Former police officer sentenced to prison for use of excessive force
“When an officer betrays that oath and violates a person's civil rights, that officer must be held accountable. Our community, and our profession, deserve no less.”
“The climate crisis is feeding monster hurricanes”: 10 U.S. species face extinction due by...
“The climate crisis is feeding monster hurricanes that bring suffering and death to some of our nation’s most vulnerable wildlife.”
Murdoch paper gives away the game: Cuomo is on their side
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decade in office has been marked by resisting taxation of the wealthy and an adversarial stance against public sector labor unions.
Why Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg are so adamant about the imperative of defeating...
The potential for democracy in the United States will largely hinge on whether Trump gains re-election.
The dark side of sports stadiums
When it comes to stadium deals, the only winners are billionaires.
Organizers plan massive Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ protests as Trump escalates attacks on dissent
Organizers say more than 2,110 protests across all 50 states will build on June’s nationwide actions, as Trump expands National Guard deployments, ICE raids, and rhetoric about cities as “training grounds.”
Ranking Colleges
Public universities are the major vehicles of upward mobility in America—educating 73 percent of all college students. But do these public universities provide a higher-quality education than the private elites?
Switzerland loses 10% of glacier volume in just two years
“Glaciers are the ambassadors of climate change. They make it very clear what is happening out there because they respond in a very sensitive way to warming temperatures.”
Victory: PennEast Pipeline stops development of natural gas pipeline
“This is a huge victory. Today, water, the environment, and people spoke louder than fossil fuels.”
Rivers are key to restoring the world’s biodiversity
Biodiversity is plummeting, but restoring rivers could quickly reverse this disastrous trend.