Why does our skin wrinkle in water?
Mark Changizi’s study offers a scientific and anthropological explanation for a phenomenon many take for granted.
Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest carbon offsets in California
Without improvements to the current system, we may be underestimating our net emissions, contributing to the profits of large emitters and landowners and distracting from the real solutions of transitioning to a clean-energy economy.
U.S. Department of Justice sues city of Jackson over water crisis
“Every American — regardless of where they live, their income, or the color of their skin — deserves access to safe, reliable drinking water.”
Eight reasons why now is a good time for a Ukraine ceasefire and peace...
People all over the world are calling for a Christmas truce, harkening back to the inspirational Christmas Truce of 1914.
Putting ‘profits over people’, Senate rejects paid sick leave for rail workers
Forty-two Republicans—and serial Democratic obstructionist Joe Manchin of West Virginia—voted down Rep. Jamaal Bowman's (D-N.Y.) proposal to include seven paid sick days in the tentative contract.
Oath Keepers founder guilty of seditious conspiracy for plotting to violently overthrow US gov’t
The case marks the first time in nearly three decades that a federal jury has convicted defendants of seditious conspiracy.
Paying for an overheating Earth
At a time when the major fossil-fuel companies are still raking in staggering profits off their oil and natural gas supplies, as that line straight out of my childhood went: There oughta be a law.
The Fed’s inflation mistake continues
Most of the pain is borne by people who are already struggling to keep up with rising prices: lower-wage workers and the poor.
Hype about Democrats passing the torch: Don’t get fooled again
While Pelosi quickly endorsed Rep. Hakeem Jeffries to replace her as leader, an overall closer look reveals a problematic record.
Populist climate action requires thinking about freedom from specific oppressors—not just species survival
The climate crisis is a form of oppression by a wealthy few.