Creating Change: Lessons From a Private-Prison Victory
This an opportunity to renew our understanding of the social compact. It allows us to emphasize the value of communitarian idealism over individualistic greed.
Exposing the massive hypocrisy of international insurance companies
Despite the pro-climate rhetoric of the insurance industry—and warnings by the world’s climate scientists calling for an end to fossil fuel exploration—leading...
Why America needs to go big on infrastructure
All these sectors require attention now because they work together like cement to keep society functioning.
‘They used the kids to get to parents like me’: How ICE’s human smuggling...
That new policy is the subject of a federal lawsuit filed in Virginia that says the Trump administration is using migrant children as bait to arrest their undocumented family members.
When Israeli warplanes rain death on Gaza, the copilot is Uncle Sam
Arming Israel still has bipartisan support in Washington.
LAPD officer posted ‘don’t drink and drive’ video in bar before causing fatal crash
“I cannot tell you how angry and disappointed I am that a Los Angeles Police Officer would disregard the law and cause an accident with such awful, awful consequences.”
One of North America’s largest bumblebee species under review for endangered species protections
The announcement will prompt a yearlong scientific assessment followed by a public comment period before a decision is made.
China’s forced organ harvesting at a massive scale makes it the go-to country for...
There is a “systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience” taking place in China.
‘Tactical pause’ in name only: Israel kills dozens as starvation crisis deepens in Gaza
As Israel touts limited pauses in its assault on Gaza, humanitarian groups decry continued attacks, worsening famine, and blocked aid as part of a deliberate campaign of suffering.
The artist as prophet
The artist, if true to his or her vocation, recovers the past and explains the present.