Новости за 16.03.2016

"By giving Trump a platform without taking a stand on outright hate speech, AIPAC is helping to fuel this discord."

It's pretty ridiculous -- and it plays on years of gendered media coverage.

In a victory for activists, Minneapolis will no longer use grand juries to investigate officer-involved killings.

The International Energy Agency has confirmed that global CO2 emissions have decoupled from economic growth for the second year in a row.

Less than two weeks after award-winning environmentalist Berta Cáceres was shot dead in her house in Honduras, another member of her organization was killed.

6,000 civilians have been killed in Yemen by a Saudi-led airstrike campaign that is supported by the U.S.

By and large, Garland has a reputation for allowing agencies to do the work they set out to do — and that’s a good thing for the environment.

Anyone who sees an ad attacking Garland may want to bear something in mind: the woman behind this entire campaign once described her target as the "best scenario we could hope for."

Georgia is one of the last holdouts that bans people from food stamps for life if they are convicted of a drug crime. That's about to change.

A list of all the Republican Senators who have said they will obstruct a vote.

Democratic members of Congress will unveil legislation aimed at tamping down the wage theft epidemic.

Republican Senators Thad Cochran, Dan Coats, Susan Collins, Orrin Hatch, Jim Inhofe , John McCain, and Pat Roberts voted to confirm Garland back in 1997.

"We know there is more to do as we move forward to make this a more inclusive organization.”

GOP senators are finding plenty of other ways to spend their time.

The post Senate Republicans Won’t Hold SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing. They’re Holding These Hearings Instead. appeared first on ThinkProgress.

The coach also told black students they ran fast "because they were eating fried chicken or drinking Kool-Aid."

This Kentucky lawmaker wants to ensure businesses can refuse to serve LGBT people if it would violate their conscience.

A second prosecutor just got the boot.

The post Cleveland Gets Rid Of Prosecutor Who Refused To Charge Tamir Rice Shooter appeared first on ThinkProgress.

The president will announce his nomination of Garland, the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to fill the vacancy left behind by the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

"I think you would see problems like you've never seen before. I think bad things would happen. I really do."

There is another way.

The post House Progressives Just Offered A Very Different Kind Of Budget Plan appeared first on ThinkProgress.

Trump said he'd seen the ad. Then he claimed he hadn't.

The post Trump Can’t Keep Story Straight On Ad Highlighting His Sexist Remarks appeared first on ThinkProgress.

These student organizations often meet opposition from conservatives.

The post Tennessee School Board Responds To Residents’ Fear Of ‘Gay Political Agenda’ By Restricting Student Groups appeared first on ThinkProgress.

Blasphemy cases can be found all over the world -- and not just in Muslim majority countries either.

A World Heritage site could soon sit just over eight miles south of two huge coal plants.

Trump's embattled campaign manager applauded while Trump bashed the media.