Is intellectual property turning into a knowledge monopoly?
Never before has society had the ability it does today to bring together different communities and resources in order to produce new knowledge.
National parks overflow with trash, human waste as gov’t shutdown approaches 3 weeks
Park experts are now warning that the damage may take years to undo.
California enacts far-reaching climate disclosure laws
“This legislation will support those companies doing their part to tackle the climate crisis and create accountability for those that aren’t.”
Monetary policy takes center stage: MMT, QE or public banks?
A network of public banks including a central bank operated as a public utility could similarly fund a U.S. Green New Deal – without raising taxes, driving up the federal debt, or inflating prices.
Bernie Sanders: Secrecy surrounding GOP health care bill is ‘completely unacceptable’
Sanders continues to call for transparency and for Democrats to “do everything they can” to keep the bill from passing.
New study shows marching for climate change can sway people’s beliefs and actions
Collective actions have a real impact, even on people that aren't taking an active role in the fight against climate change.
Neuroscientist Dr. Carl Hart: People are dying in opioid crisis because of politicians’ ignorance
Columbia University psychology and psychiatry professor Carl Hart argues that people are dying because of ignorance, not because of opioids.
A Citizen’s Guide to the Upcoming Conventions
Our two major political parties no longer nominate people to be president. Candidates choose themselves, they run in primaries, and the winners of the primaries become the parties’ nominees.
Trump decides against reopening Affordable Care Act enrollment amid coronavirus pandemic
Progressive lawmakers criticize the Trump administration's decision calling it a deliberate blocking of vulnerable Americans, which with have "negative consequences."
Katrina vanden Heuvel on NATO military spending & avoiding Cold War nuclear catastrophe with...
“I would argue that the bipartisan establishment consensus is bankrupt. … We believe you can have secure elections and avoid nuclear catastrophe.”