The Bumblebee Could Be the Next Endangered Species
With a 90 percent population decline in the last two decades, the rusty patched bumblebee must be protected by the Endangered Species Act to survive.
New poll shows the majority of Americans don’t want Roe v. Wade overturned
Americans don't agree with the new abortion bans in Alabama and Georgia.
Rightwing victimhood, the Great Replacement and the cult of Qanon
“Bigoted conspiracy theories like QAnon have an enormous influence on the context in which local government operates.”
Italian government bans large cruise ships from entering Venice lagoon
Venice will no longer allow large cruise ships from entering the Basin of San Marco, the Canal of San Marco and the Giudecca Canal.
The impact of plastic on human health
We know that plastic is choking the planet. But it could be killing us, too.
The student-built website that keeps government climate data safe
Since Trump’s election, scientists have been scrambling to save climate change data sets. And one Michigan graduate student thought the more copies, the better.
Appeals Court Lifts Injunction Preventing Dakota Access Pipeline Construction
However, construction cannot resume immediately, since three federal agencies have ordered a halt on any development of the pipeline on federal lands.
How badly will today’s rip-roaring ‘transparency’ surge scar MAGA rampages, McCarthy, FOX and Trump?
If serial, truth-telling transparency doesn’t wreck Republicanism as a viable governing party, scaring electability, voters will only have themselves to blame.
Odysseus – how the world’s master of contrivance dresses down today’s creepy, lying losers
Homer shows what civilization is all about, beginning with the distinction between predatory mendacity vs. mutually-supportive, truth-based partnerships.
Solidarity Strengthens at Standing Rock
Protecting the water and sacred sites brought people here. The experience of being here is changing lives.