House Republicans push sanctions on ICC over war crimes charges against Israel
GOP lawmakers advance legislation to penalize the International Criminal Court, despite opposition from the White House and Democratic leaders.
The GOP’s Stalinesque Plan 2025 to shape the future of US food and agriculture
The conservative think tank Heritage Foundation wants to rid the USDA of sustainability, climate change mitigation, and racial equity.
Ukraine, double standards, and escalation management
The United States' restrictions on Ukrainian actions and its double standards vis a vis Israel are undermining international law.
If not courts, juries and the rule of law, then what?
If America is battered, even demoted as a world power, then what?
The military-industrial complex is killing us all
Bombs injure. Bombs kill. Bombs destroy. Bombs also make people rich.
Increasing renewable energy use in the US brings billions in benefits, study finds
The United States’ increasing use of renewable energy has improved air quality and reduced the country’s greenhouse gas emissions while producing monetary benefits in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Trump’s attorneys’ ‘absolute immunity’ bromide is worthy of disbarment
SCOTUS conservatives aid and abet this absurdity.
Plastic industry braces for ‘astronomical’ PFAS lawsuits
As the dangers of PFAS become more widely known, plastic manufacturers face a surge in lawsuits that could rival the asbestos litigation of the past.
A professor on ‘authorities’ who order police to crush student protests
The students wanted a change in United States and Israeli policy and action to secure an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Global mangroves at risk of collapsing, new report warns
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) found that 19.6% of mangroves, or about one in five, "are considered to be at severe risk of collapse, meaning they rank as endangered or critically endangered."