How McConnell is killing the Senate
He is the epitome of unprincipled power. History will not treat him kindly.
Wisconsin legislators seek to criminalize climate, environmental protests
“It is alarming to see the fossil fuel industry trying to pit environmentalists and labor unions against one another."
What Standing Rock gave the world
Americans saw the Indigenous struggle—the violence, stolen resources, colluding corporations and governments—that goes hand in hand with protecting the Earth.
“Brutal and sadistic”: Noam Chomsky on family separation & the U.S. roots of today’s...
More than 400 parents have been deported back to their home countries while their children remain in U.S. custody in facilities scattered across the United States.
The Right Staff
A new movie about the African-American women mathematicians in the NASA space program adds critical depth and detail to the legend of The Right Stuff.
The truth about Trump’s economy
Look at actual living standards of average working Americans, and you see an economy that’s getting worse, not better.
A sliver of hope in the Syrian cease-fire
The American military may enjoy the blank check given to them by the Trump Administration, but they may come to regret it when he shifts all of the blame onto their shoulders the moment something goes wrong.
‘Our leaders are behaving like children:’ Teen climate activist confronts world leaders at UN...
"The people will rise to the challenge. And since our leaders are behaving like children, we will have to take the responsibility they should have taken long ago.”
Peace in their time
Since Ukraine is the victim in this conflict, it should ideally decide the timing and the parameters of any peace deal.
‘Weapons of math destruction’ are lurking in the global economy
Did the world let an economic crisis go to waste? We may soon find out the hard way.