Retreating TPLF Leaves Path of Death and Destruction in Lalibela
BT News traveled to the historic Ethiopian city of Lalibela, home to the famous rock-hewn churches, as it emerged from weeks under TPLF occupation. Our team toured the town witnessing significant destruction that residents attributed to the TPLF.
Hermela Aregawi: Why ‘I Had a Responsibility to Speak Out’ on Ethiopia
Ethiopian-born journalist Htells her personal journey of unearthing the truth about what’s going on in the Horn of Africa. Watch the full discussion between @BreakThroughNews’s Eugene Puryear and Hermela Aregawi, moderated by Simon Tesfamariam with the New Africa Institute here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5TXqFu9-ZU.
Hawaiians demand justice after pollution of water source from navy facility
On December 10, the Hawaii Department of Health announced that the Navy found gasoline and diesel-range hydrocarbons in the Red Hill shaft. For eight decades, the Navy has stored upwards of 200 million gallons of fuel only about 100 feet above an underground aquifer The US Navy has poisoned the largest water source on the […]
Supreme Court might sabotage abortion access nationally
The conservative-majority court is now deliberating after hearing arguments on a case banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy The right to abortion is under imminent threat as the Supreme Court begins deliberations on a case which may chart the path to overturn the landmark ruling in Roe V. Wade, which established a constitutional right […]
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‘The People’s Vaccines: Cuba Makes a Miracle’ [documentary]
Premiered on YouTube Saturday, Nov. 27 at 3pm ET How did a blockaded island develop multiple COVID vaccines where wealthier nations failed? Cuba’s untold story, and that of its scientists, appears in “The People’s Vaccines: Cuba Makes a Miracle.” BT exclusively presents a short version of the new documentary by Cuban filmmaker Alejandro Gil / […]
Puerto Rico faces another disastrous bankruptcy deal
A New York federal judge is set to rule on a plan to restructure almost half of Puerto’s Rico’s debt in the coming weeks. The Financial Oversight and Management Board, an undemocratically elected fiscal control board commonly called “la junta”, came to an agreement on the plan with the holders of the island nation’s $73 […]
Right-wing vigilante found not guilty of murdering two anti-racist protestors
The most closely-watched murder trial in recent memory exemplifies the standard of cops and racists having a right to kill in the US Kyle Rittenhouse before shooting three men, killing two, in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2021. Photo: Twitter @StandForBetter After four days of deliberations, a jury acquitted 18-year old Kyle Rittenhouse on all […]
Biden’s watered down infrastructure plan: What’s in, what’s out and what’s next?
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which was passed by the US Congress is the largest single federally-funded investment in infrastructure in over a decade. However, many of its original proposals were abandoned and a lot hinges on its implementation Credit: White House After months of negotiations, the US House of Representatives voted to approve […]