Plastic pollution kills cetaceans: Pounds of plastic found in whales’ stomachs
"Hundreds of thousands of whales, dolphins, seals and turtles are killed by ocean plastic pollution every year, including single-use plastics and abandoned plastic gear from the fishing industry."
The myth of meritocracy
Meritocracy remains a deeply held ideal in America. But the nation is drifting ever-farther away from it.
CNN commentary ignites firestorm: Progressive outcry defends Omar against Islamophobic attack
Progressive circles condemn CNN contributor's Islamophobic remarks against Rep. Omar, igniting a broader conversation on media accountability and anti-Muslim bias.
Rethinking work—and life
People are rethinking where their story is going and how they can take it in a better direction.
‘Genocidal machine’: Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah on Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s hospitals
“I blame the Western journalists, who perpetuated the narrative that militarized the hospital as a justifiable and acceptable target."
Bernie Sanders Seeks to Cut Carbon Emissions by 80%
“What the scientists tell us is that we have a relatively short window of opportunity to bring about the fundamental changes that we need in our global energy system to transform our energy system."
U.S. Government Wasted $231 Million on Failed Missile Defense Program
Although Congress approved another year of funding, PTSS was officially killed off on October 1, 2013, after spending $231 million on the doomed program.
America: Playing With Guns?
While it is also true that gun laws differ in all 50 states in America, President Obama’s gun control policy strengthens existing laws, and not only helps to shape the future of gun safety technology but also prohibit the mentally insane from possessing a firearm.
For-profit company makes $750 per day, per immigrant child yet maintains deplorable conditions
For $750 a day a child could stay in a suite at Trump's Washington hotel.
As Sanders prepared Medicare bill, health care lobbyists bankrolled Senate Democrats
Since 2010, Democratic senators who have refused to sponsor the bill have raised twice as much insurance industry cash as those who support the legislation.