As Democrats demand a tougher fight, new poll elevates AOC and economic populism
A New Republic and Embold Research survey finds broad unity on taxing the rich, regulating big tech, and a more aggressive posture, with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leading favorability.
Iran international and the money behind the narrative war
Americans usually think about confrontation with Iran in terms of sanctions, warships, nuclear sites, and diplomatic ultimatums. But an equally important front...
James Talarico Accused Ken Paxton of Voter Fraud. His Own Voter Registration Is Raising...
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune’s review of the Democratic Senate candidate’s residency records found that he may have voted in up to five elections using an address where he no longer lived.
The EPA Heralds Its Omaha Cleanup as a Success. But We Found Many Yards...
The agency spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, Nebraska, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show that many yards still have harmful levels of lead.
Two-thirds of US workers expect AI to make their jobs worse, Ipsos survey finds
Use of the tools is concentrated among college graduates and six-figure earners. Six percent of workers said they expect workers to be the main beneficiaries.
Amazon deforestation falls to eight-year low as scientists warn gains remain fragile
Researchers credit stronger enforcement and environmental protections in Brazil while warning that fires, illegal logging, and political threats continue to endanger the rainforest.
Trump administration’s mass layoffs at NIOSH gut program investigating firefighter deaths
A ProPublica investigation found the April cuts reached the unit that reviews line-of-duty fire deaths and a landmark firefighter cancer registry, though the administration later reinstated some staff.
The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet
As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.
Welcome to Dawn’s Barbecue: the Epstein files in a time of war
A meditation, part essay and part poem, on what the files show about power, impunity and the ease with which the harm of innocents is absorbed.
Help Diane Wilson’s Texas clean water triumphs go national: this protest model fits all
A shrimp-boat captain with a high school education won a $50 million settlement against Formosa Plastics. The blueprint she built is being packaged for anyone else facing a polluter.