MIT rejects Trump funding compact, ignites academic freedom showdown
First elite university publicly refuses White House pledge critics call “extortion,” setting up a legal, financial, and political fight over free inquiry and federal research dollars.
What version of democracy will prevail?
A mix of parliamentary, presidential, and semi-presidential systems defines the world’s democracies today. Growing concerns over democratic decline raise questions about which models adapt best.
Agriculture’s emissions from fertilizing ‘continuous corn’ crops fueling climate crisis
The new report, which focused on four Corn Belt states, found corn to be "the most nitrogen-fertilizer-intensive crop in the U.S. and accounts for more than two-thirds of all nitrogen fertilizer use nationwide."
When Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize, ‘peace’ has lost its meaning
Why Maria Corian Machada is a horrible Peace Prize choice by Venezuelan-American, Michelle Ellner.
These activists want to dismantle public schools. now they run the Education Department.
The department’s actions and policies reflect a disdain for public schools and a desire to dismantle that system in favor of a range of other options—private, Christian and virtual schools or homeschooling.
The Wall Street Journal has many ways to deny genocide
Looking at how the paper does so enables us to not only refute their falsehoods, but also to gain insight into the tactics Gaza genocide denialists, and genocide deniers in general, employ.
Ceasefire prompts cautious celebration in Gaza as aid groups brace for test of access
Palestinian civilians and humanitarian workers express relief and skepticism after Trump announces Israel and Hamas have signed the first phase of a peace plan.
Federal agent shoots Chicago pastor in head during peaceful ICE protest
Newly surfaced video captures ICE sniper firing pepper ball at faith leader as Trump administration escalates violent suppression of dissent.
Never in a million years
Ten reasons why Trump should never be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Wildfire smoke could kill 71,000 people per year in the US by 2050, study...
A study published this week in Nature projects that wildfire smoke will cause approximately 71,000 excess deaths each year by 2050 under current emissions trends—an increase of roughly 30,000 deaths over today’s levels.