Yearly Archives: 2022
‘In 2022, let’s tax the rich’: 10 billionaires added $402 billion to their fortunes...
The world's 10 richest billionaires added roughly $402 billion to their collective wealth in 2021, a year marked by continued suffering and economic...
The dairy industry is determined to pour itself down our throats
This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of theIndependent Media Institute.
When author and...
Facebook hosted surge of misinformation and insurrection threats in months leading up to Jan....
by Craig Silverman, ProPublica, Craig Timberg, The Washington Post, Jeff Kao, ProPublica, and Jeremy B. Merrill, The Washington Post
This story was co-published with The...
The War on Terror is a success — for terror
It began more than two decades ago. On September 20, 2001, President George W. Bush declared a “war on terror” and told a joint...
Does Japan aspire to be a superpower?
In early November, the German Navy frigate Bayern docked in Japan after two days of exercises with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Samidare. No,...
Texas deputy fired after shooting teen suspect
The Precinct One Internal Affairs Unit, Houston Police Department, and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office are conducting investigations into the officer-involved shooting. Constable Rosen has not disclosed the name of the fired deputy who shot Hannibal.
Yearly wrap: Handful of good, loads of bad, onslaughts of ugly
Thus, the ugliest consequence to wasting billions on Pentagon missiles rather than funding education—stupidity—is a greater threat even than climate change.
Trump-appointed judge sides with cops who brutalized DAPL protesters
A decision that critics have characterized as a tacit endorsement of the violent repression of climate justice advocates.
GMO food labeling regulations go into effect Jan. 1, but face ongoing litigation by...
The Center for Food Safety's ongoing litigation against the final labeling regulations claim deception and discrimination.
Lawsuit to protect Arctic polar bears from oil drilling launched against Biden administration
“Every new oil well in the Arctic is another step toward the polar bear’s extinction.”