Yearly Archives: 2021
House progressives, climate coalition demand end to ‘fossil fuel handouts’
Opposition to Build Back Better Act provisions that would benefit polluters comes amid reporting that Senate Democrats plan to delay a vote on the package until 2022.
War with Russia?
Here's what Washington, Moscow, and Kyiv can do to avoid the next world war.
Senate slammed for passing ‘bloated’ NDAA but delaying Build Back Better Act
“Don’t tell me we can’t afford to fight poverty, cancel student debt, pass paid leave, and defeat the climate crisis,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal after senators approved the $786 billion military spending bill.
Climate crisis at the top of the world
Global orders and catastrophic change...
What’s polluting the air? Not even the EPA can say.
Despite the high stakes for public health, the EPA relies on emissions data it knows to be inaccurate. To expose toxic hot spots, we first had to get the facts straight.
Current dispute over ICBMs is a quarrel over how to fine-tune the doomsday machinery
Challenging rote assumptions about ICBMs will be essential to disrupt the march toward nuclear apocalypse.
U.S. Cold War with China: First stop, Equatorial Guinea
Officials are hyping the threat of a potential Chinese naval base facing the Atlantic to get yet more funding for military operations.
4 things to know about the omicron variant
The omicron variant offers yet another reason for caution in the age of COVID-19. Now that you’re in the know, keep yourself safer with a few thoughtful tips.
California sheriff’s deputy charged with assault after scalding mentally ill inmate
A former California sheriff’s deputy was recently charged with one felony count of assault or battery by a public officer and one felony count of battery with serious bodily injury.
How the Native American population in the US increased 87% says more about whiteness...
Another way to describe this recent adoption of Native American identity is what I call “racial shifting.”