Senate panel approves former ExxonMobil chief executive for secretary of state
His nomination now heads to the full Senate, which should confirm him next week.
Biggest polluters linked to worsening wildfires in Western US and Canada
Emissions from these top fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers could also be linked to about 50% of increasing drought and high fire-risk conditions in the same area since 1901.
Democrats call for review of Trump’s expenses and national security violations
Politicians are asking for a thorough review of Trump’s apparent lax security protocols at Mar-a-Lago.
Mexico City enacts ban on single-use plastics and straws
“To be effective, the measure requires the support of citizens … to transform our consumption habits and strive towards more sustainable lifestyles.”
What the G20 showed us about the current global order
These right wing leaders, show that much of the world, rather than embracing extended democracy and social liberalism, is backsliding into some kind of authoritarian nationalism.
Everything that rises must converge: AOC and Bernie Sanders chart the course to a...
With a continued willingness to listen to and learn from activists and explain their ideas to voters, these new leaders, along with the few true progressives in Congress like Senator Sanders who were traditionally kept out of the conversation, could build the kind of left that the United States and the world desperately needs.
Do good fences make good neighbors?
Why do we feverishly build more walls when they offer us less and less protection?
Why Nike Is the Problem, Not the Solution
Nike may be the perfect example of life under TPP, but that is not a future many Americans would choose. Nikes’ workers are not paid enough to buy the shoes they make much less buy U.S. exported goods.
Lights back on at NYC jail after hundreds protest, but prisoners still without heat...
Demonstrators rallied throughout the weekend to protest the conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center, which is run by the Bureau of Prisons.
The uses of a well-regulated militia by an unregulated president
Where will the National Guard be sent in 2019?








