Friday, July 3, 2026

China announces giant pandas no longer endangered because of conservation efforts

Conservation efforts successfully increased the "iconic animals' population" where no they are considered "vulnerable."

Baiting the hermit kingdom: No change in North Korea policy under Trump

Diplomacy may take time and patience, but if policymakers would put as much faith into it as they do to the military solutions that we’ve seen fail time and again, we might see some progress in easing tensions in many of the world’s hotspots, including on the Korean Peninsula.

Deputy Charged with Manslaughter for Gunning Down Unarmed Man

A reserve sheriff’s deputy in Oklahoma was charged with second-degree manslaughter after a video captured him shooting an unarmed man on the ground. The deputy claimed he thought he was holding his Taser when he actually killed the suspect with his gun.

The Democratic Party must undergo a dramatic transformation to lead America into the future

The Democratic Party has allowed itself to become a part of that problem and now it’s time that it and its members break away from that dysfunctionality and return to a strong liberal/progressive agenda.

How to Disrupt the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex

It is being considered by President Obama to sign an executive order requiring federal contractors to disclose their political spending. Here is why he should sign it immediately.

The real reason American workers have it so hard

No wonder they’re unhappy. The system is working against them.

In ‘glimmer of accountability,’ executives, loggers charged in 2014 murders of four Indigenous land...

Environmental campaigners called the charges "unprecedented."

Mexico’s Standing Rock? Sempra, TransCanada face indigenous pipeline resistance south of border

Mexico is now facing its own Standing Rock-like moment as the Yaqui Tribe challenges Sempra Energy's Agua Prieta pipeline between Arizona and the Mexican state of Senora.

Inside the crowdfunding campaign to reunite a family separated at the border

In response to the support she has received, Gonzalez-Garcia said, “Thank you, thank you so much. I won’t be able to pay you all back, but you’ll receive blessings from God.”

3 ways to prevent school shootings, based on research

A pair of researchers on school violence share three strategies that have been proven to prevent school shootings.