Trump administration shuts down study on the safety of offshore drilling
“One thing we should all be able to agree on is that safety is of paramount importance, so preventing a study like this simply flies in the face of common sense.”
The big picture of how we got into this mess (of Trump) and how...
Best wishes for a 2018 that’s better for America than 2017 was.
The darkest day of the year
"This tax bill is a moral and economic obscenity."
VICTORY: Trump inauguration protesters acquitted in key felony trial
This could be good news for the other hundreds of marchers facing guilt-by-association felonies.
Firefighter pleads guilty to setting 3 fires
Brian Twigg set at least three fires, burning 57 acres.
Democracy in crisis: Cold War(s) in the cyber age
The Cyber Age has raised the potential for destabilizing democracies through dissemination of fake news and disinformation to new levels.
EPA considers spraying bee-killing pesticide despite scientific evidence showing massive harm
Why isn't the EPA considering restricting these products instead of expanding their use?
13 shocking truths about the Trump-GOP tax plan
More than 80 percent of tax cuts under the GOP’s plan will go to the nation’s wealthiest 1%, while also raising taxes on 92 million middle-class families.
France becomes first country to ban fracking and oil production
The plan is part of France’s commitment to the Paris climate agreement, and their larger plan of weaning the French economy from fossil fuels.
9 conservative myths about corporations
Capitalism and corporations are only as good as we design the system to be.