USDA announces proposal to reinstate protections for Tongass National Forest
While the Trump administration tried to open 9.2 million acres of the forest to logging and roadbuilding, the USDA's proposal will effectively reinstate the protections for Tongass National Forest.
Democrats, WAKE UP to the threat of the enemy within
Our democracy’s very existence hangs in the balance.
More US residents than ever before understand climate crisis is real and dangerous
There is a growing awareness that the extreme weather events of recent years are caused by the climate crisis, with an all-time high of 70 percent of people believing that global warming is impacting U.S. weather right now.
Our new art ‘appreciation,’ billionaire-style
Fine art has never been more financially lucrative — or less central to our culture.
Progressives slam GOP’s ‘shameful’ attempt to add another $25 billion to Pentagon budget
"It's time to fix our broken budget priorities, and start putting human needs over Pentagon greed."
How to make the holidays happier for the Postal Service
Now it’s time for Congress to deliver by passing the Postal Reform Act and urging USPS leaders to focus on innovations to better serve all Americans for generations to come.
The scary rise of private intelligence companies
In almost every aspect of life, things that used to be done by governments are being outsourced to the private sector with often predictably bad results.
Newsflash: Freedom First MAGA Theme Park on tap – plus insurgency training center
Freedom First will be about the U.S. as not just a “shining beacon on the hill” but the only beacon on the only real hill.
City of Aurora agrees to pay $15M settlement after police killed innocent man
“Ms. McClain raised Elijah as a single mother and his death has left an enormous void in her life.”
China’s governmental policies have helped save the nearly extinct Amur tigers
“There is still a long way to go to build a viable future for tigers in northeast China, but the situation looks good.”