Friday, November 13, 2026

Cleaning Up After Pundits

While the incitement of anti-immigrant prejudice for political gain is shameful and socially explosive, it is certainly not new or uncommon in our country.

Deadly shadows: new study reveals over 460,000 U.S. deaths linked to coal pollution since...

New study reveals coal pollution's dire impact on U.S. public health, with over 460,000 deaths in two decades.

One-third of all new childhood asthma cases in Europe are due to air pollution

"Largely, these impacts are preventable...We can and should do something about it."

‘We have so much more to do,’ youth climate activists declare as global elite...

"We are just trying to show them that we are doing the right thing despite the fact that we are not sleeping or staying in the best conditions."

Why American workers need the National Labor Relations Board to return to its mission

The demand for representation, increasing even before COVID-19, soared during the pandemic as Americans saw how unions helped their members.
Ferromanganese nodules on the deep sea floor

UN regulator delays deep-sea mining rules, but extends criticized exploration contract

The International Seabed Authority (ISA), the U.N.-associated regulator of seabed mining activities in areas beyond national jurisdiction, has extended a controversial deep-sea mining exploration contract and once again failed to finalize the rules needed to regulate commercial seabed mining. The ISA’s 36-member council, which met from July 13 to 24, decided to extend the exploration […]

Missouri police officer sentenced to probation after killing 4-year-old girl

“I would like to say I am very sorry. If I could go back and do it over I would.”

How much crass irrationality can self-government stand? Can community wisdom offset howls for mob...

Trump-proof elections – with energized agendas, expanded voting, critical thinking and compassion Like delivery companies, food production, and all...

When you’re a cult, it’s Trump all the way (echoing ‘When you’re a Jet’)

Dedicated to Senate Retrumplicans covering up a direct WH call to insurrection.

Increasing disasters are ‘setting humanity on a spiral of self-destruction,’ UN warns

“The financial system really needs to get ahead of this curve, because otherwise there’s a lot of built-up risk that isn’t being priced into how we make decisions.”