Trump admin exploited wildfires to encourage logging
Instead of stopping the burning of fossil fuels, which is an obvious way to reduce emissions and lower the risk of wildfires, the Trump administration chose a more corrupt route.
1 in 3 of world’s poorest countries spend more on debt repayments than education
"Education systems desperately need more and better funding across low- and lower-middle-income countries."
Moving from a Doomsday Clock to a Peace Clock
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists only moved the hands of the Clock forward by one second, which must have come as a relief to the few members of the public who heard about it.
Trump initiates new tariffs on hundreds of products from China
Beijing has said before that its prepared to retaliate with even higher tariffs on American imports.
America needs to confront its culture of guns and fear
raising the next generation of kids with fewer guns on the streets, more restrictive gun laws on the books, and a healthy sense of skepticism about mass media may be the best recipe to fight back against a culture of guns and fear.
Here’s what a defunded EPA means for America
The agency Trump plans to eviscerate does much more than fight climate change.
America is ‘exceptional’ now as barbaric pariah, starring MAGA wrecking balls that batter collective...
Just as the world obeys unchangeable physical laws, so there are fixed thresholds in the economic and political world.
Nationwide UPS strike ‘imminent,’ Teamsters warn after rejecting ‘appalling’ contract offer
97 percent of UPS workers represented by the Teamsters voted to authorize a nationwide strike if a deal wasn't reached with management by July 31.
First 100 days: Trump and the degradation of the presidency
The first 100 days is an artificial landmark for presidents. But it does offer an opportunity to pause and assess their accomplishments.
Persistent ice melt in Greenland even in winter, new study confirms
The persistent year-round runoff even in the coldest months is the "the greatest contributor to sea level rise."