California sheriff’s deputy charged with assault after scalding mentally ill inmate
A former California sheriff’s deputy was recently charged with one felony count of assault or battery by a public officer and one felony count of battery with serious bodily injury.
Study finds solar farms support and boost pollinator populations
While new habitats for vulnerable pollinators are dwindling, if land owners allow meadows to grow around the installed solar panels, these areas will become thriving pollinator habitats, researchers said.
Why the internet itself is a major environmental problem
If the internet were a country, it would be the sixth biggest user of electricity.
Against plutocrats, platitudes — about democracy — will always be pitiful
The Biden administration’s democracy initiative is missing the all-important inequality connection.
New poll shows how dissatisfied Americans are with US healthcare system
“It’s been decades in the making after failed promises by elected officials to do something to help Americans suffering at the hand of high prices for healthcare and prescription drugs.”
Right, Trump gangster buffoons can pull off the first ever American coup d’état? Wanna...
Despite scary extremist brouhaha, authoritarian rule by coup won’t come to America because an inept, phony orange impresario waves his shiny baton.
Former DEA agent sentenced to 12yrs in federal prison
“While his actions represent an egregious breach of the public trust, they are in no way a reflection of the overwhelming majority of special agents who serve with honor and integrity."
After a spike in anti-Asian hate crimes, the government response stalls
The Biden administration has not delivered on one of the main mandates of the COVD-19 Hate Crimes Act.
Big Oil’s new strategy: Profit today, fight again tomorrow
Despite countless investigations, lawsuits, social shaming, and regulations dating back decades, the oil and gas industry remains formidable.
Biden administration is ‘rubber stamping’ Oil and gas permits on public land, activists say
“Congress and the Biden administration must resist that pressure and push aggressively to move the nation—and the world—away from planet-destroying fossil fuels.”