Congressman’s wife pleads guilty to misusing campaign funds
Margaret Hunter recently pleaded guilty in federal court to her and her husband using their campaign funds as their private bank account for years.
Night of the Living Dead, Climate Change-Style
This business of driving stakes through the heart of one project after another is exhausting. But at least for now, there’s really no other way to kill a zombie.
Why the 1% Don’t Fear the 99%
It’s the age-old ruse of divide and rule. Let’s not fall for that anymore.
Outrage and calls for justice after Sonya Massey’s fatal shooting by police in Illinois
Campaigners and political leaders across the United States respond with outrage and calls for justice after the release of body camera footage showing the deadly police shooting of Sonya Massey, an unarmed 36-year-old Black woman from Springfield, Illinois.
Why Indigenous hunting is essential to forest sustainability
Hunting has a bad reputation and is rarely considered in forest governance and conservation strategies. But what if, instead, we tried to learn from it?
How to talk to your relatives about climate change: A guide for the holidays
The Trump administration and the fossil fuels industry is actively working against clean energy progress, but we have the tools, the courts, and the people power to keep advancing clean power in states and cities.
Monkeys infected with transmissible diseases are trucked across US—where’s the transportation department?
Experimenting on monkeys is cruel—and keeping them is a threat to public health.
The New Common Ground Between Populist Left and Right
Both want to get big money out of politics, reverse Citizens United, and restore our democracy.
‘Very stable genius’ bravado—Trump’s epic self-delusions will boomerang, again
The president keeps playing the fool who invites removal with madcap assaults on reality, like what genius and stability mean, all the while exposing his own addled, unreconstructed turmoil.
Senate VAWA bill ‘undercuts tribal sovereignty’
“Placing paternalistic restrictions on tribal courts in the name of 'due process' is nothing more than a disguise for prejudice."









