Hong Kong: The Battle Over How Much Autonomy

Binoy Kampmark Global Research
The massive demonstrations in Hong Kong are an enormous test for China's commitment to its complex "one country, two systems" approach to Hong Kong, implemented after Britain's return of the region to Chinese sovereignty in 1984. Student demonstrators and others are challenging China's decision on how the next Chief Executive of Hong Kong will be selected and the very meaning of the "high degree of autonomy" promised to Hong Kong's residents.

Court Ruling Devastates Texas’ Abortion Clinic Infrastructure

Tara Culp-Pressler ThinkProgress
The number of Texas clinics providing safe abortion services to women were reduced to eight overnight. On Thursday, the conservative judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed an earlier court decision that had allowed 13 other clinics to remain operating in the country's second largest state. According to one clinic operator, Texas now "faces a health care crisis, brought on by its own legislators.”

Canadian Spy Agency Won't Say Why It Monitors Environmental Groups

Jim Bronskill The Canadian Press
Last February British Columbia's Civil Liberties Association filed a complaint demanding to know why the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) considers critics of Canada's petroleum industry a threat to national security. But, last week the CSIS said the association's complaint was "overly broad," and took steps to limit the inquiry into why the agency was spying on environmental groups and sharing its information with the oil companies.

Why the Economy Is Still Failing Most Americans

Robert Reich Robert Reich
It used to be that economic expansions improved the incomes of the bottom 90 percent more than the top 10 percent. But starting with the “Reagan” recovery of 1982 to 1990, the benefits of economic growth during expansions have gone mostly to the top 10 percent. Since the current recovery began in 2009, all economic gains have gone to the top 10 percent.

People's Climate March -- Aerial Footage

More than 300,000 people marched in New York City for the People’s Climate March on September 21, and some 2,600 solidarity events took place around the world. This video was taken from a drone in New York City and provided to Democracy Now! anonymously.

Antimatter Explained

This is real physics, not a comic book storyline: every type of particle has an anti-particle that is its mirror image. But why is there so much more matter than anti-matter?