability For Child Laborers On Cocoa Farms By Claire Kelloway, Food and Power. December 11, 2020 Supreme Court Weighs Corporate Liability For Child Laborers On Cocoa Farms2020-12-112020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/cocoa-e1607651188640.jpg200px200px Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments about whether the world’s largest cocoa corporations are liable for child slavery in their supply chains. For 15 years, six citizens of Mali who were trafficked as children […]
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First lady Melania Trump today escalated her war against former friend and adviser Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, issuing a scathing personal attack dressed up as a White House press release on child bullying. The public missive comes just three days after the Department of Justice sued Wolkoff on behalf of the president’s wife, claiming she violated a nondisclosure agreement by publishing a tell-all book, Melania and Me: […]
The UK, and others, have criticized Facebook over its plan to introduce end-to-end message encryption, arguing it would allow pedophiles freely share child abuse materials as millions are attributed to the tech giant’s platforms. The US social media giant has found itself at the center of yet another controversy as its initiative supposedly aimed at protecting the privacy of billions of people using Facebook, Instagram and […]
Haaretz/Israel – Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter says the FBI has had him under investigation for more than three years on suspicion of spying for Israel. FBI spokesman James Margolin declined to comment on Friday. Ritter has been out of prison since 2014 after serving 2 and a half years on a 5 and a half year sentence for multiple felony convictions related to child […]
Wisconsin authorities announced earlier that a probe by the state Department of Justice into the shooting of Black man Jacob Blake from Kenosha by a white police officer in August would soon be turned over to a retired police chief serving as an independent consultant for review. A lawyer representing Rusten Sheskey has stated that the police officer was not only defending his own life when […]
Sonia Kennebeck begins her documentary Enemies of the State with an epigraph from Oscar Wilde: “The truth is never pure and rarely simple.” By the conclusion of Kennebeck’s film, which premiered this week at the Toronto International Film Festival, the convoluted series of events she recounts reveal that nothing is straightforward about the case her documentary dissects—the strange saga of Matt DeHart, a man hailed by his […]
CNN let Netflix CEO Reed Hastings off the hook for the second time in four days, neglecting to ask him even once about ‘Cuties,’ the film that ignited a campaign to cancel the streaming service for showing alleged “child porn.” The latest Netflix-friendly interview aired Sunday on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” program, where host Brian Stelter kept the discussion focused primarily on promoting Hastings’ new book. CNN […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/05/1080372996_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_8c94522520299a62ecbc2e6de449276b.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202009061080372983-yodve-got-a-friend-in-me-golden-retriever-and-child-share-their-toys/ Dogs are awesome friends, energetic, brave, cunning, and full of tricks, but they are also loyal and caring. They are always happy to protect their human pals – especially the smallest ones, and are ready to share their toys and food with those little guys, like it is their own puppies. This golden retriever is very generous and understanding […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/05/1080371057_0:155:3091:1893_1200x675_80_0_0_4412c8e99be3899e6a08d161897a74f1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009051080370953-trump-says-reporters-ask-biden-questions-meant-for-a-child-/ Trump’s comments followed a question from reporters concerning an article in The Atlantic which claimed, citing unnamed sources, that the president had insulted US war veterans. President Donald Trump has slammed the US media for their unfair treatment of him and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, saying that the questions addressed to the former vice president are “meant for […]
The Money Team looks like it may have a brand addition to its ranks after it was reported that Floyd Mayweather’s daughter Iyanna is pregnant with the EIGHTH child of 20-year-old rapper NBA YoungBoy. Louisiana native YoungBoy, who has released two albums to date in a rap career which has earned award nominations from the likes of popular U.S. station Black Entertainment Television, reportedly welcomed child […]
