Climate change to heat up oceans at seven times their current rate
Rapid and inconsistent deep water heating will have a huge impact on ocean wildlife.
High court’s Roe v. Wade ruling attacks full humanity of US women, but it...
Half-century of hard-fought freedoms on the line.
Amped-up Age of Anxiety weaponized into Age of Nostalgia
Today, alas, confirms the truth of Pete Hamill’s quip, “The most powerful force in American politics is not anger, it's nostalgia.”
Europe’s climate time bomb: ocean currents on the brink of catastrophic collapse
A study reveals a more immediate threat to Europe's climate stability than previously thought. Are we on the brink of a chilling change?
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere at highest level since the the Pliocene epoch
"So, the modern climate change we see is big, really big; even by standards of Earth history."
Supreme Court votes in favor of Trump’s military transgender ban
Two lower court injunctions previously blocked Trump's policy, but in a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court's decision allows the Pentagon to enforce the policy.
If pushing pardons for savage Jan. 6 seditionists isn’t unpardonable, what is?
Abusive pardons of the most serious crimes represent the great terrorist threat to self-government.
Race, history, and the #ScienceMarch
“People from all parts of the political spectrum should be alarmed by [Trump’s] efforts to deny scientific progress.”
Not just Standing Rock: Pipelines threaten native lands across the country
‘We are probably going to have to resist one pipeline at a time for many decades to come, and maybe longer,’ a Cherokee researcher tells MintPress as a Ramapough Lunaape chief says, ‘We need help now.’
Going to the Daytime Emmys
There was once a literate public. This is gone now, replaced by a vast burlesque.