USPS announces electrification of mail truck fleet
New electric mail trucks are expected to begin servicing postal routes in late 2023.
Iran punished for treatment of women
The U.S. initiates Iran’s expulsion from the UN women’s commission.
From excess to simplicity of living and social justice
As the global crises grow and deepen, there are signs, tentative but strong, that such a collective shift is underway; a growing awareness that something fundamental needs to change
House GOP using omnibus fight as ‘trial run’ for ploy to cut Social Security...
"MAGA extremists in Congress are dusting off an old conservative playbook for when they seize power," said one progressive watchdog.
Hundreds of thousands more U.S. service members exposed to toxic forever chemicals than DOD...
“It’s not just that they purposefully underestimated how many service members were exposed… it’s that they didn’t tell anyone.”
Ten surprisingly good things that happened in 2022
As we end a difficult year, let’s pause to remind ourselves of some of the positive changes that happened in 2022 that should inspire us to do more in the year to come.
Our health care system is broken—fixing it is not hard
If only the health care system received the same treatment that military spending gets from politicians and the public.
How major southeast utilities paid local media for favorable coverage
This is an example of how big money can interact with the decline in local journalism to spread false or misleading information, including about the climate crisis and appropriate solutions.
What the Pentagon doesn’t want you to know about China
Deliberate lies about China to drum up justification for more U.S. war spending needs to be urgently addressed.
‘Huge win’: Court finds EPA approval of bee-killing sulfoxaflor unlawful
"Studies show that the widespread adoption of systemic insecticides has made our landscapes 48 times more deadly for pollinators like honeybees."