Former NY corrections officer charged with using excessive force against inmate
“Unfair and illegal abuses to those serving their debt to society cannot and will not be tolerated by this Office.”
In steep decline: Body blows to America’s vaunted, quality higher education
Once the world’s best, U.S. higher education staggers, with no easy fixes.
Fossil fuel companies push emissions to pre-pandemic levels
“Emissions snapped back like a rubber band.”
Oklahoma cops charged with hiding evidence from gang shooting
They are scheduled for a jury trial in late January.
COP26: Will humanity’s ‘last and best chance’ to save earth’s climate succeed?
here is a chance we can prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis, but world leaders must hold businesses accountable and listen to Indigenous communities.
COP 26: Can a singing, dancing rebellion save the world?
COP Twenty-six! That is how many times the UN has assembled world leaders to try to tackle the climate crisis. But the...
What happened to the party of limited government?
The Republican Party now poses a clear and present threat even to the values it once espoused.
The super-rich have taken almost all of it
The very richest Americans seem far removed from the notion of shared prosperity that could have made us a nation to be envied.
Does mundane, Democratic small ball make sense against war-like Trumpian nullification?
Good intentions fall short against foes indifferent to morality, law, science, disease, suffering, even the compassion that Christianity honors.
Biden admin’s new methane regulations not enough according to environmentalists
“Climate justice during a climate emergency means using every tool in the toolbox including not just a stronger rule, but also declaring a National Emergency on climate change.”