Debt forgiveness in the Bronze Age
Whether in the realms of trade or agriculture, the operative principle was that debtors should not lose their economic liberty by being held liable for “acts of God.”
Suffering in the shadows
Humanitarian calamities that aren’t on the world’s agenda.
Donald Trump Does Not Understand Solar (or Wind) Power
Trump is clearly not the candidate for environmentally-conscience voters.
Humans Have Destroyed 10% of Earth’s Wilderness in Just 20 Years
“If we don’t act soon, there will only be tiny remnants of wilderness around the planet, and this is a disaster for conservation, for climate change and for some of the most vulnerable human communities on the planet.”
Eugene Debs and the kingdom of evil
"If there be anything sadder than a body perishing for want of bread, it is a mind dying of hunger for lack of light.”
Microplastics could harm humans by acting as toxin ‘magnet,’ study finds
The research comes on the heels of other recent studies showing microplastics having a negative impact on human cells.
Ignoring warnings of mass job loss, Fed hikes rates to highest level in decades
"The Fed should end its rate hiking campaign for good."
Inequality costs Social Security trillions. Here’s how we fix it.
If the wealthy simply paid the same tax the rest of us do, we could even expand benefits.
How many fixated right-wingers ‘aided and abetted’ Trump’s crime wave, now ‘accessories after the...
If Trump’s scattergun of skullduggery escapes real, permanent penalties, brace for equally audacious, sneakier political sneaks.
Netanyahu ties Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre to Australia’s recognition of Palestinian statehood
As Australia mourned a deadly antisemitic attack that killed 16 people, critics accused the Israeli prime minister of exploiting tragedy to attack Palestinian self-determination.