The Oligarchic Dozen: Top 12 US billionaires amass $2 trillion in wealth
The wealth of America’s richest 12 billionaires has doubled since 2020, raising concerns about democracy, climate, and economic inequality.
Food insecurity reaches near-pandemic levels as economic strain deepens across America
Federal Reserve researchers find rising hunger, declining financial confidence, and growing hardship concentrated among lower-income families, households with children, and SNAP recipients.
Eating our way to disease
We need to stop believing the lie that we require animal products in our diet for protein, calcium, iron, omega-3s or any other nutrient.
‘My Flag’s Bigger Than Yours’ and Other Patriotic Myths
Some say the Democrats flipped the script at last month's convention by recapturing the flag from Republicans. The thing is, writes Lynn Sherr, that stuff belongs to all of us.
Nearly 20,000 animals seized in global wildlife trafficking crackdown
Nearly 20,000 threatened and protected animals were rescued in a global policing operation coordinated by Interpol at the end of 2024.
$380 million in funding cuts to one of the most successful public education programs
“Every day, there’s yet another abuse.” The wanton attack on public schools is one of America’s biggest tragedies.
U.S. Cold War China policy will isolate the U.S, not China
The U.S. must stop pursuing its counterproductive effort to undermine China, and instead work with all our neighbors on this small planet.
The Death of the Republican Party
It seems the Republican Party has officially died in 2016. What’s left is a lifeless shell, with the Grand Old Party no longer inside.
When billionaires don’t pay taxes, people ‘lose faith in democracy’
The rich can live lavishly by employing a technique known as “Buy, Borrow, Die,” in which they buy or build assets, borrow against them and then avoid estate and gift taxes when they die.
Federal court orders EPA to enforce stronger soot pollution limits, rejecting delay
Judge sets a February 2027 deadline for the agency to name communities breathing unhealthy fine-particle pollution, a step advocates say opens the path to cleaner air for tens of millions.