Yearly Archives: 2021
Freaky weather past and present: Is this winter weather the new normal?
Storm Uri wreaked havoc last month and has left many wondering about how often these storms will happen and why.
Former Marine ordered to remain in custody pending trial for Capitol riots
According to the criminal complaint against the former Marine, Caldwell was seen in a video admitting to using pepper spray on the police officers.
Rich nations are getting vaccines, poor countries not: Which is a big danger to...
“Between them, G7 nations have secured enough vaccines for every one of their citizens to be vaccinated three times over, while many poor countries are yet to receive a single dose."
It’s time for an organizing revival
We need to turn that awakening into sustained power to win tangible change in people’s lives.
World’s worst humanitarian disaster triggered by deadly weapons from US & UK
The world has yet to denounced the primary arms merchants for the more than 100,000 killings since 2015—despite accusations of “war crimes” by human rights organizations.
Millions mark international Women’s Day as pandemic deepens inequality, violence around the world
We hear voices from protests in the Philippines, Mexico and Guatemala in a year where women have been disproportionately impacted by rising poverty, unemployment and violence during the pandemic.
Joe Biden, LBJ, and voting rights
Biden must wield the power of the presidency to make senators fall in line with the larger goals of the nation. Otherwise, as LBJ asked, “what the hell’s the presidency for?”
‘Hard to overstate how big this is’: Joe Manchin signals he is open to...
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia signaled Sunday that he would be open to reforming the archaic rule to make it "more painful" for the minority to wield as a tool of endless obstruction.
Rush, Roger, Rupert, and the Donald may ride forever
Have the Four Horsemen of our media apocalypse—Rush Limbaugh, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch, and Donald Trump—ridden roughshod over us this past half-century?
Chlorpyrifos ‘has no place on food’: 100 organizations urge EPA to ban brain-harming pesticide
"It is time for the Biden administration to demonstrate its commitment to science, children, and farmworkers and finish the job."