Supreme Court weakens clean water protections, allowing more raw sewage discharge into US waterways
The ruling blocks the EPA from enforcing broad water quality limits through “end result” permits, which require cities and businesses to ensure discharged water meets pollution standards.
How Mesopotamia’s urban and industrial revolution started politics as we know it today
Giorgio Buccellati’s At the Origins of Politics takes readers to the early stages of a process that became the structure of modern life.
Elon Musk spreads falsehoods about Social Security, calling it a ‘Ponzi Scheme’, to justify cuts
Musk’s comments, while not new in conservative circles, are part of a broader pattern of attacks on Social Security, which millions of Americans rely on for retirement and disability benefits.
America is no longer the leader of the free world
Trump, with his massive insults of Zelensky this past Friday, and his alarming embrace of Putin and his attacks on Ukraine, has caused this to happen: “America is no longer the leader of the free world.”
Let us all not praise infamous men
Five years after his death, the legacy of America’s most celebrated 20th-century CEO lives on.
Microplastics found in birds’ lungs in new study
The researchers focused on analyzing potential microplastics in birds, as bird health can provide insights and warnings about potential impacts on the surrounding environment.
Trump and Musk ignore Pentagon waste while targeting Social Security and public services
As billions in Pentagon waste go unchallenged, the Trump administration and Elon Musk push for cuts to Social Security and public services, prioritizing corporate interests over working Americans.
For Canada, the insane, insulting Trump land theft stunt is DOA – and GOP...
Why would any functional country, one actively welcoming diversity, science, modernity and democratic values, join incendiary, polarized, know-nothing American dysfunction?
Despite war crimes allegations, Trump approves $3 Billion in weapons for Israel
As evidence of torture, starvation, and war crimes mount, the Trump administration fast-tracks billions in weapons to Israel—bypassing Congress and deepening U.S. complicity.
Woe to you who deprive the poor of their rights
A battle of theologies in the age of Trump.