Wednesday, March 4, 2026
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“Brutal and sadistic”: Noam Chomsky on family separation & the U.S. roots of today’s...

More than 400 parents have been deported back to their home countries while their children remain in U.S. custody in facilities scattered across the United States.

Better family planning can improve public health, inequality and the environment

Smaller, more sustainable families would create massive long-term savings and catalyze sustainable development.

How broadcast networks covered climate change in 2016

The networks failed to devote significant coverage to climate-related policies, but they still found the time to uncritically air climate denial.

Here are some of the ways Bill O’Reilly gave us Trump and cheapened America

The O’Reilly Factor is dead. But Fox will just go on polluting the airwaves.

In the search for missing women, neighbors and family members pair drones with Indigenous...

Often, Indigenous communities don’t trust that police will act on reports of violence.

Coronavirus is a historic trigger event — and it needs a movement to respond

Even in times of social distancing, building a collective, social response to the pandemic is our only salvation.
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Amazon’s defeat in NYC galvanizes movement to end billion-dollar corporate welfare

The lawmakers who took down Amazon say their victory is just the beginning of a major fight against tax subsidies for huge companies.

Dark matter: Too-big-to-fail hibernates in opaque derivatives markets

What you’re seeing here is a dilemma that market purists never quite resolve: They say they want market transparency, and they oppose government regulation.

Top 10 Ways Islamic Law Forbids Terrorism

This week Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted on all counts in the Boston Marathon bombings. However, there was not much Muslim recognizable in his and his brother's style of life. Here are 10 ways that the Tsarnaev brothers broke Muslim law, according to Juan Cole.

Maine becomes latest state to ditch Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

There has been a growing movement to change the name of Columbus Day, which has been a federal holiday since 1934.