Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Human prehistory—why new discoveries about human origins open up revolutionary possibilities

It is one thing to analyze a given set of stone tools made by long-extinct hominin cousins and quite another to ask what their transposed significance to contemporary society might be.

So, what about those other wars?

Here's why Ukraine dominates media coverage.

Marches on US main streets center poor voters’ demands ahead of midterms

"The priorities of poor and low-income people are on the ballot this election—from healthcare to living wages to social programs that lift the load of poverty and much more," said Poor People's Campaign co-chair Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis.

The climate crisis could make your grocery bill even higher

“I don’t think farming in California has ever been more complex and more challenging."

Parkland school shooter gets life in prison without parole

Jurors in the Fort Lauderdale courtroom "found that mitigating factors, such as disorders described by witnesses as stemming from his biological mother's substance abuse during pregnancy, outweighed aggravating factors," therefore, decided against the death penalty.

More than 57,000 U.S. locations likely contaminated with PFAS

The researchers' hope that their map can be a tool for both other scientists and state and federal regulators to better understand and manage PFAS pollution in the U.S. 

‘About damn time’: Jan. 6 panel unanimously votes to subpoena ex-President Donald Trump

"Trump must comply with the subpoena from the January 6th select committee because no one, including a former president, is above the law."

The world’s other nuclear flashpoint

Ukraine isn’t the only place on the planet where a nuclear conflagration could erupt in the near future. Sad to say, around the island of Taiwan there is also an increasing risk.

New data tool details thousands of corporations profiting from US prison industry

Companies in the database are assigned a "harm score" based on their responsibility for and responsiveness to their human rights violations.

Looming midterm demands again airing out the nature and extent of the Stupids

Stupids are more dangerous than criminals. You can’t fix Stupids and their irrationality hurts everyone, without upsides.