Yearly Archives: 2021
In blow to GOP narrative, Missouri cut to jobless benefits not boosting hiring
“It’s almost as if the pandemic unemployment benefits weren’t the issue.”
Free the children: Advocates demand Biden close Fort Bliss detention center holding 800 migrant...
“Instead of investing in jails, build welcoming centers to expedite family reunification.”
Legal action against high emitters failing to use latest climate science, study finds
Most of the lawsuits analyzed did not quantify the extent to which climate change was responsible for the impacts suffered by plaintiffs, known as “attribution science”.
What price “defense”?
America’s nearly $1.3 trillion national security budget isn’t making us any safer.
The fallacy of our carbon footprint
Big Oil says citizens should do more to stop climate change.
Beef industry causes deforestation in Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Park
The EIA recommends “a structural reform to care for many of these problems, starting with declaring the principles of transparency and livestock traceability to be in the public interest.”
The Declaration of Independence wasn’t really complaining about King George, and 5 other surprising...
In celebration of the United States’ 245th birthday, Holton offers six surprising facts about the nation’s founding document – including that it failed to achieve its most immediate goal and that its meaning has changed from the founding to today.
US media give new respect to lab leak theory—though evidence is as lacking as...
In reality, it is very difficult to pinpoint the animal sources that cause pandemics.
Supreme Court slices and dices 1789 law protecting non-citizens
International law in the 21st century has expanded to include the protection of human rights.
Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22 years in prison for murder
"Now, as Derek Chauvin faces years behind bars, we must come together around our common humanity and continue on towards justice for all.”