It was only a matter of time before Riverdale actress Marisol Nichols’ double life as an actress-slash-sex-trafficking-agent got the small-screen treatment. And sure enough, it appears the time has come. Deadline reports that Sony Pictures Television has optioned the rights for Nichols’ story and is in the early stages of development on a series the onetime Hermione Lodge will also executive produce. (Nichols left Riverdale after […]
A late July daycare drop off in Queens, N.Y., during the community’s “phase 4 reopening” of businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Lindsey Nicholson/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Lindsey Nicholson/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images A late July daycare drop off in Queens, N.Y., during the community’s “phase 4 reopening” of businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Lindsey Nicholson/Education Images/Universal Images […]
A Netflix film set to debut next month has drawn major public backlash and a petition to see it cancelled, with critics insisting the mature-rated movie – centered on an 11-year-old wannabe dancer – sexualizes children. Scheduled for release on the platform in September, the French film ‘Cuties’ bills itself as a coming-of-age drama that hits on modern social issues, following protagonist Amy, a pre-teen girl […]
The Pandemic Revealed That Child Care Is Vital Work By Andrea Ringer, LAWCHA.org. August 15, 2020 The Pandemic Revealed That Child Care Is Vital Work2020-08-152020-08-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/img_0830-e1597507009536.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Revolutionary Mothering panel hosted by MARCH, Memphis TN, 2018. A Conversation with Memphis Advocates for Radical Childcare (M.A.R.CH.) co-founder Phuong Nguyen. The COVID-19 pandemic has created several shifts across the labor landscape while exposing how piecemeal family care policies have […]
SDI Productions/Getty Images SDI Productions/Getty Images Kirk Gallegos is a single father of four. He works construction in Barstow, Calif. Prudence Carter is a single mother of one. She’s the dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Both of them share the same problem with tens of millions of other parents around the country: Their public schools aren’t operating full […]
Health Editor’s Note: While it appeared that Hong Kong may have contained COVID-19, the pandemic is now progressing again and that country is shutting down, yet again…..Carol Hong Kong was a pandemic poster child. Now it’s a cautionary tale. by Shibani Mahtani/The Washington Post HONG KONG — At the start of this month, restaurants here had wait-lists, bars were overflowing, and beaches were dotted with umbrellas and […]
VT: Police claim this kind was part of a large violent gang that were riding bikes in the street and not wearing helmets. The child in question received 4 motor vehicles summonses and a charge of resisting arrest. Making it even more fun, a one man twitter campaign was begun by someone who posted about how these kids harassed him every day on his way to […]
Conner Curran, 9 (right), and his brother Will, 7, at their home in Ridgefield, Conn., this week. The gene therapy treatment that stopped the muscle wasting of Conner’s muscular dystrophy two years ago took more than 30 years of research to develop. Kholood Eid for NPR hide caption toggle caption Kholood Eid for NPR Conner Curran, 9 (right), and his brother Will, 7, at their home […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/15/1079947772_0:0:2969:1670_1200x675_80_0_0_12fd3345194c571a017d55be72d06563.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007211079947755-biden-unveils-775-billion-plan-to-fund-universal-child-care-in-home-elder-care/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Presumed US Democratic candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a $775 billion 10-year economic plan that will tighten America’s tax laws and make rich property developers pay for child care and elder care. “Growth in our economy slowed. This is both a moral and economic imperative for the nation”, Biden told a […]
This is Communist Mayor Bill de Blasio’s New York. A violent thug assaulted a female pushing a child in a stroller before stabbing her multiple times. Advertisement – story continues below According to the NYPD, the assault and stabbing took place Tuesday evening at approx 7:11 PM, in front of 3343 Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx. “WANTED for ASSAULT: Have you seen Carlos Gonzalez?” the NYPD […]
Decades ago, they fought for survival every single day – now they have to motivate themselves to live. RT listened to heartbreaking memories of two German men placed in the foster care of a known pedophile by Berlin authorities. Last month, a damning report by Germany’s University of Hildesheim revealed that the Berlin Senate orchestrated a crackpot scheme that saw vulnerable children being placed in the […]
