The Week Ahead: Everything hangs in the balance
The biggest uncertainty is the economy.
Sixth mass extinction of wildlife accelerating quicker than expected
“Extinction breeds extinctions.”
Toxic Alaska mine could ‘destroy the world’s last great sockeye salmon fishery’
The massive Pebble Mine project is back in play after Alaska’s governor met with President Donald Trump.
Here are the names of 23 Democrats that joined Republicans in cutting social spending...
The U.S. already spends more on military than the next seven countries – China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the U.K., India, France, and Japan – combined.
Cease-fire calls echo in NYC streets: The rising tide against Biden’s Gaza policy
The coalition behind the protest, comprising groups like the Palestinian Youth Movement and Jewish Voice for Peace, sought to disrupt daily life to spotlight a far-reaching international issue.
Is Trump’s axis of the plutocrats marginalizing Israel?
President Trump managed to realign U.S. Middle Eastern policy to center on—and yes, it should be capitalized!—an Axis of the Plutocrats, Gulf sheikhs who are using their galactic fortunes to reshape the region.
Gearing up for possibility of another Trump shutdown, airport workers ready mass protests in...
"We need people to fully understand what the issues are so that we can be prepared to respond potentially with withholding our service, if that's what it takes to stop a continuation of the shutdown."
Senator Promoting Dakota Access Pipeline Invests In Bakken Oil Wells Named After Indian Tribe
The senator also has hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of investments in 33 North Dakota-based oil wells owned by Whiting Petroleum Corporation and hundreds of thousands of dollars more in investments in seven wells owned by ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO Energy.
Migrant children detained in shelters being drugged, told not to hug, forced to bathe...
This comes as advocates say some migrant children have been released from federally contracted shelters with scabies and lice.
Personal interview: Professor Noam Chomsky — What are the prospects for peace?
The questions here are not philosophical or abstract. They focus on the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time.