Peter Hart

3 weeks ago | cepr.net | Data Bytes |Dean Baker |Peter Hart |Eileen Appelbaum

I was saddened to hear that Robert McChesney died this week after a long bout with cancer. McChesney was not nearly as well known as he should have been. He was one of the few progressives who seriously thought about the media and its importance for our lives and politics. To my mind, it is absolutely bizarre that the structure of the media doesn’t feature front and center in every progressive’s plans for advancing a progressive agenda, and in fact preserving democracy.

May 19, 2024 | mirror.co.uk | Jabeen Waheed |Susan Knox |Peter Hart

Claudia Winkleman has opened up about the time she nearly called it quits on Strictly Come Dancing, despite having a "pact" with her co-host Tess Daly to bow out together. The 49-year-old telly favourite admitted that she was close to dropping out of the beloved BBC dance show when it conflicted with her son Jake's move to university.

May 19, 2024 | mirror.co.uk | Peter Hart |Susan Knox

Jane McDonald has impressively shed four stone by tweaking her diet with some simple changes. At 61, the beloved TV personality, famed for her appearances on shows like Cruising with Jane McDonald, Loose Women, Gogglebox, and BBC Radio 2, realised she needed to overhaul her eating habits for better health. Her transformation began in earnest in 2017 when she participated in ITV's Sugar Free Farm, a reality show that challenges celebs to ditch sugar and revamp their diets.

Jul 6, 2023 | msn.com | Peter Hart

A Land Rover has crashed into a primary school in Wimbledon leaving one dead and more than a dozen others injured on the last day of term, with a number of those understood to be fighting for their lives. Police said an eight-year-old girl had died, while 15 people were injured in the crash at Wilberforce House, The Study Preparatory School on Camp Road. Earlier, officers said at least seven children and two adults had been harmed.

Apr 26, 2023 | foodandwaterwatch.org | Peter Hart

Controversial Summit Carbon pipeline among initial partnersToday, NextGen announced the pre-purchase of carbon capture offsets they are calling the world’s largest diversified portfolio of permanent carbon dioxide removals. Under the scam marketplace, companies can buy credits per metric ton of carbon dioxide claimed to be removed and sell them to polluters as offsets.