Carine Hutsebaut is a Commissioner on the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Human Trafficking and Child Sex Abuse, and the author of Child Hunters, a book about pedophilia and murderous pedophilia that makes three big points: a) the police turn a blind eye to this; b) relatives are often the greatest offenders; and c) pedophiles can be rehabilitated. The last, while controversial, has been proven. […]
__________Associated PressCatholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B By Reese Dunklin and Michael Rezendes The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse cover-ups. The church’s haul may have reached […]
Australia’s top security official sharply criticised comments from a barrister from the Law Council amid increased scrutiny from numerous human rights groups, who stated a new security bill could violate child rights and international law. Tempers have flared after Australia’s national spy chief said he was “offended” by comparisons between a bill expanding his organisation’s interrogation powers and a new security bill passed in China. Mike […]
RT: Former college football wide receiver Phillip Blanks made the catch of his life in tragic circumstances when he saved three-year-old Jameson Long after he was thrown to safety by his mother from a burning apartment. Footage shows the moment football player Phillip Blanks caught a three-year-old child thrown from a burning building by his mother. The toddler’s mother did not survive. Get the latest news […]
“You can’t blame this on a police officer, you can’t say this is about criminal justice reform, this is about some people carrying some weapons who shot up a car with an 8-year-old baby in the car,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP “You can’t blame this on a police officer, you can’t say this is about criminal […]
A rocket fired toward Baghdad’s Green Zone, where the US’ and other embassies are based, failed to reach the diplomatic compound and, instead, landed near a house, Iraq’s military said on Sunday. A child was injured. Citing police sources, Reuters reported that a missile defense system protecting the US embassy shot down the rocket, which exploded in mid-air before it could hit the Green Zone. Local […]
The singer’s reputation has been tarnished since the release of an HBO documentary titled “Leaving Neverland”, which tells the story of two men – Wade Robson and James Safechuck – who were friends with Jackson when they were kids. The two claimed that they were sexually abused by the pop icon. Michael Jackson’s former bodyguard has spoken about the allegations that the late king of pop […]
“Truly, I say to you, whenever you have not done these things to one of these younger brothers of mine, you have not done it to me. And they will go away, these to eternal torture, and the righteous to eternal life ”.Jesus Christ – Matthew’s Gospel (25, 45-46) by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy The Italian Ministry of Justice was too busy dealing […]
George Nader We reported previously that George Nader, a Lebanese-American businessman and one of Mueller’s ‘star witnesses’ was charged in a Virginia federal court in July 2019 with additional child sex crimes. On Friday, a federal judge in Virginia sentenced Nader, 61, to 10 years in prison — the absolute minimum he could receive for his charges! Recall, Nader was previously indicted on June 3rd 2019 on child […]
Park Tae-seung stands outside his office and prayer hall in Yeongju City. Now 87, Park was 17 when he was recruited to fight in the Korean War. Anthony Kuhn/NPR hide caption toggle caption Anthony Kuhn/NPR Park Tae-seung stands outside his office and prayer hall in Yeongju City. Now 87, Park was 17 when he was recruited to fight in the Korean War. Anthony Kuhn/NPR While many […]
To help with social distancing, children at Valley of the Sun YMCA sites in Arizona were taught to make “airplane arms” when standing in line. Courtesy of Valley of the Sun YMCA hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Valley of the Sun YMCA To help with social distancing, children at Valley of the Sun YMCA sites in Arizona were taught to make “airplane arms” when standing […]
Russian Olympic gold medalist figure skater Yulia Lipnistkaya has confirmed her pregnancy, regretting that she hadn’t broke the news herself and in a “calm manner” after widespread press reports. The former skater, who shot to fame at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi with her stunning routine to Schindler’s List music, said that she and partner Vladimir Tarasenko are expecting their first kid. READ MORE: ‘Russian skating coaches […]